The Quest For The A cappella Major

A blog that discusses contemporary a cappella music, the educational practices of a cappella music, a cappella improvisation exercises, and a cappella in popular culture.

Monday, November 10, 2025

What Two Numbers Come After 5?

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First, some old business. Let me review my to-do checklist… -Prematurely announce the death of a cappella and piss everyone off? Check. -P...

Monday, October 27, 2025

We Need To Talk...

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First of all, I’d like to thank you for your comments on my political post. They were as artistically sound as they were personally abusiv...

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Cancelled

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand here’s where I get cancelled. I’m not going to have a political discussion here, so if you’re looking for a monologue that ...

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Momma, look at me! I'm a star!

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This post is about self-promotion. I hate self-promotion. When I see people promote themselves on social media, I go throw up in a wastebask...

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Thursday, October 9, 2025

I'm old! Gimme, gimme, gimme!

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I’m old. Gimme, gimme, gimme! – Abraham Simpson Thank you for all the wonderful discussions and feedback I got from my soft reboot post....

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Marc Silverberg: Dr. Marc Silverberg is a music educator, a cappella artist, and comedian. He has served as Head of Vocal Music at Five Towns College, and presented workshops on vocal improvisation at several AEA sponsored festivals, SUNY Purchase, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, the Nassau County PEAK Festival, The Oklahoma Arts Institute, and the American Choral Directors Association’s 2023 National Convention. In spring 2020, Dr. Silverberg released his first published book, co-written with Deke Sharon and Dr. J.D. Frizzell, with GIA Publications titled Teaching Music Through Performance in Contemporary A cappella. University of Delaware (B.M.), Westminster Choir College (M.M.), and Five Towns College (D.M.A.). Marcesilverberg.com

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