Emocapella

Emocapella (a portmanteau of emo and a cappella) is a critically-acclaimed all-male collegiate a cappella group at the George Washington University. Emocapella was founded in October 2001 by Eric Denman and Dan Riesser, GW sophomores at the time, who wanted to form a group that purposefully deviated from traditional a cappella. The group's first performance was in December 2001, opening for another GW a cappella group, the Vibes. Emocapella is kn... more

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