Pentatonix

Who are Pentatonix

Kirstie Maldonado

Kirstie is 21 and the lone female of the group. She started community theatre when she was 8, joined her high school choir, and was in her university musical theatre club. She developed some of her skills on tour with Theatre Arlington allowing her to develop 8 part harmonies. Casa Manana and Bass Hall are only some of this rising star has sang at.

Twitter : @kirstin_taylor

Avi Kaplan

Avi is 24 and is was a classical music student. He met Scott through a mutual friend and ended up joining the Pentatonix. He has performed all around the world and is still looking forward to going to more places.

Twitter : @Avi_Kaplan

Mitch Grassi

Is 21 and the youngest member of the group. He is lead vocals and Djs on the side. He went to Martin High School with Kirstie and Scott.

Twitter: @mitchgrassi

Scott Hoying

Scott is 22 and one of the first three of the group (alongside Kirstie and Mitch). He has been performing since he was 8 and is a skilled pianist. In university he was in an a cappella group called SoCal VoCals. He has sang the national anthem for Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks.

Twitter: @scotthoying

Kevin Olusola

He is 25 and the oldest member of the group. He plays the Cello, Sax, and piano along with being the resident beatboxer of the group. He has been to Beijing with Yale fellowship. He joined the group after they discovered him on Youtube and has been a smash hit since.

Twitter: @KOlusola

They are an a cappella, pop group. They won the third season of The Sing-Off in 2011. Their label is Madison Gate Records.

Pentatonix is named after the pentatonic scale; a musical scale/mode with five octaves.

Social Media - Where to find themTwitter : @PTXofficial

Youtube : PTXofficial

Instagram: ptxofficial

Facebook: facebook.com/Pentatonix

Pentatonix Official:ptxofficial.com

The Fandom

Welcome all Pentaholics

As a Pentaholic there are many ways for fans to interact. There are numerous Tumblr blogs, twitter followers, and fan blogs where we can all get together and fangirl/boy together.

Check out some of the Tumblr blogs below:

http://pentatonixofficial.tumblr.com/

http://pentatonixforever.tumblr.com/

http://pentatonixgifs.tumblr.com/

The Five Social Media Tips

1. Fan An Audience

- I feel they built the audience through all social media. They have a lot of the respect from the a cappella and theatre communities because they found their key audience through both the music created solely from them and their social media.

2. Content Shared

- Through their Youtube videos they always share a song they feel reaches us as fans. Plus they always thank us and tell us what is going on with the group and how to connect with them. I find this very personal and welcoming into the Pentaholic family.

3. Engagement

Again the Pentatonix are a very thankful group and very social media relient. Every member has a twitter to engage with fans and share little moments with us. The only thing I think I would have them do is promote their website more and draw in their fans to the amazing site. I only found it during the research for this project.

4. The Swag

The swag is only found through their official website and at a concert. I have ever seen them advertise their swag and I have only heard from other fans.

5. Posting

They post constantly on Youtube. Being subscribed to them I get to see their latest work, plus a thanks and any new information.