University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres
World, a cappella
Years active
1996–present
Website
Official website
Musical artist
Penn Masala is an American a cappella group. It is the world's first[1][2] and premier[3][4] South Asian a cappella group.[5] Formed in 1996 by students at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Masala's music has been influenced by the Eastern and Western cultures that represent the group's membership. The group was featured on the soundtrack of American Desi,[6] and has released twelve full-length albums: Awaaz, 11 PM, Soundcheck, The Brown Album, Pehchaan, On Detours, Panoramic, Kaavish, Resonance,Yuva, Musafir, Midnight Oil, an EP titled Vol. 1 and the compilation album Out of Stock. The group has performed at the White House (in October 2009 via invitation of Barack Obama and June 2023 via invitation from Joe Biden).[7]
Penn Masala performs in the Blue Room of the White House in October of 2009 due to invite from President Barack Obama
Penn Masala has also performed for the Indian Filmfare Awards, and for prominent leaders including Henry Kissinger, Ban Ki-moon, Mukesh Ambani, and Narendra Modi. The group also had a cameo role in Pitch Perfect 2,[8] released in May 2015.
^Rapkin, Mickey (2009). Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59240-463-6.
^Penn Masala performs at the White House Penn Current - October 15, 2009
^Penn Masala to perform in city The Hindu - January 10, 2010
^Penn Masala - The World's Premier South Asian A Cappella Group Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine India West
^Matheson, Kathy (2007-02-24). "UPenn group spices up college a cappella scene with Hindi songs". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
^Patel, Anhoni (May 18, 2001). "Penn Masala Croons A Cappella". AsianWeek. Archived from the original on June 22, 2001. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
^"Penn Masala sings SRK's 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' at White House for PM Modi's welcome". The Times of India. June 22, 2023.
^Lim, Eunice (2014-08-24). "The South Asian a cappella group is the only real collegiate performance group in the movie". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
PennMasala is an American a cappella group. It is the world's first and premier South Asian a cappella group. Formed in 1996 by students at the University...
ISBN 978-1-59240-463-6. PennMasala performs at the White House Archived April 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Penn Current – October 15, 2009 PennMasala to perform...
cappella version of Nazia Hassan's Urdu classic "Aap Jaisa Koi", sung by PennMasala and originally from the movie Qurbani. The term Desi in the title refers...
Hindi-English college groups. The first South Asian a cappella group was PennMasala, an all-male group founded in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania...
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Koi" was covered by the world's premier South Asian a cappella group PennMasala, and their cover was featured in the 2001 American film, American Desi...
Sharma, singers Ghulam Ali, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Asrar, A cappella band PennMasala, film actress Dia Mirza, cricketer MS Dhoni. Film makers Sanjay Leela...
Vashisht is a trained Hindustani classical singer and was a member of PennMasala between 2005 and 2007. His composition "Pehchaan" was the title song...
Kherington to this song in the fourth season of So You Think You Can Dance. PennMasala covered this song in their seventh album, Panoramic. Daniel Evans, a...
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Pennchants; Off the Beat; PennMasala—a Hindi group which has received global acclaim, PennYo, a co-ed Chinese group; Penn Atma, an all-female south-asian...
cappella groups and singers with the film, including The Filharmonic, PennMasala, and Pentatonix. Sharon also worked with the Green Bay Packers. He returned...
concert at Saint Louis University alongside Astha a Cappella and opens for PennMasala. January 25, 2013 - Performs at Knox College for International Fair 2013...
critics.[citation needed] In early 2014, Aggarwal starred in R. T. Neason's masala film Jilla, in which she played a police officer. She then featured in a...
his productions. At the same time, she worked as a video jockey for Mirch Masala of Plus Channel, interviewing prominent actors such as Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna...
American football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Penn State. Bowers attended Kittanning High School and was a four-year letterman...
recent popular videos is the Evolution of Bollywood Dance, inspired by PennMasala's Evolution of Bollywood Music. In this video, the DhoomBros recreate...
Tamil cinema and serials, based in Chennai. He is best known for his action-masala films. As of 2013, he has directed more than twenty five films. He is the...
a number of other films, including Mo' Better Blues (1990), Mississippi Masala (1991), Philadelphia (1993), Courage Under Fire (1996), Remember the Titans...
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