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AFTER DAYBREAK is a classical crossover trio that consists of Daniel Beck, Drew Boushka & David Fritch. Successful solo artists in their own right, Daniel, Drew & David combine influences from pop to classical, combining meaningful lyrics with beautiful melodies and lush orchestrations, performing and recording in five different languages (English, French, Italian, Latin & Spanish). The trio’s first album, the “What A Wonderful World” EP, was released in November 2010 and debuted in the Top 5 of Billboard Magazine’s Classical Midline Albums Chart in the United States. Also reaching #18 on the overall U.S. Classical Albums Chart, AFTER DAYBREAK established itself as that rare act that immediately competed with established artists and major labels with its very first release. The trio's second and current album, the full-length self-titled "After Daybreak", was released on June 7, 2011 and debuted at #11 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Albums Chart its first week of release. The trio’s single “What A Wonderful World” also reached the Top 30 on the U.S. secondary market adult radio airplay chart, and the song’s music video was added to rotation on London-based CMusicTV, a classical/crossover/cinema music video

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AFTER DAYBREAK is a classical crossover trio that consists of Daniel Beck, Drew Boushka & David Fritch. Successful solo artists in their own right, Daniel, Drew & David combine influences from pop to classical, combining meaningful lyrics with beautiful melodies and lush orchestrations, performing and recording in five different languages (English, French, Italian, Latin & Spanish).

The trio’s first album, the “What A Wonderful World” EP, was released in November 2010 and debuted in the Top 5 of Billboard Magazine’s Classical Midline Albums Chart in the United States. Also reaching #18 on the overall U.S. Classical Albums Chart, AFTER DAYBREAK established itself as that rare act that immediately competed with established artists and major labels with its very first release.

The trio's second and current album, the full-length self-titled "After Daybreak", was released on June 7, 2011 and debuted at #11 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Albums Chart its first week of release.

The trio’s single “What A Wonderful World” also reached the Top 30 on the U.S. secondary market adult radio airplay chart, and the song’s music video was added to rotation on London-based CMusicTV, a classical/crossover/cinema music video network that broadcasts in over 100 countries worldwide. The trio's album "What A Wonderful World (International Edition)" was released in late 2011 in Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand, with forthcoming release in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, the offshore Chinese market, Indonesia and Korea slated for January 2012.

AFTER DAYBREAK has been covered in the media with interviews, features and appearances in Yahoo News, Associated Content, The Salt Lake Tribune, USA Today, Classical-Crossover.UK, Park City TV (the official channel of The Sundance Film Festival) and numerous other blog mentions and posts.

Prior to forming as AFTER DAYBREAK, its members had went door-to-door performing on front porches selling their CDs, as well as earned a living doing singing telegrams. Since then, they have gone on to appear on several high-profile television networks and radio programs, have done countless live performances, have performed at Governor's Balls for major U.S. dignitaries, and have even performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

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"Nominated for 2011 Best Group by Classical-Crossover.co.uk. "