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Boy bands over bach.(a cappella music)

American Music Teacher

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A cap.pel.la: from the Italian for "in the manner of a chapel or choir," it means without instrumental accompaniment.

In the world of collegiate a cappella, chapel means venue and a choir is what everyone sang in before college. College groups today will more readily identify themselves as vocal bands and rightly so. Not only do they sound like a band, they tour like one. Renowned collegiate groups travel as much or more than their professional counterparts, performing across North America and overseas.

"In the past ten years," says Deke Sharon, director of the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America (CASA), "The number of college groups has at least ...

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