BU A Capella Group Start­ing Soon

MISHAWAKA- A new group is mak­ing its ap­pear­ance at Bethel this school year: a stu­dent-led a capella mu­sic group. Stu­dent Kyle Moorer orig­i­nated this idea and re­ceived per­mis­sion from Becky Branch, ad­min­is­tra­tive as­sis­tant of the mu­sic de­part­ment, to turn it into a re­al­ity.  

A capella is a type of mu­sic made by us­ing only vo­cal­iza­tion. No in­stru­ments are used, only peo­ple’s voices, which can mimic in­stru­ments.  

While this group is go­ing to be stu­dent lead, Branch will be the staff spon­sor. She will be help­ing in the back­ground of the group while stu­dents will be lead­ing it. 

“It is a stu­dent-led club, so it’s not of­fi­cially part of aca­d­e­mic mu­sic de­part­ment,” Branch said. “I think it’s a great idea, I think a lot of peo­ple en­joy that style of mu­sic. Mu­sic is a great out­let for stress re­lief, for fun, for meet­ing new peo­ple, and for hav­ing some­thing to keep them in­volved.” 

Branch also stated that there will be more in­for­ma­tion com­ing next week. There are posters up around cam­pus for those in­ter­ested and stu­dents with any ques­tions may con­tact Branch at  becky.branch@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu or Moorer at  kyle.moorer@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu.