Accapella groups

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Hey all! My D wants a liberal arts college but wants a strong vocal performance program, both choral and accapella singing groups, co-ed or womens'. She'd love to travel with a top notch singing group, for instance. She is a strong student, and likely not major in music. Ideas?</p>

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<p>Some colleges that come to mind are Tufts, Amherst, Swarthmore and Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Here is an article that might interest you:</p>

<p><a href=“http://acappellablog.com/newsline/top-10-american-collegiate-cappella-groups-2011[/url]”>http://acappellablog.com/newsline/top-10-american-collegiate-cappella-groups-2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>At Yale you do a form of “rush” (like fraternities/sororities) for their a capella groups. I am not familiar with their choral programs, but I would assume that they would be excellent. My son is at Harvard and he has been in choral groups and is presently in an a capella group (as well as a choir). One of the choral groups went to Ireland for spring break and the a capella group is currently touring in the US. This summer they will tour the world.</p>

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<p>I noticed University of Delaware had a group in The Sing Off, I think it was all femaie. They were good and I think made it to 5th or 6th place. The Dartmouth group that made it to second place was all male. Good luck, depending on where you live, check out Delaware.</p>

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<p>U of Rochester. The Yellow Jackets includes non-music majors from UR, plus some singers from Eastman. They got pretty far in the last Sing-off.</p>

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<p>Oberlin (Music is just big there whether in the College or Conservatory) and St. Olaf which is very strong in choral even for non-music majors.</p>

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<p>Many schools on the East coast have multiple singing groups, and you audition and then get callbacks and invitations similar to a sorority rush. My D attended Boston U and they have nearly 20 groups, and the selectivity of each varies widely, but the top 15 are all very entertaining. When you start school for Fall Semester look for audition information. At large schools the auditions are the same day or week, and then call backs are the following week, followed by invites. You usually have to sing one song of your choosing, and then each group has other things for you to do to see how you fit in with their group. Since you will be spending a enormous amount of your free time with your a cappella group, it’s important to find a good fit of personalities, too.</p>