VARSITY VOCALS
News
Current season:
BOCA 2013 and BOHSA 2012-2013 announced - 12/24/2012
ICCA and ICHSA 2013 Lineup Announced - 11/15/2012
Last season:
Free screenings of Pitch Perfect nationwide - 9/2012
ICCA and ICHSA 2012 Finals Results and Official Photos - 5/2/2012
ICCA and ICHSA 2012 Finals Tickets: ON SALE NOW - 3/2/2012
Apply for the ICHSA Wild Card - 2/12/2012
Competition Season Kicks Off - 1/26/2012
BOCA 2012 Sneak Peek - 12/15/2011
BOCA 2012 announced - 12/7/2011
ICCA and ICHSA 2012 Lineup Announced - 11/15/2011
BOCA 2013 and BOHSA 2012-2013 (finally!) announced
December 24, 2012
We are thrilled to announce the track lists for our annual BOCA: Best Of College A Cappella 2013 and biannual BOHSA: Best Of High School A Cappella 2012-2013!
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who submitted their tracks. We know how much of each of you goes into producing these albums, and we really enjoyed listening to each and every track we received.
Hundreds upon hundreds of tracks were submitted. With so many groups pushing the envelope -- in everything from vocalists and arrangement, to recording and production quality, to song selection and genre -- selecting our lineup this year was more difficult than ever before. Groups are really done some incredible things in the studio, and it was a humbling experience to try to select the very best!
We want to thank you for your interest in our annual compilation, and we encourage you to participate in years to come.
Congratulations to the groups who were selected!
We are quite excited about these albums and are working quickly to produce them. We will be in touch soon with further instructions.
Thank you again to everyone who contributed to this process! Happy Holidays! - Deke and Amanda
BOCA 2013: Best Of College A Cappella
1. Party Rock - Rochester Institute of Technology Eight Beat Measure
opb LMFAO
2. Valerie - University of California, Berkeley DeCadence
opb Amy Winehouse
3. Without You - University of Virginia Gentlemen
opb David Guetta
4. Not Over You - Virginia Tech Juxtaposition
opb Gavin DeGraw
5. Something to Believe In - University of Virginia Hullabahoos
opb Parachute
6. We Found Love - University of Chicago Voices In Your Head
opb Rihanna
7. Marry Me - University of Georgia Noteworthy
opb Train
8. You Were Born For This - Northwestern University X-Factors
opb Tremolo
9. Mykonos - University of Michigan G-Men
opb Fleet Foxes
10. The Great Debate - University of Colorado Buffoons
opb Down The Line
11. Winter Song - Elon University Sweet Signatures
opb Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
12. Blackout - North Carolina State University Acappology
opb Breathe Carolina
13. Cinema - James Madison University Exit 245
opb Benny Benassi (Skrillex Remix)
