voices in your head

“pushing the bounds of contemporary a cappella”

In college, I had the privilege of directing Voices in Your Head, an undergraduate-led competitive a cappella group at the University of Chicago. During my time as Music Director, Voices won the 2024 LA A Cappella Festival Scholastic Competition and made it to the 2025 Finals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA).

Currently, I’m producing our live set videos from 2024-2025 and our upcoming studio album, scheduled for release in early 2026.

Awards

  • 2025 International Championship for Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA): Great Lakes Champion, 4th Overall

    • Outstanding Arrangement for the entire set, Great Lakes Semifinal

    • Outstanding Arrangement for Weird Fishes (opb. Radiohead), Great Lakes Quarterfinal

  • 2024 Los Angeles A Cappella Festival (LAAF) Scholastic Competition: Champion

    • Outstanding Arrangement for the entire set

A Cappella Academy

high school vocal intensive

circinus

After having an amazing summer at A Cappella Academy as a camper in 2021, I was delighted to return as Counselor-in-Training in 2025.

Together, the CITs became Circinus: a self-directed 8-member ensemble of college-aged singers from across the country. I co-arranged our group song White/Ferrari/Let Down for the showcase.

alvidora

I also worked alongside Zahara and Darby Lestin, assistant directing and arranging a Catalan song for the global ensemble Älvidora. Waw waw!

let’s work together!

e.gilbertbair@gmail.com

  • I’d love to work with you to create an arrangement that makes your ensemble shine.

    As an arranger, I love reimagining songs to highlight their emotional core, utilizing unusual vocal textures that expand an ensemble’s tonal palette, and most importantly, writing lines that are fun to sing!

    I generally charge $400 per arrangement with sheet music and MIDI, and $500 with a demo & learning tracks. However, I know that scholastic budgets can be tight, so I’m always willing to work something out.

  • Looking for a second pair of ears and eyes ahead of competition? Want to renew your group’s sonic identity?

    As a clinician, I value getting to intimately know the voices and energies that build an ensemble so that I can cultivate intentionality their performances. I love to guide singers through the vastly different sounds their voices can already make and facilitate deeper connections between ensemble members and their repertoire.

    Please shoot me an email for rates.

  • Need some extra hands on a project? I’d love to help you transcribe, make a demo, edit/re-voice an existing arrangement and more!

    Email me with the details.