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6607 Highway 100
Nashville, TN 37205

phone: (312) 636-8855
icca@varsityvocals.com

 

The Varsity Vocals Staff

Headquarters:
Executive Director	Amanda Grish
Executive Producer	Rob Newman
ICCA:
South Producer	Dave Brown
West Producer	Grace Jackson
Midwest Producer	Julie Moffit
MidAtlantic Producer	Hayley Cammarata
Northeast Producer	Maxine Sharavsky
Western Europe Producer	Alexandra Godfree
Associate Producers	Sara Yood
	Jackie Chisholm
ICHSA:
Northeast Producer	Maxine Sharavsky
Midwest Producer	Andrea Kovac
Southeast Producer	Mark Chen
West Producer	Grace Jackson

Headquarters

Amanda Grish
Executive Director

Presently in her fifth season as Executive Director, Amanda Grish has also served as the ICCA Midwest Producer. She came to the ICCA after serving as business manager and choreographer for the University of Illinois a cappella group, No Strings Attached, and was awarded for Best Choreography at the ICCA Midwest Semifinals. Amanda holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois. She plays piano and cello and has sung with the University of Illinois Concert Choir, the Augustana Choir and the Handel Oratorio Society. Amanda has served as Publicity Manager for the Apollo Chorus of Chicago and Operations Coordinator for Ravinia Festival's Steans Institute for Young Artists.

Rob Newman
Executive Producer

Rob Newman's a cappella experience includes a three-year stint as music director of the University of Illinois a cappella group, No Strings Attached, in which he led the group to their first BOCA appearance, a first place finish in the ICCA Midwest Quarterfinals and two third-place finishes in the ICCA Midwest Semifinals. He has studied jazz and classical piano for 15 years and, while pursuing a double degree in music theory and history at the University of Illinois, sang with the Varsity Men's Glee Club. Rob currently resides in Chicago, where he is pursuing a law degree with a focus on entertainment law and intellectual property.

 

The ICCA Staff

Dave Brown
ICCA South Producer

Dave Brown is now in his third season producing events for the ICCA South region. Although his a cappella career began in high school in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he directed two small ensembles, he really got into a cappella music at Brigham Young University. At BYU, Dave sang with Vocal Point, named ICCA West Semifinal Champions in 2005, and co-founded BYU's all-female group Noteworthy. After graduating from BYU in 2005, Dave and his wife Rosa moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he attends law school at the University of Virginia. As a Board Member for CASA, Dave oversees the A Cappella Originals podcast and serves as a judge for several categories of the CARA awards.

Grace Jackson
ICCA West Producer

Grace Jackson recently graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with a double major in Communication and Psychology. She began her a cappella career there with USC's Reverse Osmosis. While serving as the president of the group, Reverse Osmosis hosted an ICCA quarterfinal where they also won first place as well as every individual award. The group also competed in the ICCA finals and produced their fourth full-length album that year. She has spent the last several years choreographing for musical theater in the San Francisco Bay Area and presently resides in Los Angeles.

Julie Moffit
ICCA Midwest Producer

Julie Moffitt is now in her third year as ICCA Midwest Producer. Her a cappella career began in high school, during her two years as a member of the Wisconsin State Honors Jazz Choir. She attended the University of Southern California, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a minor in jazz studies. At USC, Julie sang with the studio honors vocal jazz ensemble and studied with jazz greats such as Dr. Thom Mason, Carmen Bradford and Alan Pasqua. She spent three years with the SoCal VoCals and served as their director for two years, resulting in awards as a soloist, arranger, and songwrite. Her original, "Drive Me Crazy," was the first original song featured on the Best of College A Cappella (BOCA) compilation album (2002). She spent a year singing rock a cappella at Disney's California Adventure with Groove 66 and has been arranging a cappella music professionally for two years. She recently was named Best Blues Vocalist at the Summerfest Battle of the Jammers in Milwaukee, and she has just released her first solo album, "Everything I Never Asked For."

