2014 CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

UNIVERSITY / LEAGUE DIVISION

CHAMPION: Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
SECOND PLACE: Co-cheòl
THIRD PLACE: Switch

SCHOOL DIVISION

CHAMPION: The Beckitt Brothers (VIC – Mackillop Catholic College)
SECOND PLACE: The Grammarphones (QLD – Toowoomba Grammar School)

VIC STATE FINAL
CHAMPION: Co-choel
Second Place: Trinity Tiger Tones 

SA STATE FINAL
CHAMPION: Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus 
Second Place: Now In Stereo

NSW STATE FINAL
CHAMPION: Sista! Quartet
Second Place: Sydney Vocal Project

WILD CARD VIDEO FINAL
CHAMPION: Switch (VIC)
2nd Place – Serotonin (QLD)

SPECIAL AWARDS

UNIVERSITY / LEAGUE NATIONAL FINAL

Best Arrangement: Lindsay Ondracek – Midnight – Switch
Best Soloist: Matthew Lykos – Loch Lomond – Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
Best Vocal Percussionist: Otmar Messner – Everything – Sydney Vocal Project
Best Barbershop Song: When It Comes To Loving the Girls/They’re All Sweeties Medley – Now In Stereo
Best Contemporary Song: Army – Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
Best Comedy Song: Never Wed An Old Man – Co-cheòl
Best Classical Song: Loch Lomond – Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
Best Jazz Song: Red Hot – Sista! Quartet
Best Ensemble (11+ singers): Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
Best Band (3-10 singers): Co-cheòl

SCHOOL NATIONAL FINAL

Best Arrangement: Alex Olijnyk – Quasimodo’s Dream – SHE
Best Soloist: Ryan Watson – Shambala – OC Chamber Singers
Best Vocal Percussionist: Matthew Garnett – Ghostbusters – OC Chamber Singers
Best Barbershop Song: If I Fell – The Beckitt Brothers
Best Contemporary Song: Road To Nowhere – The Grammarphones
Best Comedy Song: Ghostbusters – OC Chamber Singers
Best Ensemble (11+ singers): The Grammarphones
Best Band (3-10 singers): The Beckitt Brothers

STATE FINALS

NSW STATE FINAL

Best Arrangement: Daniel Brinsmead – The Book of Love –Luminescence Chamber Singers
Best Soloist: Jessica Blunt – Happy – Sexy Pitches
Best Vocal Percussionist: Otmar Messner – Axel F – Soulfood
Best Jazz Song:  Mad World – Sydney Vocal Project
Best Classical Song: Nyon Nyon – Luminescence Chamber Singers
Best Barbershop Song: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / L-O-V-E Medley – Sista! Quartet
Best Contemporary Song: Shape of My Heart – Soulfood
Best Ensemble (11+ singers): Sydney Vocal Project
Best Band (3-10 singers): Sista! Quartet

VIC STATE FINAL

Best Arrangement: Meg Deyell – Video Killed / Jessie’s Girl – Reluctant Toast
Best Soloist: Jordy McMillan – Bottom of the River –The Candystripes
Best Vocal Percussionist: Daniel Ong – Halo – Harambee
Best Comedy Song: The Fox – Acapollo
Best Barbershop Song: God Only Knows – Trinity Tiger Tones
Best Contemporary Song: In This Heart – Co-cheòl
Best Ensemble (11+ singers): The Candystripes
Best Band (3-10 singers): Co-cheòl

SA STATE FINAL

Best Arrangement: Josh Belperio – Over the Misty Mountains Cold – Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
Best Soloist: John Khammash – Kids – Now In Stereo!
Best Comedy Song: Good Vibrations – Now In Stereo!
Best Barbershop Song: Burn Up The Town – Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
Best Contemporary Song: Kids – Now In Stereo!
Best Ensemble (11+ singers): Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus
Best Band (3-10 singers): Now In Stereo!

 

2014 PARTICIPATING GROUPS

OPEN DIVISION

(Listed Alphabetically)

3 Tarts & A Diva: SA State Finalist
The Acappellicans: NSW State Finalist
Acapollo (Apollo HMS, University of Melbourne): VIC State Finalist
Adelaide Allsorts Harmony Chorus: SA State Finalist
Aurora (Young Adelaide Voices): SA State Finalist
Bacchanae: VIC State Finalist
Bella Voce (Newcastle): NSW State Finalist
The Candystripes (Trinity College, University of Melbourne): VIC State Finalist
Coastal aCappella: NSW State Finalist
Co-cheòl (VIC): National Final – 2nd Place
The Con Artists: SA State Finalist
Festival Statesmen Youth Chorus (SA): National CHAMPION
Harambee: VIC State Finalist
In Unitate: SA State Finalist
Luminescence Chamber Singers (ACT): NSW State Finalist
Mac-appella (Macquarie University): NSW State Finalist
The Mellow Diners: VIC State Finalist
Men Of Note: NSW State Finalist
Now In Stereo (SA): National Finalist
Reluctant Toast: VIC State Finalist
Ring Of Choir (University of Melbourne): VIC State Finalist
Serotonin (QLD): National Finalist
Sexy Pitches (Sancta Sophie College, University of Sydney): NSW State Finalist
Sista! Quartet (NSW): National Finalist
Soulfood: SA State Finalist
Switch (VIC): National Finalist
Sydney Vocal Project (NSW): National Finalist
Trinity Tiger Tones (VIC): National Finalist