14. Aha! - Florida State University All-Night Yahtzee
opb Imogen Heap
15. Cherry Pie - University of Chicago Men In Drag
opb Warrant
16. Smooth Criminal - University of Wisconsin-Madison Fundamentally Sound
opb Michael Jackson
17. Battlefield - James Madison University BluesTones
opb Jordin Sparks
18. Woods - Northeastern University Nor'easters
opb Bon Iver
19. All Of The Lights - Duke University Pitchforks
opb Kanye West
BOHSA 2012-13: Best Of High School A Cappella
1. Vertigo - Salem High School WithPitch?
opb U2
2. King Of Anything - The Wheeler School 18 Wheelers
opb Sara Bareilles
3. Brighter Than The Sun - Cypress Lake Center for the Arts The A Cappella Group
opb Colbie Caillat
4. Price Tag - Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School Vega
opb Jessie J
5. Paparazzi - Marblehead High School Luminescence
opb Lady GaGa
6. Halo - Flint Hill School Major Minors
opb Beyoncé
7. Someone Like You - Briarcrest Christian School
opb Adele
8. End of the Road - Weston High School Town Criers
opb Boyz II Men
9. Disturbia - Olympia High School JukeVox
opb Rihanna
10. Dr. Feelgood - Germantown Friends School GFS A Cappella
opb Aretha Franklin
11. Parachute - Kettering Fairmont High School Eleventh Hour
opb Ingrid Michaelson
12. Just the Way You Are - Durham Academy XIV Hours
opb Bruno Mars
13. Ain't No Sunshine - Brentwood Academy Singers
opb Bill Withers
14. Not Over You - Port Washington High School Limited Edition
opb Gavin DeGraw
15. Superstitious - Kettering Fairmont High School Fusion
opb Stevie Wonder
16. Chain of Fools - Clarkson High School Detroit Voice
opb Aretha Franklin
17. I Feel Good - Gann Academy ShenaniGanns
opb James Brown
18. Rumor Has It - Cary-Grove High School Jazz Choir
opb Adele
19. E.T. - Wilsonville High School Soul'd Out
opt Katy Perry (feat. Kanye West)
20. Celebrate (Remix) - Centerville High School Forte
opb Forte
ICCA and ICHSA 2013 Lineup Announced
November 15, 2012
We are thrilled to announce the official lineup for the 2012 Varsity Vocals A Cappella Championship! With a record high number of applications, we did some finagling and were able to accept more groups than ever before. It's going to be an incredible season!
Stay tuned to our events page, where you will soon be able to find out where to see your favorite group will compete this winter. Tickets go on sale in January!
Free screenings of PITCH PERFECT nationwide
September 2012
Varsity Vocals and Universal Pictures are thrilled to offer free advance screenings of the new a cappella movie PITCH PERFECT for friends and fans of Varsity Vocals!
PITCH PERFECT tells the fictionalized story of a cappella groups competing in our very own ICCA. Wacth the trailer here.
The screenings are FREE, but you must "like" Varsity Vocals on Facebook and secure advance tickets here.
A complete schedule is available on the ticketing page or on the Varsity Vocals Facebook events page.
See you this September in a theater near you!
ICCA and ICHSA 2012 Finals Results and Official Photos
May 2, 2012
Check out the official photos from this year's Finals!
A big thank you to Ross Media for documenting the 2012 ICCA and ICHSA Finals.
ICCA and ICHSA 2012 Finals Tickets: ON SALE NOW
March 2, 2010
ICHSA Wild Card Round announced
February 12, 2012
We are excited to announce the 2012 ICHSA Wild Card Round! For groups who cannot participate in a live semifinal event or who don't take first place at their semifinal, we have three remaining wild card spaces for ICHSA Finals on April 27 in New York City.
Apply for the ICHSA Wild Card round today! The deadline is March 1, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Competition Season Kicks Off
January 26, 2012
The Varsity Vocals competition season has officially started! A great ICHSA New England Semifinal kicked off our high school tournament this past weekend, and collegiate competitions start this Saturday!
Event locations, competitors, and ticketing information can be found on our Events page. Many thanks to all of our wonderful hosts and competitors; we are very excited to see you soon!
BOCA 2012 Sneak Peek
December 15, 2011
We're excited to offer you a sneak peek at the artwork for BOCA 2012:
BOCA 2012 announced
December 8, 2011
We are thrilled to announce the track list for BOCA: Best Of College A Cappella 2012!
(Please note that BOHSA: Best Of High School A Cappella is now a biannual compilation. Submissions made this year will be held for consideration for next year's release.)Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who submitted their tracks. We know how much of each of you goes into producing these albums, and we really enjoyed listening to each and every track we received.
Hundreds upon hundreds of tracks were submitted. With so many groups pushing the envelope -- in everything from vocalists and arrangement, to recording and production quality, to song selection and genre -- selecting our lineup this year was incredibly difficult.
We want to thank you for your interest in our annual compilation, and we encourage you to participate in years to come.
Congratulations to the groups who were selected!
We are quite excited about these albums and are working quickly to produce them. We will be in touch soon with further instructions.
Thank you again to everyone who contributed to this process!
