Stanford_Harmonics

Stanford Harmonics

Stanford Harmonics

American university a cappella group

The Stanford Harmonics are a co-ed a cappella group from Stanford University. Known for their alternative rock repertoire and award-winning recordings, the Harmonics have garnered international recognition for their performances and have been featured on BOCA, Sing, and Voices Only a cappella compilations. The Harmonics are one of the few collegiate a cappella groups that own their own wireless microphone equipment[citation needed] and have developed a live performance style that includes the use of electronic distortion and sound effects.

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History

The group's third release, Insanity Laughs (1999), was received as a "breakthrough album" for the unprecedented mixing of its drum-like vocal percussion.[1]

In 2009, their landmark studio album, Escape Velocity, won three Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, including Best Mixed Collegiate Album,[2] and was selected by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board as one of their Picks of the Decade.[3]

In 2010, the Harmonics won the A Cappella Community Awards for Favorite Mixed Collegiate Group and Favorite Scholastic Album.[4]

In 2020, the album "Signal Lost" by the Harmonics won Best Rock Album from the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards.

As of 2024, they are recording their newest album, a concept album centered around grief, to be released in 2025.

Recordings

The Stanford Harmonics have released ten full-length albums, one "greatest hits" album, and one extended play, alongside numerous singles.

  • The Greatest Hits of Pitchpipe (1995)
  • Escalator Music (1997)
  • Insanity Laughs (1999)
  • Phonoshop (2001)
  • evolut10n (2002) - 10 Year Anniversary "Greatest Hits" Album
  • Rock Beats Scissors (2003)
  • Shadowplay (2005)
  • Escape Velocity (2008)
  • Midnight Hour (2013)
  • The Messes of Men (2015) - EP
  • Fault of Imagination (2017)
  • Signal Lost (2019)

Awards and nominations

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  1. Charlie Forkish was named both the winner and the runner-up (against himself) for these two arrangements on Escape Velocity.

ICCA results

The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) first judged live a cappella performance competitions in 1996.

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Notable members

  • Singer/songwriter Vienna Teng
  • Contemporary A Cappella Society of America (CASA) President Julia Hoffman and Board Member Ariel Glassman
  • Hookslide singers Jon Pilat and George Hoffman
  • Former Skritch lead Bryan Tan
  • Icon Parthiv Krishna
  • Gautam Raghavan, Deputy Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office
  • Jade Nguyen

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stanford Harmonics.

References

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