APRIL 10–12, 2026

SOMERVILLE, MA

Friday, April 10

Scholastic Competition

Saturday, April 11

Workshops & Masterclasses

Pro Concert

Sunday, April 12

CARA Ceremony

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Scholastic Competition

Workshops

Pro Concert

CARAs

HEADLINERS

Meara O'Reilly's

Hockets for Two Voices

Performed by Mingjia Chen & Linnea Sablosky

Meara O'Reilly is a composer and artist, focusing on perception and new musical interfaces.

Her Hockets for Two Voices album was released on Cantaloupe in 2019. It was named in several year-end best of lists, including Art Forum, Bandcamp, and Second Inversion. Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo reviewed the album for Talkhouse, saying it “sends you, moves you, destroys you with beauty“.

Her music served as score for Daniel Soares’ short film “Bad for a Moment”, which won Mention Spéciale at Cannes in 2024. She wrote, performed, and recorded vocal arrangements for several tracks on the 2020 grammy nominated Fleet Foxes album, Shore. Most recently, she co-created a musical primate language for Isaiah Saxon’s upcoming A24 fantasy film “The Legend of Ochi”.

She is co-creator of the Rhythm Necklace app, a musical sequencer that uses
two-dimensional geometry to create rhythm. In 2013 she completed a permanent exhibit at the Exploratorium, titled Chladni Singing. Her collaboration with design firm Snibbe Interactive on sound-based 'cymatic' concert visuals for Björk's Biophilia album was included in the world tour.

Mingjia Chen

mingjia sings, composes, improvises, writes songs, writes words, curates shows & events, draws, is usually in los angeles or toronto, was born in beijing, makes original music (her debut LP ‘star, star’ just came out on new amsterdam records!), leads the chamber ensemble tortoise orchestra, is 1 half of the band uoou, belts & yodels with roomful of teeth, oo’s & ah’s with pleasure craft, runs the secret-santa-style songwriter showcase series not my song, is described as “one to watch” by i care if you listen & “beautiful, mature and exceptionally coherent” by the whole note, recently graduated from the university of southern california with a M.Mus in composition, calls a lot, cooks poorly, owes everything to nina simone, admits to forgetting, needs to drink more water, is having a great time, thanks you for being here <3

Linnea Sablosky

Linnea Sablosky is an LA-based musician with a passion for close harmony and intricate rhythms. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, they grew up studying Balkan singing and West African drumming. Linnea has toured internationally with world folk choir Northern Harmony, and released records with vocal ensembles Stone Fruit Trio and Wheeler & Sablosky. Their current project is Kidi Band, which released its sophomore record in March 2021. In addition to performing, Linnea teaches ear training, music theory, and harmony singing courses through schoolofsong.org, as well as private lessons and in-person group workshops. They hold a BFA in World Music Performance from California Institute of the Arts.

Smoke Ring

Smoke Ring is a mixed voice, queer barbershop and contemporary a cappella quartet based in New York City. Since their start in January 2023, they have taken the barbershop world by storm.

Smoke Ring won the 2024 Barbershop Harmony Society’s Mid-Atlantic District championship on their first go, becoming the first-ever mixed voice quartet to earn the championship title! More recently, they were named the 2025 Harmony Sweepstakes National Champions, and are a two-time Top 10 international finalist at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s International quartet contest. They’ve wowed audiences at venues such as the US Open and NYC’s Terminal 5, where they opened for Sammy Rae and the Friends. No matter the venue or the size of the audience, Smoke Ring always aims to inspire singers and othered voices within the barbershop community.

Scholastic Competition

CONGRATULATIONS to our selected competitors, and to Gemini Blvd. for becoming this year's Scholastic Champions!

Accent

Accent A Cappella

University of Florida

Divisi

University of Oregon

Gemini Blvd.

University of Central Florida

Phoenyx

University of Miami

Remedy

Remedy A Cappella

University of Dayton

Voices In Your Head

Voices in Your Head

University of Chicago

DELIBERATION PERFORMER

Louis Shriber

Louis Shriber is a Conductor, Composer, and Singer from Arlington, MA. He is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he was the President of The Rhody Rhapsodies, and is currently a masters student at the New England Conservatory of Music. He performs around New England with bands like Unmuted, The Tara Sunne Band, JBTS Big Band, and the Louis Shriber Trio; playing all sorts of music like classical, choral, jazz, folk, and pop.

THANK YOU TO OUR BOSS 2026 SPONSORS

CARA Ceremony

Thanks for joining us on Sunday, April 12th, for the 15th Annual Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards ceremony, recognizing the best in recorded a cappella from the 2025 calendar year.

Congratulations to all of this year's winners!

VIEW THE WINNERS

Rewatch the live stream below, and click through for Part 2.