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Pitch perfect : the quest for collegiate a cappella glory / Mickey Rapkin.

Rapkin, Mickey. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781592403769
  • ISBN: 159240376X
  • Physical Description: 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Gotham Books, [2008]

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Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 Divisi: Wherein twelve ladies in red ties are snubbed at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella-and contemplate returning for seconds 17 -- Chapter 2 Beelzebubs: Wherein the legendary Tufts Beelzebubs face a crisis in leadership 31 -- Chapter 3 Hullabahoos: Wherein we meet the upstart bad boys of collegiate a cappella 49 -- Chapter 4 Divisi: Wherein the ladies of Divisi struggle with more than music while the origins of the ICCAs are explained 65 -- Chapter 5 Wherein we pull back to explain the collegiate a cappella explosion of the late nineties, meet the self-proclaimed father of contemporary a cappella, and find out how an a cappella album can possibly be overproduced 79 -- Chapter 6 Hullabahoos: Wherein the Hullabahoos' origin story unfolds and the 2006-2007 lineup spends a chauffeur-driven weekend in Portland 89 -- Chapter 7 Beelzebubs and Hullabahoos Collide: Wherein two groups clash in a very unusual Mason-Dixon throwdown in October of 2006 101 -- Chapter 8 Divisi: Wherein the original members of Divisi return (disastrously) to prepare these new girls for the quarterfinals of the 2007 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella 115 -- Chapter 9 Beelzebubs: Wherein the Bubs descend on their founder's lake house for ten days of recording in January while a true Hollywood a cappella story unfolds 127 -- Chapter 10 Hullabahoos: Wherein the Hullabahoos travel to Los Angeles for winter break 2007 and attempt to (among other things) gain admission to the Playboy Mansion 145 -- Chapter 11 Divisi: Wherein Divisi comes face-to-face with some Noteworthy ladies in the semifinals of the ICCAs 159 -- Chapter 12 Wherein we peek inside the nefarious world of the Contemporary A Cappella Society, a feud is born between two companies-Primarily A Cappella and Mainely A Cappella-and the NCCAs go international 177 -- Chapter 13 Beelzebubs: Wherein the Beelzebubs travel west for spring break 189 -- Chapter 14 Hullabahoos: Wherein the Hullabahoos' relaxed attitude finally catches up with them while Brendon Mason reports back from a Lexington, Virginia, jail cell 207 -- Chapter 15 Wherein the ICCAs goes international, the man behind Mainely A Cappella quits the scene, and we meet Merv Griffin's favorite a capella group-which not surprisingly turns out to be the a cappella equivalent of the cabana boy 223 -- Chapter 16 Divisi: Wherein personal tragedy becomes triumph in the spring of 2007 235 -- Chapter 17 Beelzebubs: Wherein the Beelzebubs unleash Pandaemonium on the world 241 -- Chapter 18 Hullabahoos: Wherein the Hullabahoos reconnect with an old friend in the spring of 2007-and come face-to-face with a new one 253.
Subject:
Choral societies > United States.
Music in universities and colleges > United States.

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