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“I 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...
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 ’09.
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...
“People like to call a cappella groups cults,” Mallory says. “I call it more of a culture. We do have a culture and there are traditions that are passed on.”
And groups work hard to develop that culture, not just through the music. All a cappella groups once started as KeyChange did, with a small group of students who created a niche for themselves and perpetuated this student-run ethic by organizing their own shows, booking gigs, making ads, and...