No serious athlete takes the field without warming up first. The same principle applies to singers. The voice is a physical instrument — one that depends on muscles, breath, and tissue working together — and walking onto a stage cold is one of the fastest ways to underperform, strain something, or lose control at exactly […]
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How to Arrange a Song for A Cappella: A Beginner’s Overview
Every a cappella performance starts the same way: with someone sitting down and figuring out how to turn a piece of music — written for instruments, a full band, or a produced studio track — into something a group of human voices can perform without any accompaniment at all. That process is called arranging, and […]
How to Audition for an A Cappella Group: What Directors Look For
Audition season rolls around every year, and every year the same question comes up: what are directors actually listening for? Walking into an a cappella audition without knowing the answer puts singers at a real disadvantage. Gerard Saguto, a classical choral musician and longtime follower of collegiate vocal performance, knows that the strongest auditions aren’t […]
How to Start a College A Cappella Group: A Step-by-Step Guide
Starting a college a cappella group sounds exciting — and it is. But between recruiting singers, finding rehearsal space, and figuring out how to actually run a student organization, the process can feel overwhelming fast. Gerard Saguto, a classical choral musician and longtime follower of collegiate vocal music, has watched dozens of groups grow from […]
The Nor’easters Win the 2026 ICCA International Championship
The 2026 ICCA International Finals had a lot riding on them. Thirty years of competition history. A record-breaking season. Six of the best collegiate a cappella groups in the world sharing one stage at The Town Hall in New York City on April 25. When the night was over, Northeastern University’s The Nor’easters walked away […]