Evynne Hollens is a female vocalist who lives and works in her native Eugene, Oregon. Among her other accomplishments, she was one of the co-founders of the University of Oregon’s female a cappella group, Divisi, with which she sang for five years. Her name is the first word in the first chapter of the book Pitch Perfect, on which the movie of the same title is based. Her and Divisi’s adventures at the 2005 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Finals make up a major portion of the book. She is married to Peter Hollens and they have one son, Ashland, born on March 31st, 2014.

In 2013 Evynne played Lucy in Avenue Q and Natalie in Next to Normal at the Oregon Contemporary Theatre. From January 15 to February 6, 2016 she performed the role of Cathy in The Last Five Years.

Evynne has been involved with 19 productions at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Performing Arts (the “Shedd”) over the last ten years. Among them, she created and performed in The Contemporary Songbook Project, and played Nanette in No, No, Nanette. Her most recent Shedd performance was in Hear My Song on May 30–31, 2015.

In April 2015 she directed a musical production of Beauty and the Beast at the Rose Children's Theater.

Besides live performances Evynne is an up-and-coming YouTube artist, with music videos and a weekly vlog. She often collaborates with her husband Peter Hollens and with pianist Nathan Alef. She has shown a particular fondness for showtunes by recording a number of them, including “Somewhere” from Westside Story and “Defying Gravity” from Wicked. Her “Shake it Out/Shake it Off” mashup received over 200,000 views in the first four days of its release and was featured on Buzzfeed and Mashable. Her "Taylor Swift 1989 in 4 Minutes" collaboration with Peter attracted even more interest, provoking at least seven articles in three different languages on Mashable, BillBoard, Fascinately, Deseret News, Melty, Virgin Radio, and El Comercio. These have been eclipsed by her "Evolution of the Disney Princess" medley which received over 1,000,000 views in the week following its release on March 3, 2016. This video features segments of Evynne performing as 14 Disney princesses, from Snow White (from the movie of the same name) to Elsa (from Frozen), spanning the period from 1937 to 2013. Articles about this video appeared on Time.com, Teen Vogue Pop Buzz, BuzzFeed and on the "Oh My Disney" blog on Disney.com. The video has since amassed nearly ten million views. She continues to release covers of Disney, musical theater and contemporary music, often alongside her son, Ashland, and her husband, Peter Hollens.

References ^ Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory. Mickey Rapkin. Gotham; Mti edition (September 4, 2012) ^ Velasco, Dorothy (18 January 2016). "Hollens, Crystal shine in OCT's 'The Last Five Years'". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  ^ "Shedd Presents 2014-15 Evynne Hollens - The Shedd Institute". The Shedd 2014-2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  ^ "Rose Children's Theatre presents "Beauty and the Beast" - Musical Theater Events - Eugene A Go-Go". Eugene A Go-Go - Where to Go before you Go out!. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  ^ "This Mashup Of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" And Florence's "Shake It Out" Is Hauntingly Beautiful". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  ^ "Mashup of Taylor's 'Shake It Off' and Florence's 'Shake It Out' will shake you up". Mashable. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  ^ "Watch This Woman Sing a Medley of 14 Disney Princess Songs". Time.com. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  ^ "Watch the Evolution of Disney Songs in This Epic Medley". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  ^ "Stop Everything and Watch This Disney Princess Medley". Oh My Disney. Retrieved 17 March 2016.  External links Evynne Hollens's channel on YouTube Evynne Hollens on Twitter Peter and Evynne Hollens's channel on YouTube Evynne Hollens on Facebook