BY: Dylan CromerA CAPPELLA

About Me- Avid Music Junkie

- Play a few different Instruments

- I sing

Research History

- Started in early Christianity- Churches use these in choirs

How to form this kind of group

- What kind of music works best- What vocals would be required- How to match pitch and harmonize- How to make the group sound as one

FACILITATOR• Aaron Hodges• He is in charge of music

worship at church• He went to college for

music and composition• Taught me how to

compose the music we did and how to arrange it

• After hearing my story with my first facilitator, he immediately was willing to help

• He was a great joy to be around learn from

A CAPPELLA GROUP

-Form an all vocal a cappella group- Perform a mini concert

WHAT

WHY• Musical groups that are accompanied by

instruments can rely on the instruments for proper key and pitch

• A Cappella groups rely solely on the singers and their voices

• I wanted to take on the task of putting a group together to sing only

HOW

• Find my singers

- Soprano- Alto- Tenor- Bass

• Schedule Practice

• Schedule Performance

Anna: Alto Corbin: Bass

Eden: Soprano

Kyler: Tenor/ Lead

Practicing

POMPEII- Bastille

COUNTING STARS- OneRepublic

ProcessI was conducting and playing to give them their pitch

Me on the piano so the group could match pitches for their parts

Kyler rehearsing his parts

At Kyler’s working with him to get his parts down

Anna At our first rehearsal

Final Product

CHALLENGES• My biggest issues were getting

people to be reliable

• My first facilitator stopped for a month before I decided to get a new one

• Time Management

• Also learning to read music again

WHAT I LEARNED• I learned how to read music again• I also learned how to compose music and write

in my own pieces

• No

• It was something I had to rely on too many people

• However I’ll probably do something with music

Pursue It?

What I Think Of Senior Project

• Great to learn if I wanted to do this as my future

• Fun

• I enjoyed the challenge