Hayley Cammarata
ICCA Mid-Atlantic Producer

Now in her third year as ICCA Mid-Atlantic Producer, Hayley Cammarata holds a bachelor's degree in communication and a concentration in music industry from Fordham University. Hayley appeared with the Fordham University choir and the Satin Dolls, for whom she also served as Music Director. Hayley has been recognized by the ICCA for her arrangements for the Satin Dolls, at the 2004 MidAtlantic Semifinals and the 2005 New England Divisionals. She is now a Sales and Marketing Coordinator for SONY BMG Music Entertainment in New York City, where she resides.

Maxine Sharavsky
ICCA Northeast Producer

Now in her third season with Varsity Vocals, Maxine holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University with a double major in music and Judaic studies. While at Brown, she studied jazz and classical voice and sang with the Brown University Chorus and Chamber Choir, as well as the women’s a cappella group, the Ursa Minors. During her two years as the Ursas’ musical director, she produced the group’s third studio album, The Little Black Dress, which was recognized by the Contemporary a Cappella Society as one of the top ten female collegiate albums of 2005. Maxine now lives in New York City and works as a managerial associate at IMG Artists, an international performing arts management agency. She has been a judge for the 2006 and 2007 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, currently sings with the Grace Church Choral Society of New York, and does freelance cantorial and music education work for Jewish congregations throughout the Northeast.

Sara Yood
ICCA Associate Producer

Sara Yood is presently in her fifth year on the Varsity Vocals team, having served previously as ICCA Midwest Producer and ICCA New England Producer. Sara is the former Concert Coordinator and Group Coordinator for the Washington University Amateurs. During her tenure, the Amateurs placed second in the ICCA Midwest Quarterfinals and received the Best Arrangement and Hot Lips Vocal Percussion awards. While pursing her degree in English literature, Sara also served as the vice-president of chamber choir, president of the Mu Phi Gamma women's fraternity and as a representative of the university's undergraduate admissions. Sara currently lives in New York, where she is a client relations agent for The Harry Fox Agency, a subsidiary of the National Music Publishers Association.

Jackie Chisholm
ICCA Associate Producer

A former ICCA Northeast Producer, Jackie now serves as Associate Producer and Development Coordinator for Varsity Vocals. She attended Syracuse University, where she earned a Bachelor of Music with a specialization in Music Industry. While at Syracuse, Jackie was a co-founder, business manager and president of the co-ed a cappella group, GrooveStand. She was also producer of DanceWorks, Syracuse’s largest student-run dance organization. Her other singing credentials include the New England Conservatory Youth Chorale, the Hendrick’s Chapel Choir, the Syracuse University Singers, and, most recently, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Jackie recently left the special events department of the Manhattan Theatre Club to pursue a career at a private financial firm in Boston.

The ICHSA Staff

Maxine Sharavsky
ICHSA Northeast Producer

Please see Maxine's bio above.

Grace Jackson
ICHSA West Producer

Please see Grace's bio above.

Andrea Kovac
ICHSA Midwest Producer

Andrea Kovac began her a cappella career singing with the female a cappella group Nuance at Pine Creek High School in Colorado, where she was actively involved in the choral program. She has gone on to serve as president of Michigan State University’s Capital Green for two of her three years with the ensemble. Under her leadership, Capital Green, who has hosted and competed in ICCA events for five years, placed second at quarterfinals and fourth in semifinals last year. Andrea arranges much of the group’s repertoire, and her arrangement of the Black-Eyed Peas’ “Let’s Get It Started” is featured on the second volume of the Collegiate A Cappella Music Organization’s compilation, Top Shelf A Cappella. Andrea will graduate this year with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature.

Mark Chen
ICHSA South Producer

Mark Chen continues with Varsity Vocals this year after serving as ICHSA West Producer last season. Mark holds a bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from the University of California-Los Angeles, where he co-founded, directed, and managed the ScatterTones. Mark has appeared with the UCLA Chorale and the Bruin Marching Band and has served as a resident assistant. Originally from Philadelphia, Mark now attends Emory University, where he is pursuing a Master of Public Health degree in Global Environmental Health.