2013 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
COMMUNITY DIVISION
Prize: $500 plus your choice of five (5) catalogue arrangements by Deke Sharon (USA) – Vocal Producer, Coach and Arranger for Pitch Perfect, NBC’s The Sing Off, Founder of CASA
WINNER: Endeavour HC (NSW)
Second Place: Sound Connection (QLD)
Third Place: Harambee (VIC)
UNIVERSITY DIVISION
Prize: $500 plus your choice of five (5) catalogue arrangements by Ben Bram (USA) – Vocal Coach and Arranger for Pitch Perfect, Pentatonix, NBC’s The Sing Off, Glee, The Voice US
WINNER: Switch – Monash University (VIC)
Second Place: Soulstice – University of Queensland (QLD)
SCHOOL DIVISION
Prize: $500 plus a custom arrangement by Robert Dietz (USA) – Vocal Coach and Arranger for NBC’s The Sing Off and Human Feedback
WINNER: The Beckitt Brothers – Mackillop College Werribee (VIC)
Second Place: The Grammarphones – Toowoomba Grammar School (QLD)
Third Place: Contemporary Choir – St Michael’s Grammar School (VIC)
PEOPLE’S CHOICE (Public Vote)
Prize: $300 plus a custom arrangement by Christopher Diaz (USA) – Vocal Coach and Arranger for NBC’s The Sing Off, The Exchange, Mouth Off Podcast
WINNER: Endeavour HC (NSW)
Second Place: The Grammarphones – Toowoomba Grammar School (QLD)
Third Place: Switch – Monash University (VIC)
SPECIAL AWARDS
BEST ARRANGEMENT
WINNER: Nothin’ Sus (SA): Billie Jean – Andrew Barley
1st Runner-Up: Switch (VIC): As Long As You Love Me – Luke Stevenson
2nd Runner-Up: Switch (VIC): Troublemaker – Michael Honey
BEST BARBERSHOP SONG
WINNER: Endeavour HC (NSW): At Last
Joint Runner-Up: Sound Connection (QLD): You Are My Sunshine
Joint Runner-Up: The Beckitt Brothers (VIC): Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
BEST JAZZ SONG
WINNER: Nothin’ Sus (SA): Billie Jean
BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION
WINNER: Nothin’ Sus (SA): A Fickle World – Andrew Barley
BEST POP SONG
WINNER: Switch (VIC): As Long As You Love Me
1st Runner-Up: Nothin’ Sus (SA): Billie Jean
2nd Runner-Up: Switch (VIC): Troublemaker
BEST SOLOIST
WINNER: Switch (VIC): As Long As You Love Me – Olivia Chindamo
1st Runner-Up: Nothin’ Sus (SA): A Fickle World – Esther Flight
2nd Runner-Up: Switch (VIC): Troublemaker – Lindsay Ondracek
BEST VOCAL PERCUSSIONIST
WINNER: Switch (VIC): As Long As You Love Me – Lindsay Ondracek
1st Runner-Up: Switch (VIC): Troublemaker – Luke Stevenson
2nd Runner-Up: Harambee (VIC): Dynamite – Andrew Ryan
2013 PARTICIPATING GROUPS
Adelaide Allsorts (SA)
Callaghan Singers (NSW)
Champagne (QLD)
Endeavour Harmony Chorus (NSW)
Harambee (VIC)
Nothin’ Sus (SA)
Soulstice (QLD)
Sound Connection (QLD)
St Michael’s Grammar School Contemporary Choir (VIC)
The Accidentals (QLD)
The Beckitt Brothers (VIC)
The Blenders (QLD)
The Grammarphones (QLD)
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!
We’d like to say a huge thank you to our international judges who donated their time and expertise. All the judges for AUSACA are professional a cappella singers, educators and adjudicators from America, Europe and Asia who have extensive experience as judges for the ICCAs, CASA – The Contemporary A Cappella Society Festival Competitions and the CARAs. Thank you awesome judges!
We’d also like to say a massive thank you to our generous and extremely talented international sponsors – Deke Sharon, Ben Bram, Robert Dietz and Christopher Diaz who have kindly donated their arranging services as prizes for the Major Awards.
We feel very honoured to have the support of the International a cappella community who love what we’re doing and trying to achieve and just like us they want to see the Aussie a cappella scene grow to reach it’s full potential.
SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS
Huge thank-you to our special guest artists who entertained the audience while the judges deliberated the results.
Vocal Australia is an ambassador to CASA (Contemporary A Cappella Society of America) and has chosen to produce AUSACA after being inspired by the growth and talent of the international a cappella community that is evolving and flourishing through participation and exposure to contemporary a cappella through programs such as the ICCAs (International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella) and the ICHSAs (International Championship of High School A Cappella) and the Voice Festival UK!
It’s time we show the world what we’ve got!