Amplified from University of Arizona is a 17 member, mixed voice, student-led a cappella ensemble. They are competing in UpStaged AID’s West Region and have chosen the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program as their charity! The group has submitted their rendition of Saturn, originally performed by Sleeping at Last, as their competition song.

Their video can be seen at: https://youtu.be/sy8-tpOtoOU.

Be sure to vote: https://www.upstagedu.com/event/vote-here-for-your-favorite-school-a-cappella-teams-in-the-upstagedaid-one-world-every-student-voice-virtual-competition.

Sound Off A Cappella is an award-winning, professional a cappella group from Boston, MA. We talk to the group about their selected tune, Never Let Me Go, originally performed by Jess Glynne, arranged by Elliott von Wendt and with the solo by Eileen O’Hara.

Born in the heart of Texas, Hum A Cappella is the University of Texas’ very own South Asian fusion a cappella group. They are competing in UpStaged AID’s Southwest Region with their rendition of Bheege, featuring soloists Ajay Thatte, Sumedha Nag and Rupasri Shankar and arranged by: Rupasri Shankar. The group is competing for the Lebanese Red Cross.

Their video can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReE3Emw2DCM.

Be sure to check out all the competitors and vote at https://www.upstagedu.com/event/vote-here-for-your-favorite-school-a-cappella-teams-in-the-upstagedaid-one-world-every-student-voice-virtual-competition.

We are kicking off our special on the release of the Voices Only 2020 volumes by speaking with Voices Only Productions’ own Corey Slutsky! Tune in to hear how Corey put together this year’s compilation from a record-breaking number of entries and included more original tunes than ever before!

Check out the entire list here: http://www.voicesonlyacappella.com/VO/vo2020.php

Mind the Gap is the gender-inclusive a cappella group on campus at the University of Oregon competing in UpStaged AID’s West Region. The submitted their mashup of Rise / The Weekend, originally performed by Solange/SZA (feat. Calvin Harris) and selected to appear on BOCA 2020! They are competing for Don’t Shoot Portland.

Their video can be seen at: https://youtu.be/vAMDuWCeg4Q.

Be sure to vote: https://www.upstagedu.com/event/vote-here-for-your-favorite-school-a-cappella-teams-in-the-upstagedaid-one-world-every-student-voice-virtual-competition.

We were so thrilled to sit down with UpStaged AID competitors, Out of the Blue, the oldest, all-female a cappella group at Duke University. We spoke with Rebecca and Julia about the importance of their charity, The Trevor Project (https://www.thetrevorproject.org), and their submission Muddy Waters, originally performed by LP. These ladies had so many thoughtful things to say about their process in creating this song and this video.

Their video can be seen at: https://youtu.be/sIGw0m8mivc.

Be sure to vote: https://www.upstagedu.com/event/vote-here-for-your-favorite-school-a-cappella-teams-in-the-upstagedaid-one-world-every-student-voice-virtual-competition.