WORLD RENOWNED PENN MASALA IN THE A CAPPELLA NCPA CHAMPIONSHIP CLOSING QUARTET; BROADWAY ON DEMAND & HAMILTON STAR ANNOUNCE FINALISTS JAN. 12TH
WORLD RENOWNED PENN MASALA IN THE A CAPPELLA NCPA CHAMPIONSHIP CLOSING
QUARTET; Broadway On Demand & Hamilton
Star Announce Finalists Jan. 12th
From
5,000 Nationwide Groups, 4 Semi-Finalists Remain in 64 Team Bracket for $10K
and Social Justice Charities in “Pitch Perfect Meets March Madness”*
Biggest College A Cappella Championship in History!
Penn Masala vs. Harvard
Opportunes BYU Vocal Point vs.
Vanderbilt Melodores
Results Jan. 12th, 8:00 P.M. EST (GMT
–5) on Broadway On Demand
NEW YORK, NY — In
a brave new virtual world, from 5,000+ College A Cappella groups, 64 of the nation’s
most acclaimed and award winning groups were invited
to compete in the unprecedented “UpStagedAID:
One World, Every Student Voice™” NCPA A Cappella Championships for $10,000+
in cash prizes for teams and their chosen Social Justice Charity.
Penn Masala is one of five South Asian College groups who fought their
way to the top of this NCPA Competition. Formed in 1996, all-male
Penn Masala is renowned as the
world’s first and leading South Asian A Cappella group,
having performed worldwide for celebrity audiences from the White House to the
Bollywood Music Awards. Penn Masala is featured in the Hollywood
blockbuster Pitch Perfect 2. Their cover of “Any Way You Want It” was
part of the Best Soundtrack Winner at the 2015 American Music Awards.
Broadway On Demand, the industry-leading livestream platform in performing arts, will showcase the announcement with Ringling Bros.’ Last Ringmaster,
Johnathan Lee Iverson, hosting and Tony Award-winning show Hamilton’s, actor
extraordinaire Jared Dixon (Aaron
Burr) congratulating the finalists. NPR’s Peabody Award-winning
Morning Edition recently announced
the semi-finalists:
To reach the Closing Quartet, NCPA Mid-Atlantic Champion Penn Masala dominated fellow NCPA A Cappella All-American, Midwest Region Champion,
and Big 10 A Cappella powerhouse Illinois No Comment after stunning last minute come-from-behind victories over NBC’s The Sing-Off competitors Howard Afro Blue and Ivy League rival Princeton Footnotes.
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