ASA Judge Interest Form 2025-2026

  • ASA Judges Interest Form 2025-2026

  • We’re excited to see your interest in joining our judge pool! While selection isn’t guaranteed, expressing interest gives you a great chance to get involved. We encourage you to fill out this form with as much information as you can about your background and experience - you might be exactly who we’re looking for! If you are selected to be a part of our judge pool, we will contact you with next steps.

    If you have filled out the form in previous years, you do not need to submit it again!

    Feel free to reach out to judging@desiacappella.org if you have any questions!


  • You can apply to be judges for either our in-person bid competitions (between January and March 2026) or All-American Awaaz, our national championship (in April 2026, date and location TBA).  We are looking for judges proficient in a cappella, South Asian music forms, and/or Western music forms. Competition judges may not be an active member of, have arranged for, or advised a South Asian a cappella team after December 2022.

    We will announce our bid competition line up on our Instagram pages (@desiacappella, @allamericanawaaz) in a few weeks!

  • I am interested in being considered for:*

  • General Information

  • Date of Birth*
     - -
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • What is your preferred method of communication?*

  • Expertise & Affiliation Questions

  • Have you ever been affiliated with an a cappella team (South Asian or Western)?*

  • If 'Yes', please provide the following information below

    1. Team name(s), college/university affiliation
    2. Years of affiliation
    3. Roles held (including roles held as an alum)

    Example:
    [Team Name, College/University affiliation]
    2014-2016: Team member
    2016-2018: Choreo Director, Beatboxer
    2018-2019: Arranger and Team Advisor (as an alum)

  • Do you plan to write arrangements for any teams in the South Asian A Cappella circuit this year?*
  • Where did you find this form?*
  • Please select the areas of your experience.*

  • South Asian A Cappella

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Performance Setting*
  • Arranging Extent*
  • Arranging Type*
  • Arrangement Recognition*
  • Conduct/Teach Duration*
  • Conduct/Teach Setting*
  • Led tech time at competition*
  • Audio mixing*
  • Live audio engineering*
  • Beatbox*
  • Beatbox Awards*
  • Choreography/Performance Direction*

  • Non-South Asian Contemporary A Cappella

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Performance Setting*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Arranging Type*
  • Arrangement Recognition*
  • Conduct/Teach Duration*
  • Conduct/Teach Setting*
  • Led tech time at competition*
  • Audio Mixing*
  • Live audio engineering*
  • Beatbox*
  • Beatbox Awards*
  • Choreography/Performance Direction*

  • Chamber Choir

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Conduct/Teach*

  • Other Vocal Ensemble (Musical Theatre, Show Choir, Gospel Choir, etc.)

  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Conduct/Teach*

  • Piano

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Formal Education*

  • Other Polyphonic String Instrument (Guitar, Harp, etc.)

  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Formal Education*

  • Orchestral/Ensemble

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Formal Education*

  • South Asian Classical - Hindustani (Vocal)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Formal Accomplishments*

  • South Asian Classical - Carnatic (Vocal)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration (>30 min sets)*
  • Formal Accomplishments*

  • South Asian Classical - Other (Vocal)

  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Formal Accomplishments*

  • South Asian Contemporary - Film (Vocal)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Playback Singing*
  • Live Performance*
  • Awards*

  • South Asian Contemporary - Folk (Vocal)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Live Performance*

  • South Asian Contemporary - Other (Vocal, With Band / Backing Track)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Performance Duration*
  • Live Performance*

  • Non-South Asian Classical (Opera, etc.) (Vocal)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*
  • Formal Education*
  • Live Performance*

  • Non-South Asian Contemporary Solo (Vocal)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Training Duration
  • Compose (Originals)*
  • Live Performance (>15 min set)*
  • Recorded Music*

  • String (Violin, Viola, Cello, etc.)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*

  • Woodwind (Flute, Clarinet, etc.)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*

  • Percussion (Tabla, Drums, etc.)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*

  • Brass (Trumpets, Trombones, etc.)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Arrange/Compose*

  • Solo Dance

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Choreography*

  • Group Dance

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Training Duration*
  • Performance Duration*
  • Choreography*

  • Audio Production (non-A Cappella)

    Please note that some options may not be mutually exclusive; if more than one applies for a question, select the furthest option down the list that best reflects your experience.
  • Rows

  • Thank you for your time!

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