BOCA 2012: Best Of College A Cappella
1. Animal - University of North Carolina Clef Hangers
opb Neon Trees
2. Idioteque - University of Virginia Sil'hooettes
opb Radiohead
3. The Fear - Bates College Crosstones
opb Lily Allen
4. OMG - Boston College Bostonians
opb Usher feat. will.i.am
5. There Goes My Baby - MIT Logarhythms
opb Usher
6. Uninvited - Rutgers University ShockWave
opb Alanis Morissette
7. Halo - Ithaca College Ithacappella
opb Beyonce
8. Right As Rain - Tufts University Amalgamates
opb ADELE
9. Suspension - St. Louis University Bare Naked Statues
opb Mae
10. 22 - Tufts University sQ!
opb sQ!
11. Gunpowder & Lead - North Carolina State University Acappology
opb Miranda Lambert
12. Closet Freak - Tufts University Beelzebubs
opb Cee-Lo Green
13. Is Pal Mein - University of Pennsylvania Penn Masala
opb Penn Masala
14. Falling Slowly - James Madison University Exit 245
opb Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
15. Unbreakable - Tufts University Jackson Jills
opb Fireflight
16. Sweet Disposition - James Madison University Low Key
opb The Temper Trap
17. Phoenix - Brandeis University VoiceMale
opb VoiceMale
18. Brand New Jones - Dartmouth College Aires
opb Thicke
ICCA and ICHSA 2012 Lineup Announced
November 15, 2011
We are thrilled to announce the official lineup for the 2012 Varsity Vocals A Cappella Championship! With a record high of applications, we did some finagling and were able to accept more groups than ever before. It's going to be an incredible season!Stay tuned to our events page, where you will soon be able to find out where to see your favorite group compete this winter. Tickets go on sale in January!
ICCA and ICHSA 2011 Finals Champions Crowned
April 2011
Congratulations to 2011 ICHSA Champions, Douglas MacArthur High School PFC, and 2011 ICCA Champions, Berklee College of Music Pitch Slapped! Photos of ICCA and ICHSA Finals, courtesy of Ross Media, are available here.ICHSA 2011 Wild Card Results Are In
March 8, 2011
The results of our ICHSA Wild Card Round are in! Visit our results page to see the four groups who earned a spot to compete in ICHSA Finals through this process. We now have a full ICHSA Finals lineup! Hurry up and get your tickets -- they are going fast!ICCA and ICHSA 2011 Finals Tickets: ON SALE NOW
March 2, 2010
Tickets to our ICCA and ICHSA FINALS are now available! Featuring the best college and high school a cappella groups from across the country and beyond, as well as appearances by emcee Dave Brown of Mouth Off and guest performers The Red States and Vocaldente. Be a part of student a cappella's biggest weekend! Visit our events page for details and get your tickets today!ICHSA Wild Card Round
We are excited to announce the 2011 ICHSA Wild Card Round! For groups who cannot participate in a live semifinal event or who don't take first place at their semifinal, we have four remaining wild card spaces for ICHSA Finals on April 15 in New York City.
Groups
can videotape their competition set, just as though they were
performing at an ICHSA semifinal event--no stops, edits, or cuts. Three
Varsity Vocals adjudicators will evaluate the performances.
The deadline to submit videos is March 1. Contact ICHSA Director Andrea Poole at andrea@varsityvocals.com for official information on how to upload your video to our YouTube site.
On
March 7, the four top-scoring groups will be declared winners of the
Wild Card Round and will be invited to appear at ICHSA Finals.
Groups
that are scheduled to compete in an ICHSA semifinal held after March 1
may still participate in the Wild Card Round. Those that win a wild card
spot can still compete in your semifinal and enjoy the experience
without concern for the outcome of the show. If the winner of a
semifinal has already won a wild card spot, we will invite the second
place group at semifinals to advance to ICHSA Finals.
Groups can videotape their competition set, just as though they were performing at an ICHSA semifinal event--no stops, edits, or cuts. Three Varsity Vocals adjudicators will evaluate the performances.
The deadline to submit videos is March 1. Contact ICHSA Director Andrea Poole at andrea@varsityvocals.com for official information on how to upload your video to our YouTube site.
On
March 7, the four top-scoring groups will be declared winners of the
Wild Card Round and will be invited to appear at ICHSA Finals.
