Newsline: A cappella in HBO documentary; Spring Sing
By Mike Chin on May 15, 2009 in Newsline
Thanks to an ACB reader for sharing the following bits of news:
University of Toronto Onoscatopoeia
University of Toronto Onoscatopoeia, Spring 2010
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Newsline: A new documentary, a cappella in the media
By Mike Chin on May 1, 2009 in Newsline
-Sounds Good To Me, a documentary on a cappella will be screening at the New Jersey International Film Festival, during opening night, June 5th. More information on the festival is available here.
-The Boston Globe, The New York Daily News, The Baltimore Sun and CNN have each had recent articles on a cappella, mainly focusing on the new Ben Folds a cappella album.
Newsline: ACB Viva La Vida Contest Results and more!
By Mike Chin on April 17, 2009 in Newsline
-The A Cappella Blog is proud to announce the winners of our Viva La Vida contest. Over 400 readers voted and here are the results:
3rd runner up: University of Minnesota 7 Days
2nd runner up: Rochester Institute of Technology Eight Beat Measure
1st runner up: Ithaca College VoiceStream
And the winners are:
The ACB Viva La Vida Contest
By Mike Chin on March 27, 2009 in Newsline
On February 20, we invited a cappella performers and fans to share their favorite collegiate a cappella versions of Coldplay's "Viva La Vida." The nominations are in, and, boy, are there some great versions of this song.
We present to you below eight finalists, posted in the order they were nominated for the contest. We are now looking for your votes to determine a contest winner. The winning version of the song will be featured in the last Tuesday Tubin’ of this publication season on May 26, and will be featured prominently on the site all the way until our 2010 season launches.
Newsline: Sing-Off, an a cappella TV show on NBC
By Mike Chin on March 23, 2009 in Newsline
Late last week, a number of media outlets made note of NBC's upcoming new program, Sing-Off. Reports indicate that it will be a weekly series to air over a two month period, in which a cappella groups will compete with one another. Viewer votes will determine which groups get to continue from week to week, with one ensemble voted off on each episode, akin to what happens on American Idol. The last group standing will reportedly earn a recording deal with Sony Music.
ACB Event Results: ICCA Midwest Semifinals
By Mike Chin on March 15, 2009 in Newsline
Courtesy of Brian Schmidt of Lewis University Harmonic Uprising:
Winner: Missouri State University - Beartones
Runners Up: University of Illinois - Xtension Chords
Second Runner Up: University of Minnesota - Lake Effect
Outstanding Soloist - Antwaun Stanley of University of Michigan Dicks and Janes for "Let the Music Get Down in Your Soul"
Outstanding Arrangement - JR Neil of MSU Beartones for "Boondocks"
Reigning ICCA champions, The Socal Vocals gavee a surprise performance at the show.
Newsline: Tidbits from the midwest, including Acappallooza and Chapter 6
By Mike Chin on March 13, 2009 in Newsline
Some quick bits of news headed into the weekend...
ICCA Weekend Results (full review and photos on the way!)
By Mike Chin on February 22, 2009 in Newsline
It was a busy weekend for ICCA quarterfinals.
The ACB had representatives at the Mid-Atlantic quarterfinal at Johns Hopkins University. We will have a full review and photos from this show posted within the next few days. In the meantime, the official results:
