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OneBlood - Fogarty's Cove ErnstFamilySingers 596 views Stan Rogers' song "Fogarty's Cove" sung by OneBlood, a Canadian a-cappella group. The arrangement is by Ron Smail.
OneBlood - Precious Lord ErnstFamilySingers 497 views The hymn "Precious Lord" arranged by Roy Ringwald, sung here by the Christian acappella group OneBlood.
OneBlood - I Want a Girl ErnstFamilySingers 355 views The old barbershop classic "I Want a Girl" (Just Like the Girl that Married Dear Old Dad), sung by OneBlood, a subset of The Ernst Family. Somewhat appropriately, the Dad ...
OneBlood - Loch Lomond ErnstFamilySingers 439 views Ralph Vaughan Williams' arrangement of "Loch Lomond" Sung by OneBlood, a subset of the Canadian acappella group The Ernst Family. Enjoy!
Gregg Ernst - WSM 1992.mpg ErnstFamilySingers 1,437 views In the 1992 Worlds Strongest Man competition in Iceland, Canada's Gregg Ernst carried the legendary Husafel stone a record breaking 70 meters. The rock weighs 410 lbs.
Gregg Ernst - CTV News 1993.mpg ErnstFamilySingers 1,266 views This is a mini documentary that CTV did of Gregg back in 1993, just weeks after he set the world record in the backlift - 5340 lbs - by lifting two Ford Festivas on a platf...
OneBlood - Sinnerman ErnstFamilySingers 1,444 views A spiritual arranged by Kirby Shaw, sung by the Christian family a cappella group "OneBlood." OneBlood is a subset of the Ernst Family.
OneBlood - Sweet Hour of Prayer ErnstFamilySingers 789 views The hymn "Sweet Hour of Prayer" arranged by John Ernst, Sung by the Christian family a cappella group "OneBlood." OneBlood is a subset of the Ernst Family.
Ward the Pirate ErnstFamilySingers 3,570 views British Folk song by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Sung by the male contingent of the Ernst Family Singers, a family a cappella singing group from NS, Canada.
Ernst Sibtet- Haec Dies ErnstFamilySingers 2,040 views Renaissance motet by William Byrd. Sung by the Ernst Sibtet, a six member family a cappella group based in NS, Canada

About Ernst Family Singers

A nine voice a cappella family ensemble hailing from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Aug 12, 2011

Date Joined

Dec 16, 2008

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The Ernst Family is a vocal ensemble consisting of eleven members, aged six to adult, singing everything from solos to eight-part harmony. We perform Renaissance, classical, traditional sacred, black spiritual, and folk music. Most of our music is sung a capella (without instruments), with an occasional piano or guitar accompaniment. The genetic similarity of the voices gives a harmonious blend rare in unrelated voices.

The ensemble currently consists of parents Gregg (bass) and Jennie (soprano), sons Joshua (tenor), John (tenor), Peter (baritone and countertenor), Elijah (bass), daughters Eva, 16 (alto), Ruth, 13 (soprano), Esther, 10 (soprano), with occasional participation from Nathan (8), and Samuel (6). The family
lives on a farm on First Peninsula, just outside Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The family started singing after Joshuas voice changed in 2001. With four-part harmony possible, Jennie thought it would be fun to work on a bit of choral singing. Positive audience response convinced us that our singing should be shared, and we have since performed for national television programs and toured the Maritimes, eastern US, and Ontatrio.

The Ernsts have become known for a variety of other endeavours as well. Gregg is a blacksmith, and it was at his shop that did the ironwork for the Bluenose and Bluenose II, depicted on the Canadian dime, was forged. Joshua is following in his fathers footsteps. Gregg has also received international recognition as a strength athlete. He competed in The Worlds Strongest Man competitions in the Canary Islands and Iceland in 1990 and 1991, and he still holds the official world record for the most weight lifted by a man, at 5340 lbs. Jennie is well known to Nova Scotian home schoolers, having chaired the provincial association for a number of years and represented it in legal negotiations with the provincial government.

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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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