Whispers echo through the Pavilion; everyone sits, waits. A quiet hum begins, filling the room with soothing vibrations.

The USC Troy Tones met singers in the Pavilion Friday, Feb. 26. The undergraduate a capella group hosted a singing workshop and mini-concert for more than 50 high school and middle school students.

“It was nice to show people that singing is really fun and if you really enjoy it you should keep doing it because you’ll find a place in college. I think that it’s hard because sometimes in high school you get judged and it is uncool to be where you are but in college you do whatever you want, if you want to do something there is a community for you to do it,” Troy Tones singer Selene Klasner said.

The group performed four songs throughout the workshop: “Lean on Me,” “Remission,” “Put Your Records On,” and “Something to Believe In.”

“Troy Tones, to me, seemed like it was the most fun group. It’s a great mix of friendship and music and it is serious enough that we sound pretty good,” Andrew Sanford, senior member of the Troy Tones, said.

In addition to performing, the a capella group also included Oak Park students in a series of warm-ups and taught them certain parts of a song they would eventually perform as a group.

“I really enjoyed it. It was interesting to hear from college students who work very hard about something they are very passionate about,” Oak Park senior Hayley George said.

The Oak Park choir department hosts an annual barbershop night, dedicated to celebrating a capella; during the workshop, three Oak Park students — seniors Kayla Gorenstein, Jenna Kealer, and Christine Hille — who performed in the barbershop night sang “Rhythm of Love” for the Troy Tones.

The workshop ended with a Q&A; the topics ranged from singing and choir, to the transition from high school to college, and even the film “Pitch Perfect.”

“I think a capella is right now at its place in popular music where it has been most recognized; Pentatonix won a Grammy two years in a row… I’d say since “Pitch Perfect” and the show “The Sing Off,” a capella has really become a mainstream thing,” senior Troy Tone member Jonny Shorr said. “Ten years ago it wasn’t as popular, but now every college has a capella groups.