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Welcome to the High School A Cappella page on CASA.org, a page devoted to news and tools specifically for High School a cappella groups and directors.

Event Review: SingStrong 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012 - 09:18
From March 23-25, I spent a fun-filled long weekend at SingStrong.  For those who don’t know, SingStrong is an annual a cappella festival held in Reston, Virginia, about 20 miles away from...

Two Marblehead groups in A Cappella event May 4

Friday, April 27, 2012 - 20:46
American audiences are addicted – to listening to one another sing.  It started ten years ago with the American Idol show, then ramped up three years ago when Glee and The Sing-off debuted....

Interview: Detroit Voice

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 10:25
I’ve had the pleasure of hearing many fantastic groups over the past few years in the a cappella world and Detroit Voice (MI) is definitely one of them. I was very excited to talk to Brian Haverkate...

Sound for High School A Cappella Groups

Friday, April 20, 2012 - 11:45
One of my biggest concerns when I first started getting into contemporary a cappella at the high school level was how to best utilize sound. Luckily, I've had the opportunity to work with some of...

The Top 10 High School A Cappella Groups in the Country, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012 - 14:52
March Madness has begun! And no, I’m not talking about college basketball. I will tell you that I’m a huge college basketball fan and I went to the University of Kentucky. Enough said… What I’m here...

Voices in Harmony – A Pop A Cappella Singsation

Monday, February 20, 2012 - 11:07
As I’ve talked about before, high school a cappella is on the rise. My high school a cappella group is getting more and more opportunities to perform and get feedback these days, which is a truly...

Ben Spalding's High School Blog: An Interview With Brody McDonald (Eleventh Hour)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 20:25
In this high school blog, I’m going to start out by saying that I love high school a cappella! Interviewing Brody McDonald, a good friend and colleague of mine was a lot of fun. In fact, we became...

Ben Spalding's High School Blog: An Interview With Varsity Vocals' Andrea Poole

Monday, October 17, 2011 - 09:13
When deciding to take the position of Program Manager of High School Outreach for CASA, I thought about all of the different areas of high school a cappella that I could promote. I thought about my...

Ben Spalding's High School Blog: Why Start A High School A Cappella Group?

Monday, September 26, 2011 - 10:56
There’s no better time than the present to start a contemporary a cappella group at your high school. I’ve found that more and more kids are gravitating toward my high school choral program because...

CASA Launches Harmony in the Halls

Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 10:40
This fall, CASA will launch its latest initiative, Harmony in the Halls, a program that forms and sponsors student a cappella groups in public high schools that have lost their music curriculum...