Vocal Masterclass artist Deke Sharon, "The Father of Contemporary A Cappella" working with VPAA students. As the founder, director and arranger for the House Jacks for almost 25 years, the original “Rock Band Without Instruments,” Deke has shared the stage around the world with countless music legends, including Ray Charles, James Brown, Crosby Stills and Nash, Run DMC, The Temptations, LL Cool J and the Four Tops, and even a performance of the “Monday Night Football Theme” with Hank Williams Jr. in 2011. He is also the vocal orchestrator for and a producer of the Broadway’s first a cappella musical: In Transit (2016), as well as the opening number of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Unmasked (2019).