Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
This is a list of notable professional a cappella groups that have an article in Wikipedia. ... Swingle Singers; T. Take 6; The King's Singers; Tonic Sol-fa; Toxic ...
The Kroks were founded in 1946, when four members of the Hasty Pudding Club, popular for its drag musical theatre productions, began singing popular hits of their time in four-part harmony. [ 1 ] The Krokodiloes have performed around the world for hosts including Ella Fitzgerald , Princess Grace of Monaco , Princess Caroline of Monaco , the Aga ...
The Alley Cats are an American doo-wop group singing in a cappella. The group originated in 1987, when a concert choir program was having a variety night occurring at Fullerton College. When John Tebay, the choir director, suggested that Andre Peek (1st tenor and lead vocalist at that time) and Armando Fonseca (2nd tenor) perform together, both ...
The camp has produced many of the nation's top a cappella singers. In 2018, SoCal VoCal then-current member Elizabeth Gaba placed in the top 24 for American Idol. In 2018, SoCal VoCal members Kaylah Baker and Nina Nelson left The SoCal VoCals to be a part of the all-female a cappella group, Citizen Queen .
"The Reason" (on Beyond a Star) was their first a cappella song, which they subsequently re-recorded for their watershed 1988 album, The Acapella Project. That album was released with some trepidation because there was no track record for the genre in the Christian market, but it proved tremendously popular, selling over 400,000 copies. [ 1 ]
Listen," a cover track from Green Means Go was selected to appear on the Best of Collegiate A Cappella (BOCA) compilation for 2010. [10] In 2009, Noteworthy appeared on NBC's a cappella competition reality show The Sing-Off. The show debuted on NBC on December 14, 2009. [11] Noteworthy was eliminated in the second episode on December 15, 2009. [12]
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.