Groups
that are scheduled to compete in an ICHSA semifinal held after March 1
may still participate in the Wild Card Round. Those that win a wild card
spot can still compete in your semifinal and enjoy the experience
without concern for the outcome of the show. If the winner of a
semifinal has already won a wild card spot, we will invite the second
place group at semifinals to advance to ICHSA Finals.
BOCA and BOHSA 2011 now available
BOCA 2011 and BOHSA 2010-2011 are now available! Get yours today!
On iTunes:
Download BOCA 2011
Download BOHSA 2010-2011
At a-cappella.com:
Buy BOCA 2011 album
Buy BOHSA 2010-2011 album
Or look for both albums at ICCA and ICHSA events this winter!
Special thanks to our partners, a-cappella.com and A Cappella Records.
BOCA and BOHSA 2011 announced
We are thrilled to announce the track list for BOCA: Best Of College A Cappella 2011 and BOHSA: Best Of High School A Cappella 2010-2011!
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who submitted their tracks. We know how much of each of you goes into producing these albums, and we really enjoyed listening to each and every track we received.
Hundreds upon hundreds of tracks were submitted. With so many groups pushing the envelope -- in everything from vocalists and arrangement, to recording and production quality, to song selection and genre -- selecting our lineup this year was incredibly difficult.
We want to thank you for your interest in our annual compilation, and we encourage you to participate in years to come.
Congratulations to the groups who were selected!
We are quite excited about these albums and are working quickly to produce them. We will be in touch soon with further instructions.
Thank you again to everyone who contributed to this process! Our 2011 albums are going to be the best yet.
BOCA 2011: Best Of College A Cappella
1. Sing A Song - University of Oregon On The Rocks
2. Fireflies - University of Rochester Midnight Ramblers
opb Owl City
3. Before The Worst - Northwestern University Undertones
opb The Script
4. First Train Home - Boston College Bostonians
opb Imogen Heap
5. No Substitute Love - Brown University Chattertocks
opb Estelle
6. Lost Without U - Cornell University Last Call
opb Robin Thicke
7. Telephone - University of Virginia Sil'hooettes
opb Lady Gaga
8. I'd Like To - University of Chicago Voices In Your Head
opb Corinne Bailey Rae
9. Hit 'Em Up Style - James Madison University Low Key
opb Blu Cantrell
10. Tainted Love - Elon University Sweet Signatures
opb Pussycat Dolls
11. Open Your Eyes - North Carolina State University Acappology
opb Snow Patrol
12. Awake - Northwestern University Freshman Fifteen
opb Josh Groban
13. Black and Gold - Duke University Pitchforks
opb Sam Sparro
14. Hot Air Balloon - The Chorallaries of MIT
opb Owl City
15. What A Good Boy - The Duke's Men of Yale University
opb Barenaked Ladies
16. High and Dry - New York University N'Harmonics
opb Radiohead
17. Backseat - Brigham Young University Noteworthy
opb Noteworthy
18. Coming Home - Northwestern University Purple Haze
opb John Legend
BOHSA 2010-2011: Best Of High School A Cappella
1. Thank You - Brentwood Academy Singers
opb Sly and the Family Stone
2. Ring Ring - Durham Academy XIV Hours
opb Mika
3. Morningside - Kettering-Fairmont High School Eleventh Hour
opb Sara Bareilles
4. Change The World - Ensworth School Ensworth Singers
opb Eric Clapton
5. Let It Rock - West High School Town Criers
opb Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne
6. Mercy - The Wheeler School 18 Wheelers
opb Duffy
7. Many The Miles - Cypress Lake Center for the Arts A Cappella Group
opb Sara Bareilles
8. King of Pain - Marblehead High School Jewel Tones
opb The Police
9. Solitary Shell - Kettering-Fairmont High School Fusion
opb Dream Theater
10. Undisclosed Desires - Moses Brown School Versatones
opb Muse
11. Hey There, Delilah - Bowling Green High School Madrigal Singers
opb Plain White T's
12. New Soul - Flint Hill School Major Minors
opb Yael Naim
13. Woods - Cary-Grove High School Jazz Choir
opb Bon Iver
14. If You're Out There - Port Washington High School Limited Edition
opb John Legend
ICCA quarterfinal schedule posted
Where will your favorite college group be competing this spring? Check out our events page for ICCA 2011 quarterfinal assignments, and mark your calendars! Tickets go on sale in January.ICCA and ICHSA 2011 lineup announced
We are thrilled to announce the official lineup for the 2011 Varsity Vocals A Cappella Championship! With a record high of applications, we did some finagling and were able to accept more groups than ever before. It's going to be an incredible season!Stay tuned to our events page, where you will soon be able to find out where to see your favorite group compete this winter. Tickets go on sale in January!
