A Cappella Listening Activity: 12/19 & 12/20

3rd, 4th & 5th Grade Students will get the opportunity to watch two performances (see below) of Christmas songs by well-known a cappella groups. We will define "A Cappella" and "Arrangement" and we will discuss how these are used to create these songs in the examples given.

The first group we will watch is Straight No Chaser (SNC), originally from Indianapolis University. To learn more about them, here is their website. Just scroll down and click enter at the bottom of the page:  http://www.sncmusic.com   Here is the video we are watching today:

The second group we will watch is Pentatonix. This group got their start on Season 3 of NBC's "The Sing-Off" To learn more about them, you can visit their official website at  http://ptxofficial.com/home. The video we will be watching of them is: