Ally Carlson is a freshman at Boston University pursuing a major in Nutrition and a minor in Vocal Performance. After starting her singing journey at six years old, she has gone on to perform in choirs, solo recitals, band, handbell choir, and acapella groups through middle and high school. With the help of her voice teachers and a week-long bootcamp with professional acapella group Backtrack Vocals, Ally discovered a love for the process of bringing music to life. Now a member of the BU Treblemakers, Ally is beyond excited to share her passion for acapella music!
Amber Bates
Amber Bates is a vocalist and educator at Boston University pursuing her undergraduate degree in music education. She began her a cappella journey in high school with Northern Lights and has since gone on to become the music director of the BU Treblemakers. She is beyond excited to give back to the a cappella festival that gave her so much and pushed her to continue Music in her professional life.
Angelo Knight
Angelo Knight is an a cappella award winning performer and director from Dayton, Ohio, with so much a cappella zeal to share. Knight has been a part of the a cappella community for the last 10 years arranging, performing, competing, and even audio engineering, studio and live. Knight has competed and won multiple awards for his groups he has directed (Remedy and Vega) and has even won outstanding awards for his solo performances. Knight has taught at a cappella festivals (including Kettering National A Cappella Festival and NE VOICES) and has given clinics to numerous groups across the country. Knight, now, is the director of Vega, an award winning group from Chaminade Julienne High School in Dayton, Ohio. Knight's goal is life is to educate the performers of tomorrow!
Anthony Pulido
Anthony Pulido is based in Boston and serves as the Chief of Staff for the Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA). He also works with a number of groups in the area as an arranger, director, and producer. He moved from Florida to Boston where he obtained a BS in Biochemistry from Northeastern University. While attending NU, he first joined the a cappella community singing with the Unisons, before performing in professional settings in Boston. He has continued contributions to the community, including judging for Varsity Vocals, joining the festival production teams for BOSS and SoJam, and as the third member of the head/voice podcast. Feel free to reach out to him if you want to talk a cappella, biochemistry, tabletop games, cooking/baking, or food places that he needs to go to!
Connor Martin
Connor Martin is an NYC-based a cappella producer, arranger, performer and educator. He is the music director, bass, and lead arranger and producer of Black to Gold, a CARA-winning contemporary a cappella group from NYC. As an a cappella producer, he has almost 100 CARA nominations with 15 CARA wins for his work with Pitch Please, The Vassar Devils, Black to Gold, Faux Paz, All-Night Yahtzee, and many more. His arrangements have been nominated for 3 CARA awards and have been performed in groups of all sizes and in competitions such as the ICCA, ICHSA, Open, NE Voices, and more. Since graduating from Hofstra University in 2018, Connor’s career so far has been the culmination of many different facets; recording, percussion, big band arranging, choral singing and conducting, symphonic band and orchestra studies, music theory, and more. He hopes to continue to educate and inspire a cappella singers and musicians of all backgrounds through smart arranging, passionate workshops and energetic performances!
Dave Grossman
Dave Grossman teaches vocal music at Plymouth North High School in Plymouth, MA. He loves teaching vocal music as much as he hates writing biographies about himself, because that feels super uncomfortable. Honestly, he's not sure what he could write here in this bio that would make you change your mind on whether or not you want to attend his workshop, and aside from that, all that this blurb can really do is back up his role as an instructor at NE Voices with a list of degrees, experiences, accomplishments, awards, etc. If that sort of validation of a clinician iswhat you're looking for, he'd like to say 'You should trust that the fine folks at NE Voices are getting outstanding instructors across the board for all of the workshops and master classes.' How does he know that? Well, Dave was one of the founders of NE Voices in 2011, and worked with the organization planning this festival until 2022, and is really proud of how this shindig has developed and evolved. Also, he taught like 6 of the people teaching at NE Voices this year, has learned from a bunch of others, and is confident that you're in good hands this weekend. Dave also really enjoys playing guitar. If you know anyone looking to start a 2000s pop punk/emo cover band, please give him a heads up. He can already play all of the songs.
Eliot Min
Eliot Min is a vocal percussionist currently living in West End, MA. He is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where he was the VP and music director of the Harvard Opportunes. Outside of his day job as a data scientist, Eliot gives VP lessons to up-and-coming beatboxers! He’s excited to keep spreading the VP love at NE Voices this year.
Emmie Kelly
Emmie Kelly is a proud alum of Plymouth North High School’s Northern Lights, and is thrilled to be returning to NE Voices as an instructor! She was also a member of Cape Cod’s professional treble a cappella group, Cape Harmony, from 2020-2022, acting as Business Manager of the group for her last two seasons. A recent graduate of Emerson College, where she studied the Business of Creative Enterprises, Emmie currently works in venue operations and guest services for Live Nation, as well as pursuing her passion as a singer-songwriter. She released her first single in early 2023, which garnered over 1,000 streams in its first 24 hours, and has been consistently releasing new music and content since then! She prides herself on writing music that comes from a place of vulnerability and reflects her lived experiences.
Jarell Green
Jarell Green is a singer and performer who is currently serving as one of three lead vocalists in the Boston-based wedding band, The Limit. He previously spent 4 years with the professional Cape Cod a cappella group Hyannis Sound, where he was fortunate enough to develop as a soloist, vocal percussionist, and overall explosive performer for audiences in over 100+ concerts a summer. Before Hyannis Sound, Jarell was also the Music Director for his college a cappella group Eight Beat Measure at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Jarell hopes to share what he's learned with the new generation of talented singers and musicians and hopes that his experiences can help inspire and energize their passion for performing and a cappella.
