Pitch perfect : the quest for collegiate a cappella glory

Summary: Chronicles the competition between three contending groups for the Collegiate A Cappella championship, evaluating how their achievements reflect a rising surge in the music form's popularity, as well as the diversity that has shaped its expression.

Record details

ISBN: 1592408214 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781592408214 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
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Edition: 1st movie tie-in ed.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Gotham Books, 2008.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- Divisi : wherein twelve ladies in red ties are snubbed at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, and contemplate returning for seconds -- The Beelzebubs : wherein the legendary Tufts Beelzebubs face a crisis in leadership -- The Hullabahoos : wherein we meet the upstart bad boys of collegiate a cappella -- Divisi : wherein the ladies of Divisi struggle with more than music while the origins of the ICCAs are explained -- 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 -- The Hullabahoos : wherein the Hullabahoos' origin story unfolds and the 2006-2007 lineup spends a chauffeur-driven weekend in Portland -- The Beelzebubs and Hullabahoos collide : wherein two groups clash in a very unusual Mason-Dixon throwdown in October of 2006 -- 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 -- The 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 -- The Hullabahoos : wherein the Hullabahoos travel to Los Angeles for winter break 2007 and attempt to (among other things) gain admission to the Playboy Mansion -- Divisi : wherein Divisi comes face-to-face with some Noteworthy ladies in the semifinals of the ICCAs -- The Beelzebubs : wherein the Beelzebubs travel west for spring break -- The Hullabahoos : wherein the Hullabahoos' relaxed attitude finally catches up with them while Brendon Mason reports back from a Lexington, Virginia, jail cell -- Divisi : wherein personal tragedy becomes triumph in the spring of 2007 -- The Beelzebubs : wherein the Beelzebubs unleash Pandaemonium on the world -- The Hullabahoos : wherein the Hullabahoos reconnect with an old friend in the spring of 2007, and come face-to-face with a new one -- Epilogue -- Appendix.