Competition Countdown – UpStagedAID Episode 3

The top 16 has been announced and we are back with four more UpStagedAID competitors  Afro Blue, UVU VoiceLine, UMiami Tufaan, and All-Night Yahtzee! Listen at 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern to hear the interviews and the tracks they submitted!

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: BisCaydenceDistilled HarmonyUniversity of Rochester YellowJacketsRamificationsChi RhoThe Brown DerbiesUnaccompanied WomenMind the GapProfecy A CappellaToccatatonesLegacy A CappellaAA Skyline BluesKansas City A Cappella, SoundProofFalconizeAwest 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.

Friday Night Live: All-American Awaaz Voices of Champions 2019

Start your weekend off right by tuning in for the largest South Asian Fusion a cappella contest on the planet! Hosted at Howard University in Washington, DC on April 13th, All-American Awaaz featured seven of the top groups from around the U.S., as well as other top-notch performers and world-class judges.

Hear the whole thing right here, starting at 6 pm PDT on Friday, May 3, 2019!

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