Jason Luciana
Jason Luciana is the Choral and Theatre Director for Plymouth South High School in Plymouth, MA. Throughout his 22 years of teaching, Jason has learned - often the hard way - that group singing is one of the purest forms of community building and believes strongly that our art form is more important now than ever. "Mr. L" is the director of South Avenue, Plymouth South's mixed-range contemporary a cappella group, and is also the founder and tenor for Elevate Vocal Band.
Julia McBride
Julia McBride, graduate of the University of Delaware School of Music, and current graduate student of Longy School of Music of Bard College, is a music educator with a passion for contemporary a cappella. Julia teaches elementary general music by day and directs the competitive high school a cappella group, “Spectrum”, after-school. She also serves as the Education Manager for the NE Voices A Cappella Festival. Julia has sung with a wide range of contemporary a cappella groups, including the professional a cappella group, Cape Harmony.
Kari Francis
Kari Francis (she/her) is a vocalist, arranger, and choral music educator who has shared the stage with Imogen Heap, competed on Season 3 of NBC’s The Sing-Off with Kinfolk 9, and can be heard beatboxing on Grammy Award-winning pianist-composer Cory Smythe’s album Accelerate Every Voice. Currently a doctoral student in choral conducting at the University of Notre Dame, her past university teaching includes choral arranging, ear training, music theory, and directing vocal ensembles at the College of Saint Rose, Mannes School of Music, CUNY Hunter College, and Teachers College Columbia University. Kari is the choral director of the Walden School Young Musicians Program, and was previously a conducting fellow and teaching artist with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Midori & Friends, respectively. Her writings on contemporary a cappella have been published by GIA Music and NATS, and she frequently leads workshops on arranging, vocal percussion, and group vocal improvisation at music festivals and conferences around the world.
Kat Smith
Kat Smith, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of the University of Dayton, is a professional a cappella choreographer and director. Choreographing since 2017, Kat has had incredible opportunities, teaching at A Cappella Academy, Camp A Cappella, NE Voices, NACC, BOSS, and So Jam. Kat spent three years as director of Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School's "Vega" and now serves as Voice Director at the Miami Valley School in Dayton, Ohio. There, she currently directs the award winning high school group "Ars Nova."
Kayla Liquori
Kayla Liquori is a multi-genre vocalist and songwriter, currently performing under the name luna.c. Kayla graduated from Berklee College of Music where she studied Songwriting and Music Business, and is finishing up another degree in Music Therapy. She performed at NE Voices with her collegiate group, Upper Structure, and had such a great time that she had to get involved with the organization!
Lauren Garcia
Lauren Garcia is a local performer from Plymouth, MA. She previously spent her summers with the professional Cape Cod a cappella group, Cape Harmony, where she sang all over Cape Cod and the islands and was their Brand Manager. She’s also formerly a member of The Nor’easters at Northeastern University, Northeastern’s premier award-winning a cappella group, where she brand managed, as well. This past spring, they came in first place at Boston Sings [BOSS], Boston’s annual a cappella competition and festival. Most notably, Lauren is a proud alumni of NE Voices and Plymouth North High School’s Northern Lights and Girl Treble. Today, she is directing Girl Treble, Plymouth North’s student led premiere treble group, where she got her start. After performing with The Nor’easters at last year’s festival, Lauren is thrilled to return to NE Voices as a Competition Producer and instructor for this year’s festival.
Mary Whelan
Mary Whelan is a senior at Stonehill College where she majors in Criminology and double minors in psychology and music. She is the co-president and music director of Girls from the Hill, the all female-identifying a cappella group at Stonehill.
Miguel Aninon
Miguel Aninon is a singer and dancer from Boston, MA, originally from Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. He recently graduated last May from Northeastern University with a BS in Music Industry and minors in Music Recording and Marketing. During his time at Northeastern, he was the music director for The Nor’easters for four years where he participated in leading rehearsals and producing, recording, and arranging music with them. He also spent a year being the group’s brand manager, where he helped promote and uphold the image of The Nor’easters. Miguel is happy to be back at NE voices to inspire the next generation of a cappella
Monty Hill
Monty Hill (He/Him/His), a former member of award winning a cappella group Ball In The House, is a lifelong musician. He has performed internationally and graced many stages while in BitH. Outside of the a cappella world, he has performed on and off Broadway. He spent 5 of his post collegiate years as a vocal music educator in Maryland. He is very excited to be the newest addition to the board of NE Voices and can't wait to see the future of a cappella soar to amazing heights.
Noyonika Gupta
Noyonika Gupta is a current freshman at Boston University studying Environmental Analysis and Policy. She is extremely passionate about music and has been singing since she was a little girl. Participating in musical theatre and choir from middle school through high school and exploring pop on her own, she has a diverse set of genres she enjoys singing. She also posts singing covers on Youtube and Instagram which is one of her favorite hobbies. As of most recent, you can find her singing with the all-gender a capella group, the BU Treblemakers, at BU!
Shannon McNulty
Shannon McNulty is Executive Producer of the National A Cappella Convention and a fourteen year veteran teacher based out of Massachusetts. Shannon has been teaching at and running festivals around the country for the last ten years. She is passionate about cultivating educational communities where folks can bond over shared experiences and the power of music and the creative arts.
Tim Bongiovanni
TimBongiovanni is a Billboard charting, CARA Award Winning, A Cappella Professional of 18 years with productions and recordings placed on Voices Only, Sing, and BOCA. He owns and operates his recording studio - Northgate Studio - out of his home in Bedford MA. In 2005 and 2006 he was the music director for the Hyannis Sound. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music with degrees in Music Synthesis, and Contemporary Writing and Production. A voice principal he studied the art of ensemble and a cappella singing in contemporary, jazz, and classical styles.
