Perfect Pitch featured in US News & World Report

Hat tip: A Cappella News.

More about the new book by Mickey Rapkin, this time in a national news magazine:

In the past 25 years, college a cappella has become a huge hit, with more than 1,200 college groups nationwide and 200,000 alums. Once merely considered a destination for choir geeks, collegiate a cappella has achieved an aura of glamour, moving from college campuses to bigger (and more varied) stages, like The Late Show With David Letterman and the Republican National Convention.

In his new book, Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory, GQ editor (and a cappella group alum) Mickey Rapkin explores the starry-eyed and often hilarious subculture of campus a cappella. Rapkin followed three a cappella groups—the Tufts University Beelzebubs, Divisi from the University of Oregon, and the University of Virginia Hullabahoos—around the country to document their musical escapades.

When you're an adult and you mention a cappella—if you dare mention it—people think of Rockapella, that group from the Folgers commercial. There's that sort of stigma attached to it. But on college campuses it's the complete opposite: It's cooler than being in a band.