ICCA National Wild Card Round Results Are In!
The results of our first-ever ICCA National Wild Card Round are in! Visit our results page to see who was named the first Wild Card Round Champion and will be the first group to make it to ICCA Finals through this process. We now have a full ICCA Finals lineup! Hurry up and get your tickets to the biggest night in college a cappella -- they are going fast!
Introducing: The ICCA National Wild Card Round
We are excited to announce an exciting new opportunity for college a cappella groups to earn a spot at ICCA Finals: The ICCA National Wild Card Round.The ICCA National Wild Card Round is open only to groups that placed second or third at each collegiate semifinal. Participation is optional and voluntary. The contest is based on videotaped entries, which are evaluated by some of our best judges nationwide using our judge forms, just as though it was any of our other live events.
The top-scoring group is named ICCA National Wild Card Champion and advances to ICCA Finals. It's that simple!
WHY A WILD CARD SPOT?
- It creates a level playing field between the regions, once and for all.
- It gives the nation's best groups another chance at competing on college a cappella's biggest stage.
- ICHSA Finals are now held on a separate night from ICCA Finals, so our schedule finally has room for more college groups to compete at college finals.
- We spend a lot of time, effort, and money to give the best collegiate a cappella groups the chance to perform at Lincoln Center, and we want to give as many groups as possible as many chances as possible to earn that opportunity.
WILL THIS HAPPEN EVERY YEAR?
- Absolutely. This is the launch of a pilot program. If we get enough interest in participation, we will be holding the wild card round for second- and third-place semifinalists every year!
HOW DO GROUPS PARTICIPATE?
Second-place and third-place groups have already received instructions about how to submit their video entries, which are due on Friday, April 9. A lineup of competitors will appear on our events page on Wednesday, April 7. We will announce the winner on our results page on Saturday, April 10 by 11:59 pm EST.
Thank you for sharing our enthusiasm about this exciting new opportunity for the nation's best college a cappella groups. Stay tuned this week for results of the ICCA National Wild Card Round to see who will be named champion and will earn a coveted spot on the ICCA Finals stage!
ICCA and ICHSA Finals Tickets: ON SALE NOW
February 25, 2010
Tickets to our ICCA and ICHSA FINALS are now available! Featuring the best college and high school a cappella groups from across the country and beyond, as well as appearances by emcee Dave Brown of Mouth Off and guest performers Treble and Duwende. Be a part of student a cappella's biggest weekend! Visit our events page for details and get your tickets today!
In The News: ICCA Quarterfinals at Boston University
February 11, 2010
Check out this great radio piece about our recent ICCA Northeast Quarterfinals at Boston University, including live clips from the performance!
Share Your Photos
February 9, 2010
Do you have photos from a Varsity Vocals event? Now you can share them with everyone who visits our site. Here's how:From our home page, click on "view more" in the "photos" tab at the bottom right corner. You'll be redirected to the Varsity Vocals Flickr Group Pool.
Join Flickr to upload photos, or, if you're already a member, assign your existing photos to this pool.
Or, you can always email us your images and we'll upload them for you.
Thanks for sharing! The world can't wait to see your images of our events! And who knows, yours could be the next face of Varsity Vocals! (Watch out, Christopher Diaz!)
A Cappella Tournament Results Are In
January 30, 2010
College and high school a cappella tournaments kick off this weekend, and the results are coming in! Check out our results page every weekend to find out what groups have advanced to the next round.
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