BisCaydence – Acaville

BOCA/BOHSA 2020 Special

Tonight at 9 pm EST/6pm PST we’ll be airing the Varsity Vocals BOCA and BOHSA 2020 Special, featuring songs and a short interviews with 16 of the groups that made it on to the albums.

Feast your ears on 2.5 hours of a cappella goodness from: BisCaydence, Distilled Harmony, University of Rochester YellowJackets, Ramifications, Chi Rho, The Brown Derbies, Unaccompanied Women, Mind the Gap, Profecy A Cappella, Toccatatones, Legacy A Cappella, AA Skyline Blues, Kansas City A Cappella, SoundProof, Falconize, Awest Vocal Chords, and Intonenation_nm

You DON’T want to miss it! Listen FREE at acaville.org. Hear the rebroadcast at 7 am/pm PST this Sunday! Each interview will be released as a podcast on The Pulse.

New Varsity Vocals Champions Named

The stages of Town Hall and the PlayStation Theater brought a cappella to Broadway this weekend for the 2019 ICHSA and ICCA Finals.

After two evenings of performances that marked the culmination of a year of hard work from all of the finalists, two new groups joined the legacy of Varsity Vocals champions – InToneNation and the N’Harmonics.

Here are the full results:

ICHSA Finals

OVERALL STANDINGS
1st Place: InToneNation (New Manchester High School) – 441 Points
2^ndPlace: Skyline Blues (Skyline High School) – 338 Points
3^rdPlace: The Thursdays (Chelmsford High School) – 331 Points

SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Soloist: Tyler Lewis (InToneNation) for “Dancing On My Own”
Outstanding Vocal Percussion: Chris Ekpiken (Skyline Blues) for the entire set
Outstanding Arrangement: InToneNation for the entire set & Griffin Prillwitz (Free to Breathe) for “Sweet Dreams”
Outstanding Choreography: Evolve for the entire set

ICCA Finals

OVERALL STANDINGS

1st Place: N’Harmonics (New York University) – 444 Points
2^ndPlace: BisCaydence (University of Miami) – 358 Points
3^rdPlace: ScatterTones (UCLA) – 352 Points

SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Soloist: Tyler Lewis (HardChord DynaMix) for “Trainwreck”
Outstanding Vocal Percussion: Lora Riehl (Pitch, Please) for the entire set
Outstanding Arrangement: Brett Castro (N’Harmonics) for the entire set
Outstanding Choreography: Brett Castro and Devon McDowell (N’Harmonics) for the entire set

ICCA 2019 Finals Preview

On April 27, a brand new ICCA Champion will be named at the Playstation Theatre in New York City.

Each of this year’s groups brings a different set of talents and strengths – which group will rise to the top? Will the ScatterTones or The Originals finally outdo their previous 2nd place finishes? Will longtime strong competitors like The Trills, the N’Harmonics, and The G-Men learn from their past attempts? Or will a newcomer surpass them all?

Seats in the theater are sold out, but there is a livestream and we’ll be sure to bring you a full recap!

Here’s a sneak peek at this year’s finalists:

Aquapella – UK Champion
University of Bath, Bath, UK

BisCaydence – South Champion
University of Miami, Miami, FL

The G-Men – Great Lakes Champion
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

HardChord DynaMix – Southwest Champion
Texas A&M, College Station, TX

N’Harmonics – Northeast Champions
New York University, New York City, NY

The Originals – Central Champions
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Pitch, Please – Wildcard
Northeastern University, Boston, MA

ScatterTones – West Champions
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Sedoctave – Midwest Champion
Ball State University, Muncie, IN

The Trills – Mid-Atlantic Champions
Towson University, Towson, MD

New Tunesday – March 12, 2019

This week’s #NewTunesday brings some heavy-hitters this week. From world class, to world champions, to worldwide, we’ve got your need for new a cappella amply covered this week:

The Swingles

Now with two new ladies, The Swingles quietly dropped this Spanish lullaby and it wows. Did you expect anything less?

Naturally 7

Somewhat under the radar, top US vocal group N7 has been competing on The World’s Best Championship. Their most recent performance was a tribute of “Fix You”, but you can also see their cover of the iconic “In The Air Tonight” or their audition using “Wall of Sound.”

Women of the World

Two new videos in two weeks from this amazing group? We feel spoiled.

Cadence

Losing power might be your worst nightmare, but what if it meant an impromptu unplugged set from one of the best jazz quartets in the business? Here they are entertaining in the dark at Beach Fire Brewing and Nosh House.

VoicePlay

In their first PartWorks installment of Season 2, the fellas of VoicePlay bring us a cover of “Mr. Blue Sky” that is sure to brighten your day.

Scott & Ryceejo

This dynamic duo caught the attention of the composer with their medley of songs from Mary Poppins Returns – the latest in their long series of Disney covers.

BisCaydence

The recently crowned South Regional Finalists for this year’s ICCA just released a live video of their performance of “No Air” from the Betsy A Cappella Festival in the fall.

MVP | After5 | The Macabellas | Centenary Vocal Ensemble

The ladies of Aussie a cappella came together for a cover of “Independent Women” in honor of International Women’s Day.

The Eight Tracks

This Boston-based CAL group just snagged 2nd place at the Boston Harmony Sweepstakes – here’s footage of their whole set!

The Techtonics

Have you been following the #SmashHitSunday series? Here’s the latest out of the UK’s top collegiate group:

And this one was a little late to come to our attention, but here’s a new-ish Geico ad featuring a “barbershop quartet”: