Quantitative Responses

Key:
Income Source

A= Live Performance B= Online Streaming (Spotify/Apple Music etc) C= Physical CDs D= Private Funding E=
Government Funding F= Other (please specify)

How

A= Met at college or university B=Met through a musical society, choir etc C= Advertised or responded to
advertisement D= Other (please specify)

Competitions

A= Yes, and are generally placed in the top 3 B= Yes, and achieve mixed results C= Yes, we participate for
experience and feedback from experts rather than results D= No

Tour

A= Within Europe B= North America C= Asia D= Other (please specify)

Members Formed How Income Income Country Comps Tour

Source
1 6 2014 D A, D 10,000> Germany C A
2 6 2012 A A, C, F N/A UK D A
3 4 2017 B A 30,000> Austria D A
4 5 2014 A A 10,000> Germany A A
5 8 2011 B A 30,000> UK A A
6 5 2009 A A 100,000> Germany B N/A
7 8 2005 B A 100,000< UK D D
8 5 2013 B A 100,000< Germany A D
9 5 2016 A A 30,000> Germany A
10 4 2007 B A N/A Sweden D A
11 6 2011 D A 50,000> Czech A D
Republic
12 6 1988 B A 50,000> Sweden D D
13 7 1962 D A 100,000< UK D D
14 8 2018 C A 10,000> UK D A
15 5 2013 A A 50,000> Austria B A
16 6 2004 A A 30,000> Sweden D A
17 4 2006 B A 30,000> Austria B A
18 5 2015 A A 50,000> Germany A C
19 3 2001 B A, C 10,000> Austria B A
20 5 2013 A A 30,000> Netherlands B D
21 6 1998 A A, C N/A Austria B A
Qualitative Responses
What other a cappella groups (past and
present) do you consider an inspiration?
1 Take6, Real Group, Swingles
2 Pentatonix, Swingles
3 Bauchklang, Fork, Club for Five
4 Club for Five, Pentatonix, Naturally 7,
Cluster, m-pact
5 Pop Music rather than a cappella as a
genre
6 N/A
7 Swingles, Real Group, Take6
8 Fork, Real Group, Swingles
9 Pentatonix, Real Group, Rajaton,
Swingles
10 Real Group, Take6, Vocal Spectrum
11 Swingles, Take6, Real Group, Club for
Five, Cluster
12 Take6, Singers Unlimited
13 Real Group, Rajaton, Solala, Naturally7,
Manhattan Transfer
What do you feel are stylistic differences between European
& American contemporary a cappella?
American groups: lots of collage groups, lots of r'n'b, mainly
covers
European groups: more leasure singing (this or at least semi-
professional), more pop, still lots of covers but with comedic
tendancies
I personally don't think there are huge differences these days.
Since Pentatonix hit the mainstream a huge amount of
European A Cappella groups have tried to emulate the
American collegiate A Cappella sound.
America seems to be more pop orientated and have a much
bigger a cappella scene, especially at universitys
I am not sure there are many or any.
I find a lot of European a cappella mimics American a cappella,
although I would say European is becoming more diverse as a
sub-genre.
N/A
Rather than thinking of the difference between continents I
would suggest thinking about the difference between stylistic
choices.
I’m not that experienced with American a cappella groups, but
I experienced some groups that had great soloists but on the
other hand tended to use a small dynamic range, favoring
louder level. Also it appears American high-school and college
A cap-performances focus too much on choreography and
show for my taste. I think that’s different in Europe. Also in
Germany there’s a great number of groups doing more or less
funny and often original repertoire in German, while American
groups seem to focus on pop cover repertoire.
American Groups have a much more commerical sound and
attitude on stage
N/A
European a cappella seems to tend to more artistic and
intricate styles. The American aca scene is very wide and
inclines mostly to pop.
The European styles are often more based on a choir tradition
and the American more from bands. Many college groups are
doing Glee-style performances.
American contemporary a cappella arrangements tend to veer
towards pop/soul where European a cappella arrangements
tend to include more folk/traditional influences. Of course
there are many exceptions! There’s so much variety in the
world of a cappella in both regions.
14 Swingles, Real Group, Juicebox The popularity of collegiate a cappella in America does result
in a large amount of pop influenced a cappella 'covers'.
Whereas in Europe I think it's safe to say a cappella groups are
more likely to perform a wider variety of styles, including folk
influenced arrangements (The Swingles), original works for
vocal ensemble (The Real Group), and groups that push
boundaries of vocal techniques and technology (JuiceBox).
15 Boxettes, Razzones Americans tend to be more commercial in my opinion...
16 Rajaton, Real Group, Anúna, Swingles American are more show, more effects, strong focus on
soloist, simpler arrangements. European are more
authenticity, more focus on the collective, more artistic.
17 OnAir, Swingles, Ringmasters, Quintense The vision of sound. In my opinion Acappella-Music is mostly
overproduced and too "clean", so without any edges left... and
the American standards are influencing the European style I
guess... Like in music in general. It's got to be perfect in a way.
18 Real Group I feel that European Groups focus more on the actual singers
whereas in America the name of the group is all that matters
and singers there are more or less anonymous.
19 Acapelicans US A Cappella seems more polished, looking for perfect
blending and exciting stage performance. European groups
might appear more individual and artistically focused
20 Take6, Real Group, Swingles, Pentatonix - Use of vowels
- European influences include more classical elements
21 King Singers, Pentatonix N/A