Episode 5 debuts tonight on Acaville Radio with guest Amanda Newman– the Executive Director of Varsity Vocals.
The collective wisdom of women in leadership roles in a cappella is tremendous and this episode is another great example of that. Tune in at 6:30 pm Pacific (9:30 pm Eastern) tonight or catch the rebroadcasts on Sunday at 10:30 am/pm Pacific.
Episodes are also available at vocalherspective.org and through your favorite podcast distributor shortly after the broadcast!
With the #AcaOpen semi-final rounds underway, Rachael sat down with Inverse Vocals, Inside Voices, and Side Note to talk about their preparation to compete.
Tune in Monday at 8 pm Eastern (5 pm Pacific) to hear what they have to say! We’ll also rebroadcast this episode at 10 am & pm Eastern on Sunday.
Tonight, Amanda and Rachael talk to 3-time Harmony Queen, Katie Taylor.
Katie Taylor is a longtime music educator in New York and won quartet gold medals in Harmony, Incorporated with “For Heaven’s Sake” (1996) as bass, “U4X” (2008) as tenor, and most recently “LiveWire” (2015) as lead. She is also the director of Northern Blend Chorus, the 2017 gold medalists of Harmony, Inc. She loves working with youth at Harmony Explosion camps, and she offers private voice lessons as well as music theory and conducting assistance. She was also 2019 faculty at Harmony University, produced by the Barbershop Harmony Society.
John and Brian are on a roll with some great interviews on Talkappella. In Episode 86, they sit down with Charlie Friday, longtime sound engineer and performer in the a cappella community and beyond. Tune in for some great advice on how to best utilize your partnership with your sound engineer.
As always, Talkappella airs at 5 pm Pacific on Mondays and is rebroadcast on Sundays at 4 am and pm Pacific, right here on Acaville.
