Side Note

Side Note is a fun, funky, exuberant group of friends who jam together every week to sing pop, funk, disco, soul, R&B, jazz, and more. Though their diverse careers (writers, teachers, architects, engineers, dancers, nurses, entrepreneurs) make a cappella a "side note" in their lives, they work hard on their musical craft and are delighted to share it with you - let the good times roll!

Hometown: San Francisco, CA

Sound Exchange

From soulful ballads, to blistering rock anthems, from jazz standards to chart-topping singles, The Sound Exchange does it all. Based out of the Twin Cities, this group brings dazzling harmonies and wisecracking audience interaction to every show and do it with it with joy and humor. Get ready for the hijinks and harmony of...The Sound Exchange.

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN

Sound Off

Formed in 2013, Sound Off is an award-winning semi-professional a cappella group based in Boston, MA and proud member of the Contemporary A cappella League (CAL). We are young men and women from all different career fields brought together by an unabashed love for a cappella music and performance. While we perform regularly around the Greater Boston area, Sound Off continues to develop a diverse repertoire of modern pop with a soulful twist.

Hometown: Boston, MA

Soundcrowd

SoundCrowd is an auditioned community a cappella ensemble led by Founder and Artistic Director Scott Pietrangelo, with a maximum of 80 members - including a Performance Team of 16 to 20 singers and soloists for events, corporate functions and media appearances. The group rehearses on Monday nights, 7:30-9:30 pm, at Bloor St. United Church (300 Bloor St. W) from September to May, and performs two to three major concerts per year.

Hometown: Toronto, Canada

SoVoSo

SoVoSo is a highly imaginative a cappella ensemble that sings a unique, rhythmic mix of jazz, gospel, world and R&B music, all rendered in their trademark improvisational style.

The SoVoSo repertoire consists of original compositions and other songs that present a global perspective, from Afro-Latin idioms to traditional funk and jazz arrangements. Two SoVoSo members (Joey Blake, past member, and current member David Worm) are current members of Bobby McFerrin's a cappella group, Voicestra, performing with him from 1993 to present.Currently you will see David Worm, Sunshine Becker, Bryan Dyer and Zoe Ellis in this vocal band line-up, along with other great singers such as Nicolas Bearde, Ashling Cole and Vernon Bush. The SoVoSo family of singers continues to expand as this one of a kind musical project grows and flourishes.

Hometown: Oakland, CA

Spectrum Vocal Band

Spectrum Vocal Band is a Bulgarian a cappella group with a unique style and approach to vocal music. The group's repertoire crosses boundaries between traditional Bulgarian music, contemporary pop and jazz and features the band members' own original arrangements and compositions. Founded in 2012, Spectrum has been performing all over Bulgaria at major jazz festivals and has worked with some of the finest musicians in Bulgarian jazz and folklore. In the past few seasons Spectrum also participated in events with an educational focus, with the purpose of preserving and continuing the traditions of Bulgarian a cappella music. The five vocalists were recently featured as speakers and performers on the famous TEDx talks.

Hometown: Sofia, Bulgaria

Supreme Chord

Supreme Chord is a DC-area based a cappella group made up of young professionals who have a love of singing and come from all walks of life. We are a diverse group of people that span the realm of arts, medicine, technology, and more in our "real" lives. Many of us sang in college a cappella groups all over the country before finding each other in DC. Our repertoire includes alternative, pop, and R&B music, and is always expanding.

Hometown: Washington, DC

Take Flight

Take Flight is Napa's premier vocal group. Comprised of 5 Napa High School Choir alumni, they take on hit songs from a wide array of genres and artists and perform them all with a brand new twist! The group was recently voted Napa Valley Life Magazine's "Best Napa Valley Band" of 2017. With smooth, tight harmonies and pleasing upbeat music, they are the perfect addition to any event!

Hometown: Napa, CA

Top Shelf Vocal

Top Shelf Vocal is an award-winning, semi-professional a cappella choir in Los Angeles, California. Top Shelf members are from all different career fields brought together by a love for vocal music and performance. As a group, Top Shelf performs regularly around the Greater LA Area and continues to develop a diverse repertoire of off-the-beaten-path pop a cappella.

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Transit

Combining soaring leads, smooth harmonies, and a thumping rythm section, Transit demonstrates the power, versatility, and emotion of the most natural instrument of all - the human voice.

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Trills

The Trills are a Baltimore based a cappella group founded at Towson University in 2015. They left the University in 2019 and decided to pursue music professionally. Since then, they have experienced significant success on social media leading to appearances on the Kelly Clarkson Show, a performance at M&T Bank Stadium, collaborations with Drew Scott and Tim McGraw, and several radio and television appearances. During the pandemic, they accumulated over 3.7 million followers, 8.5 million YouTube views, and over 300,000 streams. In 2022, The Trills hope to keep creating music and content for fans across the world to enjoy!

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Uptones

The Uptones (originally Uptown Sound) was formed by young professionals in Chicago who wanted to start an adventure in the world of contemporary a cappella. Our members come from many walks of musical life, including musical theatre, choirs, and college a cappella groups.

With humble roots in caroling around the city during the 2009 holiday season, the group got its first big break performing at a small cafee called Lincoln Perk in the summer of 2010 to a capacity crowd. The group continues to host bi-annual concerts and is currently recording their very first album.

