What is Moon Sessions?

Moon Sessions is a gen-z vocal group and collective based out of NY, composed of members and alumni of NYU Vocollision and its surrounding community. It is founded and directed by Marwan Ramen, an award-winning arranger and videographer for acapella. The group enjoys exploring and creatively arranging vintage-inspired, and introspective modern songs in a vocal jazz leaning style. They enjoy vintage aesthetics and not taking themselves too seriously.

Our Pillars:

GEN Z - we reflect our young generation, bridging old traditions of vocal music with modern mainstream interests

DIVERSE - we reflect inclusive diversity of representation, including in repertoire

CREATIVE - we’re here to not sacrifice our sound, culture, or vision for pre-conceived notions of what is successful in our field

FUN - we are non-toxic, selfless, collaborative, and not needlessly competitive, whether it’s with each other or in competition

DEDICATED - though we are a chiller space, we hold each other accountable to performing and dedicating our time so we sound our best and grant each project and rehearsal the love it deserves

Who is in it?

Moon Sessions is the community built up around Vocollision and NYU’s acapella scene, bringing in people from those groups and beyond. It is a collective and not a recurring cast of the same exact performers, with each project tailored to as many people as each need. This should help provide the post collegiate acapella outlet a lot of Voco and beyond looks for in a meaningful and purposeful way.

Who organises this?

Marwan Ramen will head the overall brand vision and outlook, and will likely spearhead the musical direction and arrangement of most moon sessions projects, but moon sessions is open to music direction and arrangements from anybody willing to put those forward, acting as a label and platform for acapella projects to live on.

What separates Moon Sessions?

The acapella community is lacking multiple things that Moon Sessions will provide. We aim to showcase racial diversity in our group iterations. We perform vocal jazz leaning arrangements of modern songs, a combination not really explored yet nor bridged, filling a market similar to what Laufey provides. Moon Sessions is also a loose collective versus a rigid group, with opportunities for a wide array of creative direction to take place as a result while still holding the umbrella of being a part of this community with the similar interests we’ve built up.