SCHOOL DIVISION

(Listed Alphabetically)

The Beckitt Brothers (Mackillop Catholic College): National CHAMPION
Centenary Vocal Ensemble (Centenary State High School – QLD): National Finalist
The Grammarphones (Toowoomba Grammar School – QLD): National Finalist
Immanuel Vocal Jazz (Immanuel College): SA State Finalist
MGC Show Choir (Melbourne Girls’ College – VIC): National Finalist
OC Chamber Singers (Ormiston College – QLD): National Finalist
SHE (Shelford Girls Grammar School – VIC): National Finalist
Trinity A Cappella (Trinity Catholic College Lismore – NSW)
Trinity Senior Vocal Group (Trinity Christian College, Bethany Campus – SA)
Zest! (Ivanhoe Grammar School – VIC): National Finalist

JUDGES

Massive thanks to our international judging team of a cappella experts for sharing their time and knowledge with the Australian A Cappella community. We all greatly appreciate it!

MARK HINES (USA)

Joining us all the way from the United States of America is Mark Hines, Co-Founder, Chief Operations Officer and Senior Producer of The Vocal Company! A driving force in a cappella for more than a decade, Mark served as Executive Producer of SoJam A Cappella Festival for 8 years. With expertise in marketing, Mark has owned two production companies, served on CASA‘s Board of Directors, and judged the ICCA. As a performer, Mark has sung with the NCSU Grains of Time, and innovated Serious Business, the first workshop of its kind in contemporary a cappella.

PHILIP TESORO (USA / AUS)

Philip Tesoro is a vocal percussionist extraordinaire from USA! An a cappella singer for more than fifteen years, Philip started spitting into microphones in 2002 at the suggestion of The House Jacks’ own Deke Sharon. After mastering Vocal Percussion, Philip secured himself a spot with Disney’s Groove 66 / Vybration and later performed as a member of America’s Premier Doo-Wop Group, The Alley Cats. Now based in Australia, Philip sung with Fixate for 2 years and has also been a guest performer with Australia’s #1 Male a cappella group Suade. A lighting and audio expert for Crown Casino, Philip is also a seasoned workshop presenter for Vocal Australia.

ZERAFINA ZARA (AUS)

Zerafina Zara is a singer, songwriter, vocal coach and performance craft expert. Zerafina has been teaching and performing for 20 years and has taught voice, performance, harmony singing and choirs at universities, and coached ARIA and Grammy Award winning artists. She choreographed for and movement coached acapella group, Suade before major performances in Korea, equiping them with tools to continue making their own movement choices. She is an incredibly sought after performance coach, with an eye for detail and an expert knowledge of how to engage the audience.

ANNABELLE TUNLEY (AUS)

Annabelle Tunley is a founding member of one of Melbourne’s finest experimental a cappella groups Aluka. Annabelle is passionate about original a cappella composition and believes in the beauty and versatility of the human voice. Annabelle’s proudest a cappella achievement has been Aluka’s success breaking into the wider music industry. When she’s not singing with Aluka, Annabelle can be found running workshops, gigging with her other band Sweets, or singing in pubs across Australia with bands of all genres. She has also sung backup vocals for some of Australia’s most successful artists, including Clare Bowditch and Missy Higgins.

MIRIAM CRELLIN (AUS)

Miriam Crellin is the epitome of the new Melbourne vocalist, with influences ranging from early jazz greats, to Regina Spektor, and most importantly the array of local original artists she has found herself surrounded by. Miriam was a founding member of the innovative vocal ensemble Invenio, led by vocalist and composer Gian Slater, and has also performed as part of the award-winning a cappella group Coco’s Lunch. In 2010 she was a finalist and place-winner at the Voicingers International Jazz Vocal Competition held in Zóry, Poland. As well as jazz, Miriam performs her own original music, which she writes for voice and varying instrumentation. The rest of the time Miriam teaches voice and leads several vocal ensembles for young singers.

SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS

Huge thank-you to our special guest artists who entertained the audience while the judges deliberated the results.