Grounded in musical traditions and genres, contemporary a cappella is old enough now to have traditions of its own. These include producers and engineers specializing in a cappella (Bill Hare, diovoce, Liquid 5th Productions, VocalSource); annual festivals (like the Los Angeles A cappella Summit, SingStrong, SoJam, and the Vermont A cappella Summit); annual competitions (ICCA and ICHSA); national and international organizations (including BHS, CAL, CASA); recording awards (BOCA, CARAs, Voices Only); and a growing number of third-party critical and review organizations (Mouth Off, RARB).

Contemporary A cappella music has grown over the last 20 years into a thriving, community based musical experience that deserves to be shared, explored, encouraged, demonstrated, critiqued, and accepted among the new and trendy musical movements of the 21st century. By declaring a day that celebrates unaccompanied singing, we can ensure that a cappella traditions will live on and more people will celebrate music.

A cappella performers, arrangers, composers, educators, philosophers, and fans deserve to have a day that celebrates both the newest and hippest music craze and acknowledges the rising growth of this new art form.

A date is not set in stone. First, we need support.