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==SHARP All Male A Cappella==
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'''SHARP''' is an all-male a capella group founded on October 16, 2011 by sophomores Danny Murcia and Zach Vargas-Sullivan.
  
SHARP All Male A Cappella is the newest a cappella group at Columbia University, officially founded on October 16, 2011 by sophomores Danny Murcia and Zach Vargas-Sullivan.  
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==History==
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SHARP was unofficially founded outside of Wallach Hall in mid-September of 2011. Sophomore a capella singers Danny Murcia and Zach Vargas-Sullivan were having a typical 2am pow-wow after rehearsal with their group. However, that night the two sophomores decided it was time to part ways with their current group to develop something new, setting two principles: 1) the ensemble would be all male and 2) the group would be aim to be musicaly superior. Furthermore, unlike other a capella groups, SHARP would not specialize in any particular genre. The gentlemen of SHARP would be the premier voice for a Cappella music on Columbia’s campus, focusing their time learning and perfecting songs from every musical genre.
  
==History==
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SHARP's foundation ended up being a source of drama in the a capella community, as it initially pulled members from existing groups and increased competition among existing groups for the best candidates in each class.<ref>[http://bwog.com/2012/04/27/resolving-dissonance-drama-in-the-a-cappella-community/ Resolving Dissonance: Drama in the A Cappella Community], The Blue and White, April 2012</ref>
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==External links==
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* [http://www.columbiasharp.com/ SHARP Website]
  
SHARP was unofficially founded outside of Wallach Hall on Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus in mid-September of 2011. Sophomores Danny Murcia and Zach Vargas-Sullivan were having their typical 2am pow-wow after a rather exhausting rehearsal with their then a Cappella group, but this time their pow-wow wasn’t all fun and games as was typical for the two of them. That night, the two sophomores decided it was time to part ways with their current group to develop something new and fill an a Cappella void on Columbia’s campus. They had no idea what they were about to get themselves into, but they established two basic principles that would guide this new group: 1) the ensemble would be all male and 2) the group would be stellar, giving all the premier a Cappella groups on Columbia’s campus a run for their money. This new group of theirs would not specialize in a particular musical genre, as was common of CU a Cappella groups at the time. The gentlemen of SHARP (as it would come to be called) would be the premier voice for a Cappella music on Columbia’s campus, focusing their time learning and perfecting songs from every musical genre. But apart from these lofty goals, they didn’t really have much of a plan. No name. No members. No anything. But before the night was through, they immediately got to work calling and emailing friends and untapped singers asking them to come along for the ride.
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 22:47, 28 May 2013

SHARP is an all-male a capella group founded on October 16, 2011 by sophomores Danny Murcia and Zach Vargas-Sullivan.

History

SHARP was unofficially founded outside of Wallach Hall in mid-September of 2011. Sophomore a capella singers Danny Murcia and Zach Vargas-Sullivan were having a typical 2am pow-wow after rehearsal with their group. However, that night the two sophomores decided it was time to part ways with their current group to develop something new, setting two principles: 1) the ensemble would be all male and 2) the group would be aim to be musicaly superior. Furthermore, unlike other a capella groups, SHARP would not specialize in any particular genre. The gentlemen of SHARP would be the premier voice for a Cappella music on Columbia’s campus, focusing their time learning and perfecting songs from every musical genre.

SHARP's foundation ended up being a source of drama in the a capella community, as it initially pulled members from existing groups and increased competition among existing groups for the best candidates in each class.[1]

External links

References