9:30am CDT
Group Masterclass #12
Speakers
Artists 
Vocal Fusion is a ten member, co-ed, high school group from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It was co-founded in April 2014 by student leaders Jordan Mudd and Bruce Butler. Since then, they have performed locally at music festivals, coffeehouses, and alongside Kenny Rogers during his...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 9:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 221
10:00am CDT
Group Masterclass #18
Speakers 
Singer, Producer, MUSAE, The Vocal Company
Angela Longo originally comes from the warm and sunny city of Boynton Beach, FL, but has been hopping all around the country since graduating from Florida State University in 2009. She began her a cappella career at FSU, where she directed the award-winning all-female group, AcaBelles...
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Vocal Fusion is a ten member, co-ed, high school group from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It was co-founded in April 2014 by student leaders Jordan Mudd and Bruce Butler. Since then, they have performed locally at music festivals, coffeehouses, and alongside Kenny Rogers during his...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 10:00am - 10:30am CDT
Room 221
10:30am CDT
Group Masterclass #24
Speakers 
Director, Highlands Voices
Thomas Paster is the director of vocal music at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, NJ. His a cappella group Highlands Voices was featured on the Lifetime TV series Pitch Slapped in 2016. They are the reigning National A Cappella Convention Champions, the 2014 ICHSA...
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Vocal Fusion is a ten member, co-ed, high school group from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It was co-founded in April 2014 by student leaders Jordan Mudd and Bruce Butler. Since then, they have performed locally at music festivals, coffeehouses, and alongside Kenny Rogers during his...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 10:30am - 11:00am CDT
Room 221
11:00am CDT
Group Masterclass #32
Speakers 
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Denver
Dr. Erin Hackel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Denver. She received her Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance from James Madison University, a Masters in Opera from Binghamton University and a Doctorate in Voice Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Colorado...
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The Coachmen are a contemporary a cappella vocal ensemble sponsored by the Choral Division of the Fine Arts Department of Holmes Community College in Goodman, MS. Now in its fifth year, The Coachmen are rapidly growing in popularity, as they are increasingly in demand for performances and workshops...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
Room 221
1:00pm CDT
Group Masterclass #40
Moderators 
The Swingles
Sara Brimer was born and raised in East Tennessee in the United States. Throughout her high school and college years, she was active in her school choir and community productions. While in high school, she took part in The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and...
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The Swingles
Toronto native Kevin Fox is a recognized voice in the North American a cappella scene. He studied Anthropology and Archaeology in university, while directing and producing several albums for the award-winning collegiate choir WIBIJAZZ'N'. During this time, he co-founded the Juno-nominated...
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For more than half a century The Swingles have pushed the boundaries of vocal music. The seven young singers that make up today’s London-based group are driven by the same innovative spirit that has defined the five-time Grammy® winners since they first made waves in the 1960s...
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Lost N’ Sound is the premier vocal group at Woodlawn High School in Baton Rouge, LA. It was formed in 2014 out of a barely existing show choir. This group lit a fire in the school and choir program with A Cappella...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
Room 221
2:00pm CDT
Group Masterclass #48
Moderators 
Nick Girard Music, Vocal Arranger, Producer, Clinician
Originally from a small town in Maine, Nick Girard's first encounter with contemporary a cappella was as a college freshman at the University of Vermont. Enticed by The Top Cats' marketing slogan “Chicks Dig Guys Who Sing,” Nick joined the group as a tenor, served as music director...
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The Swingles
Edward hails from south London. His love of a cappella music began when he arrived at Oxford University to study English, and joined collegiate group The Gargoyles. His stint as a Gargoyle included performances at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, an appearance on Aled Jones’s Radio...
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For more than half a century The Swingles have pushed the boundaries of vocal music. The seven young singers that make up today’s London-based group are driven by the same innovative spirit that has defined the five-time Grammy® winners since they first made waves in the 1960s...
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Armonia Acappella from Dobyns-Bennett HS , Kingsport Tennessee, began in the fall of 2013 with a group of 12 students who wanted to start a band that sounded like Pentatonix. Eight rehearsals later, Armonia made their first debut on stage at the Kettering Acappella Festival in Ohio...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm CDT
Room 221
3:00pm CDT
Group Masterclass #56
Speakers
Artists 
KRAJEVISM is the select female a cappella group at Maitland Middle School in Maitland, Florida. Their director is Dr. Lori Lovell. Named by combining the first letters of the founding members’ first names, KRAJEVISM is currently in its second year and is comprised of 18 girls, in...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 3:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Room 221
4:00pm CDT
Group Masterclass #64
Speakers
Singer, Producer, MUSAE, The Vocal Company
Angela Longo originally comes from the warm and sunny city of Boynton Beach, FL, but has been hopping all around the country since graduating from Florida State University in 2009. She began her a cappella career at FSU, where she directed the award-winning all-female group, AcaBelles...
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Founded in 2000,
The Beartones are Missouri State University’s premiere all-male a cappella group. Based out of Springfield, Missouri, The Beartones have always been a group that focuses on musical excellence, brotherhood, and simply having a good time. For more than a decade, The Beartones have consistently thri...
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Saturday April 23, 2016 4:00pm - 4:50pm CDT
Room 221
