NE Voices 2023 Instructors

Instructors for NE Voices 2024 will be available soon, please see below for more information on last year's instructors. 

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. 

Tim Bongiovanni

Tim Bongiovanni is a Billboard charting, CARA Award Winning, A Cappella Professional of 17 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.   

Scott Cobban

Scott is the vocal percussionist for Five O’Clock Shadow. He’s been involved in a cappella since 2000 and has performed with Overboard, Cartoon Johnny, The GrooveBarbers, and Ball In The House.

Justin Crichfield

Justin Crichfield is a Producer, Vocalist and Vocal Percussionist currently living in Los Angeles, California. He got his producing start at his own High School recording Forte A Cappella. He now works with clients all over the world, including : Chris Olsen, Scott Hoying, EarCandy, and many more! 

​Lara Evans

Lara Evans is an Artist Manager in New York City. Before landing in management, Lara studied music business and entrepreneurship at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Lara joined the NYU N’Harmonics as a freshman, becoming their President in her junior year and helping the group toward its ICCA 2019 win. From 2017-2019, Lara spent her summers as a member of Cape Harmony, stepping into the Music Director position for her last two years with the group. Within the popular music industry, Lara has held roles in A&R, digital marketing, and publishing rights management. She ultimately landed in artist management out of the desire to stay connected with and guide creatives through all parts of the business. Lara currently works for Knitting Factory Management, directly managing Dresage and Sabrina Song. She is also a day-to-day manager for several artists including Jose Gonzalez, Bedouine, and Y La Bamba. 

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.

Angelo Knight

Angelo Knight is a young musician from Dayton, Ohio, with so much a cappella zeal to share. Knight has been a part of the a cappella community for the last 8 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 and 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.!

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 I studied Songwriting and Music Business.

Jason Luciana

Jason Luciana is a Theatre & Vocal Music Educator, Plymouth South High School. He is also the Founder of Elevate Vocal Band.

Meg Mayfield

Meg Mayfield is a theatre professional currently living in Marlborough MA. She graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a bachelor’s in Musical Theatre Performance and minor in Dance.  During her time in school Meg was named and Emerging Artist by the Continuo Arts Foundation, and competed in the Vietnam International Choir Competition with the USM Chamber Singers, winning high gold. Since graduating, she has found joy in teaching theatre, dance, and circus to children of all ages.

Shannon McNulty

Shannon McNulty is a fourteen year veteran teacher based out of Massachusetts, and Executive Producer of the National A Cappella Convention. 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.

Kat Smith

Kat Smith is a recent graduate of the University of Dayton and an alumni of the university's Remedy A Cappella. She has been working as an a cappella choreographer for five years, teaching at Camp A Cappella, Kettering National A Cappella Festival, NE Voices, and soon the National A Cappella Convention. 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 high school and middle school groups "Ars Nova" and "Elite Beats," and continues to freelance choreograph.

Alyssa Sposato

Alyssa Sposato is an avid a cappella performer and passionate music educator. Recently graduating from Crane School of Music with a B.M in music education with a minor in music business, Alyssa is excited to share her knowledge of a cappella with her students. Alyssa has sung in a cappella groups for many years with The Potsdam Pitches at SUNY Potsdam as President and Music Director, Cape Harmony as Public Relations manager and Inside Voices, as Director of Marketing. Alyssa has been recognized as an ICCA Outstanding soloist for the Central Region in 2020 and CARA runner-up for Best Mixed Voice Collegiate Solo 2021 for her work with The Potsdam Pitches. Currently, Alyssa is the Director of Social Media for Cut Off Studios working on their communications team to promote their various services and events.

Adam Tarpey

Bio to come!