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ICCA National Wild Card Round Results Are In! - 4/10/2010
Introducing: The ICCA National Wild Card Round - 4/5/2010
ICCA and ICHSA Finals Tickets: ON SALE NOW - 2/25/2010
In The News: ICCA Quarterfinals at Boston University - 2/11/2010
Share Your Photos - 2/9/2010
A Cappella Tournament Results Are In - 1/30/2010
BOCA 2010 Available on iTunes - 1/12/2010
BOCA 2010 Available for Pre-Ordering - 12/17/2009
ICCA Quarterfinal Assignments Posted - 12/2/2009
BOCA featured on Mouth Off - 11/23/2009
BOCA 2010 lineup announced - 11/20/2009
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.BOCA 2010 Available on iTunes
January 12, 2010
BOCA 2010 was just released on iTunes! Get all 20 songs for just $9.99 here. Want a hard copy? They ship out later this week. Order your copy now!Here's a preview of the design, courtesy of Sarah Kowalis sarahkowalis.com
BOCA 2010 Available for Pre-Ordering
December 17, 2009
BOCA 2010 has just been sent to production and will be available to ship to customers starting January 15. Pre-order your copy today, and you'll be one of the first to receive it!Here's a preview of the design, courtesy of Sarah Kowalis sarahkowalis.com
The designer explains the concept for this year's artwork:
"Because of this album's low-key mood, I compiled images of what a BOCA listener might be doing while listening to the CD -- going for a drive, relaxing in their favorite chair, or hanging out with a small group of friends. I took the images and blew them out so they were almost completely ambiguous and arranged them with blocks of cool blue. The blue compliments the mellow tunes, but their sporadic arrangement nods at the upbeat songs as well. As the pictures move horizontally across the cover, they subtly start to form musical runs from a few of the tracks selected for this year's album. This theme is carried throughout as the photos dissipate into the CD case."
ICCA Quarterfinal Assignments Posted
December 9, 2009
Where will your favorite group be competing this spring? Check out our events page for ICCA 2010 quarterfinal assignments, and mark your calendars! Tickets go on sale in January.BOCA featured on Mouth Off podcast
November 23, 2009
Get a sneak preview of BOCA 2010 on this week's Mouth Off podcast, with their special report on BOCA!BOCA 2010: Best Of College A Cappella
November 20, 2009
Varsity Vocals and Total Vocal are thrilled to announce the track list for the Best Of College A Cappella 2010!
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, but we are only able to squeeze on 20 tracks. 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 20 groups who were selected! We are quite excited about this album and are working quickly to produce it. We will be in touch soon with further instructions. For now, enjoy, and congratulations! This is going to be one amazing CD.
BOCA 2010: Best Of College A Cappella
1. Use Somebody - Cornell University Chordials
opb Kings of Leon
2. Closer - Ithaca College Ithacappella
opb Ne-Yo
3. Ordinary World - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Clefhangers
opb Duran Duran
4. Say (All I Need) - University of Virginia Sil'hooettes
opb OneRepublic
5. Ain't No Other Man - Suffolk University Ramifications
opb Christina Aguilera
6. I'm In Love With A Girl - James Madison University Exit 245
opb Gavin DeGraw
7. That's What You Get - Tufts University sQ!
opb Paramore
8. Shadow of the Day - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rusty Pipes
opb Linkin Park
9. Plane - University of North Carolina-Greensboro Spartones
opb Jason Mraz
10. Misery Business - Tufts University Jackson Jills
opb Paramore
11. Come Around - University of Connecticut Conn-Men
opb Marc Broussard
12. Movin' On - University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
opb Elliott Yamin
13. Tyrant - University of Pennsylvania Off The Beat
opb OneRepublic
14. Lovestoned/Ya Ali - University of Pennsylvania Penn Masala
opb Justin Timberlake
15. California Dreamin' - Harvard University LowKeys
opb The Mamas & The Papas
16. Take Me As I Am - University of Connecticut A Completely Different Note
opb Tonic
17. Tattoo - Clemson University TakeNote
opb Jordin Sparks
18. Listen - Brigham Young University Noteworthy
opb Beyonce
19. Cold Water - Oxford University Out Of The Blue
opb Damien Rice
20. Who Are You - Tufts University Beelzebubs
opb The Who
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