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====Penn's a cappella community====
[[File:PM Obama.jpg|thumb|[[Penn Masala]] performs in the Blue Room of the White House in October 2009 on invitation from President [[Barack Obama]].]]

The A Cappella Council (ACK) is composed of 14 a cappella groups. Penn's a cappella groups entertain audiences with repertoires including pop, rock, R&B, jazz, Hindi, and Chinese songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/ack.php|title=Performing Arts Council at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728221803/https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/ack.php|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
ACK is also home to Off The Beat, which has received the most contemporary a cappella recording awards of any collegiate group in the United States and the most features on the ''Best of College A Cappella'' albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pennoffthebeat.com|title=Off The Beat|access-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195614/https://pennoffthebeat.com/|archive-date=September 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Penn Masala]], formed in 1996, is world's oldest<ref>{{cite book |title=Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory |last=Rapkin |first=Mickey |year=2009 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-59240-463-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/pitchperfectques0000rapk_q3n0}}</ref><ref>[http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3585 Penn Masala performs at the White House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420093139/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3585 |date=April 20, 2016 }} Penn Current – October 15, 2009</ref> and premier<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100113171650/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/10/stories/2010011057570200.htm Penn Masala to perform in city] ''[[The Hindu]]'' – January 10, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.indiawest.com/channel/278-65-penn-masala----the-world-s-premier-south-asian-a-cappella-group.html Penn Masala – The World's Premier South Asian A Cappella Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113070515/http://www.indiawest.com/channel/278-65-penn-masala----the-world-s-premier-south-asian-a-cappella-group.html |date=January 13, 2012}} India West</ref> [[South Asia]]n a cappella group based in an American university, which has performed for [[Barack Obama]], [[Joe Biden]], [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Ban Ki-moon]], [[Farooq Abdullah]], [[Imran Khan]], [[Rajkumar Hirani]], [[A.R. Rahman]], [[Narendra Modi]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/penn-masala-sings-srks-chaiyya-chaiyya-at-white-house-for-pm-modis-welcome/articleshow/101198111.cms | title=Penn Masala sings SRK's 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' at White House for PM Modi's welcome | newspaper=The Times of India | date=June 22, 2023 }}</ref> and [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], had their a cappella version of [[Nazia Hassan]]'s [[Urdu]] classic "[[Aap Jaisa Koi]]," (originally from the movie ''[[Qurbani (1980 film)|Qurbani]]'') sung in the movie [[American Desi]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Matheson | first = Kathy | title = UPenn group spices up college a cappella scene with Hindi songs | agency = Associated Press | date = February 24, 2007 | url =http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/25/america/NA-FEA-A-E-MUS-US-Hindi-A-Cappella.php | access-date =February 17, 2008}}</ref>

Penn alumni [[Elizabeth Banks]] (class of 1996) and Max Handelman (Banks' husband, class of 1995) invited Masala to appear in ''[[Pitch Perfect 2]]'', as Banks reported that Penn's a capella community inspired the [[Pitch Perfect (film series)|film series]] starring or produced by Banks and Handleman.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 15, 2015|title=Pitch Perfect and Penn|url=https://thepenngazette.com/pitch-perfect-and-penn/|access-date=July 24, 2021|website=The Pennsylvania Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref>