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...agree that it does dilute it, especially when an a cappella jam lasts for three and a half hours,” he says. “But by the same token, the people in the groups don’t mind waiting two hours before going on stage...
Indeed, a common thread among a cappella singers is that they participate more for themselves than any audience. “Making the music is more important to me than having the music received,” Shukla explains. “Everyone wants to be able to express themselves—more so than they want to feel the self-actualization of showing up on stage and having people clap for them...
Harvard’s lesser-known a cappella groups exemplify this sentiment best. In 2006, several members of the Callbacks formed KeyChange—a group specializing in music from the black diaspora—alongside current president Dara M. Wilson...
Breaking into the Harvard a cappella scene with its years of established history was no simple feat. Wilson explains that the process of becoming an official campus organization entails proving the proposed group is not identical to an existing group. “Because we were singing black music, they said, ‘Well, there’s already Kuumba,’” Wilson recalls. “We had to show them that a hundred people singing gospel music is very different from twelve people singing ‘Love in This Club...
This exchange may hint at how wary the campus is of supporting any more a cappella groups. But Stone contends that the current scene forces groups to be “more purposeful” about ensuring they are unique. This attempt within a group to make itself distinct contributes to the tight-knit community that characterizes all a cappella groups...