Vocal HERspective Episode 37 – Amanda Roeder

What better time to highlight educators in the a cappella community than right now? Vocal HERspective sits down with Amanda Roeder, the choir director at Chelmsford High School who works with The Crescendos and The Thursdays as well as many a cappella events in the Boston area.

Tune in at 9:30 pm EDT/6:30 pm PDT, or catch the rebroadcast at 1:30 pm EDT/10:30 am PDT (and 12 hours later) on Sunday.

Friday Night Live – 2020 N.E.Voices Headliners

Tonight on Friday Night Live, we’re bringing back the Saturday night show from this year’s N.E. Voices featuring headliners Highline Vocal Jazz and The NYU N’Harmonics with additional performances by PNHS Northern LightsThe Thursdays, and NOTEorious!

The show kicks off at 9 pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific – FREE on acaville.org

Friday Night Live – June 7, 2019

Need some live a cappella this weekend? We’ve got you covered!

Tune in tonight at 6 pm Pacific to hear the Friday night show from the 2019 Chelmsford’s Aca-Pocalypse featuring Northeastern University’s Distilled Harmony and hosts The Thursdays!

Is there a show you’d like to hear? Let us know!

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
InToneNation ICHSA 2019

OVERALL STANDINGS
1st Place: InToneNation (New Manchester High School) – 441 Points
2nd Place: Skyline Blues (Skyline High School) – 338 Points
3rd Place: 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
N'Harmonics ICCA 2019
OVERALL STANDINGS

1st Place: N’Harmonics (New York University) – 444 Points
2nd Place: BisCaydence (University of Miami) – 358 Points
3rd Place: 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