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Verdant

Verdant is a 6-member semi-professional a cappella group located in Eugene, Oregon, which was first established in 2016 under the direction of Cameron Graham-Mask.

Verdant brings together the unique musical stylings of each member to shape dynamic, compelling arrangements of songs from a variety of genres, including Top-40, indie rock, film soundtracks, and more.

Hometown: Eugene, OR

Vintage Mix

Vintage Mix is an award-winning a cappella group of quadruplets from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consisting of members Ian, Kelsey, Anika, and Julia. The vocal group has showcased their tight harmony, international awards, and viral video on NBC, CBS, PBS, and Fox television networks. Since their official debut in 2014, they have made 300+ appearances nationwide with vocal jazz, barbershop, and 1940's music to ultimately grow their vision of "Bridging Generations Through Harmony."

Hometown: Milwaukee , WI

Vinyl Street

Vinyl Street is the story of a group of strangers who found each other through a shared passion for music (and craigslist) and became a family. Based out of Somerville, MA, the group is a member of the Contemporary A Cappella League (CAL) and performs pop, rock, and country covers throughout the Greater Boston area.

The group performs regularly at the Lansdowne Pub and are fixtures of Boston's music scene, having showcased at popular concert venues including the Burren, Beat Hotel, Johnny D's, the Lilypad, the Longwood Players Theater, Church, and the Little House of Music & Theater. Volunteering their time to help non-profits, they perform annually at Project Bread's Walk for Hunger and Zoo New England's fundraisers, Brew at the Zoo, ZooLights, and A Wild Affair.

Hometown: Somerville, MA

Voca People

The Voca People are friendly aliens from the planet Voca, somewhere behind the sun...where all communication is made by music and vocal expressions. The Voca People believe that life is music and music is life. They visit planet Earth and they have a lot to sing about.

Hometown: Planet Voca

Vocalocity

Vocalocity was formed in 2006 and has performed in front of thousands of people across the United States and Canada. They enjoy singing and performing some of their favorite cover songs from a variety of different genres. Their stellar sound, infectious rhythm and smooth harmony, all created by the human voice, provides a fun and compelling performance for audiences of all ages.

Hometown: Ogden, UT

Vocaluptuous

Formed in 1997, it made history in 1999 with Singapore's first a cappella musical, No Strings Attached, featured during Action Theatre's 42-day arts festival.

The year 2000 was another watershed year for the group. In May of that year, Vocaluptuous produced its very own musical cum concert, which played to full houses for all three nights. The musical showcased not just their singing talents, but writing, acting and dancing abilities as well! Reviews were very positive and encouraging, with audiences clamouring for more.

Vocaluptuous has been the only local group nominated for Best Holiday Song (Joyful/Joy to the World) by the international Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA) for the Recording awards (CARA) in 2002.

Hometown: Singapore, Singapore

Voctave

Voctave is an 11-member a cappella group from the Central Florida area. Formed in the winter of 2015, the voices that bring their artistic arrangements to life represent a wealth of diverse backgrounds and musical experiences.

Hometown: Orlando, FL, FL

Vox Pop DC

Vox Pop is a mixed-voice vocal band that has been rocking the Washington, DC metro area for 15 years and has earned a reputation of providing wildly entertaining, top-knotch a cappella to audiences up and down the East Coast. The group is the 2016 SingStrong DC Aca-Idol winners and 2015 Aca-Challenge champions, and has been nominated for three Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs). In 2017, Vox Pop headlined the National A Cappella Convention in Memphis, TN.

Hometown: Washington, DC

WestBeat

WestBeat is comprised of the most incredible professional vocal talent in Southern California. The singers have accomplished a wide variety of work from releasing their own albums, contestants on American Idol, Broadway and Broadway tours, voiceover and session work, lead singers at several local theme parks, performing all over the world, cruise ships, award winning competition singers, and television! WestBeat performs all over Southern California and has also been seen performing at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. They can also have been seen performing throughout the year at the Disneyland Resort!

The repertoire consists of top 40 hits from the 1930's all the way to what you are listening to on the radio today and performed with their own unique flair. We also have a large Disney repertoire and a vast holiday repertoire for everything from Halloween to Christmas. The wide variety of music and styles are sure to please guests of all ages.

Hometown: Anaheim, CA

Workshop

The Workshop is a New York-based a cappella group spicing up the post-collegiate scene with its alternative style, unique repertoire, and down to earth personalities. Formed in 2011, The Workshop has performed all over NYC at venues including The Bitter End, Arlene's Grocery, The Triad, 54 Below and more. In recent years the group has experienced great success with growing their online presence. With a focus on Instagram, they have grown their account to over 8 thousand followers, and are filming their own web series which will debut later this spring! Currently the group is comprised of ten talented and unique members from all walks of life.

Hometown: New York City, NY

Zenith

Zenith, founded in 2008, is a mixed a cappella group of five who make music without any instruments. The dictionary definition of 'Zenith' is 'the most successful point, the highest point', sothey use this word as their group name is to explain 'human voice is the best instrument'. Their music, 'Take A Train', 'Beautiful Girl','Giant Tree', 'Christmas carol medley' etc., is loved by listeners because of comfort from normal daily life and wit. For the broadcast and stage, on the basis of Jazz and pop, they create powerful performance from a variety of music genre through the combination of arrangement skill and musical elements.

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea