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Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in [the style of] the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
A Cappella is a 1985 album by Todd Rundgren.The album is one of Rundgren's most unusual in that every sound is the product of the artist's voice. Rundgren employed overdubbing techniques and an E-mu Emulator (an early sampler), electronically manipulating the sound of his voice to mimic conventional rock instruments, handclaps, and other sounds. [4]
Collegiate a cappella (or college a cappella) ensembles are college-affiliated singing groups, primarily in the United States, and, increasingly, the United Kingdom and Ireland, that perform entirely without musical instruments. The groups are typically composed of, operated by, and directed by students.
The 2006–2007 competition season was a focus of the book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory, which followed three groups vying to win the Championship. [3] The book later became the basis for the Pitch Perfect film series, the first of which featured the protagonists competing in the ICCA.
This is a list of notable professional a cappella groups that have an article in Wikipedia. A ...
Profecy A Cappella Rowan University Tenor/Bass 2014 Purple Haze: Northwestern University: Mixed 1996 Quirks: Trinity College: Soprano/Alto 2004 Raagapella: Stanford University: Tenor/Bass 2002 The Radcliffe Pitches: Harvard University: Soprano/Alto 1975 Redhot & Blue: Yale University: Mixed 1977 Shir Appeal: Tufts University: Mixed 1995 Sil ...
The Bobs were an a cappella vocal group founded in San Francisco, California, in the early 1980s.They moved to Seattle, Washington, and were active recording and touring throughout the United States, Canada and Europe until their farewell show at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, on October 21, 2017.
Perpetuum Jazzile is a Slovenian musical group best known for an a cappella version of the rock band Toto's song Africa.The May 2009 video showing a live performance of this version had received close to 22 million views on YouTube in 2013 [1] and several million since.