Stanford Harmonics

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Stanford Harmonics
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Stanford Harmonics, January 2025
Background information
Origin Stanford, California, USA
Genres A cappella
Years active1991–present
Website www.stanfordharmonics.com

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.

Their newest album, titled Event Horizon, a concept album centered around grief, was released in August 2025.

Recordings

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

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
1998 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Best Mixed Collegiate AlbumEscalator MusicNominated [5]
2000Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Collegiate AlbumInsanity LaughsNominated [6]
Best Mixed Collegiate ArrangementJonathan PilatNominated
2002Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Collegiate AlbumPhonoshopNominated [7]
Best Mixed Collegiate ArrangementJonathan Pilat for "We Are In Love"
Runner-up
 [8]
2004Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Collegiate Song"Lady Marmalade" from Rock Beats Scissors
Runner-up
 [9]
2006Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Collegiate AlbumShadowplayNominated [10]
Best Mixed Collegiate SoloBryan Tan for "The Memory Remains"Nominated
2009Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Collegiate AlbumEscape VelocityWon [2]
Best Mixed Collegiate Song"The Sound of Silence"Won
Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement [a] Charlie Forkish for "The Sound of Silence"Won
Charlie Forkish for "Imagination"
Runner-up
2010Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Collegiate Song"Spiel Met Mir" from Sing Six: Sunny Side UpNominated [11]
2014Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Collegiate AlbumMidnight HourNominated [12]
Best Mixed Collegiate Song"Somebody to Love"Nominated
Best Mixed Collegiate ArrangementEvan Smith for "Somebody to Love"Nominated
2018Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Electronic / Experimental AlbumFault of ImaginationNominated [13]
2020Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Rock AlbumSignal LostWon [14]
Best Rock Song"Zombie" from Signal LostNominated [15]
Best Mixed Collegiate AlbumSignal LostNominated
2022Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsBest Mixed Voices Collegiate SoloMitchell Zimmerman for "Ever After" (Single)Nominated [16]
2022Best of College A CappellaFeatured Single ‘Bad Liar’SingleWon [17]
  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.

YearLevelCategoryRecipient(s)ResultPointsCitation
1996West Region SemifinalBest SoloZareen Poonen for "Change in My Life'
Runner-up
N/A
2000West Region Quarterfinal #1Best GroupHarmonics
2nd
—
2002West Region Quarterfinal #2Best SoloistMorgan Reed
Runner-up (tie)
N/A
Best ArrangementJon Pilat for "Lady Marmalade"
Runner-up (tie)
N/A
2003West Region Quarterfinal #3Best GroupHarmonics
3rd
—
Best ArrangementMarcella White Campbell for "Porcelain"
Won
N/A
2004West Region Quarterfinal #1Outstanding Vocal PercussionBen D'Angelo and Daniel Hobert
won
N/A
2021West Region Quarterfinal #3Best GroupHarmonics
3rd
312

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mickey Rapkin (2012). Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory . Penguin. ISBN   9781592408214 . Retrieved January 4, 2018. The breakthrough album, he says, was the 1999 Stanford Harmonics disc, Insanity Laughs. 'That's when vocal percussion really started to sound more like a drum set than vocals,' Bill says.
  2. 1 2 "2009 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ "RARB". RARB Picks of the Decade. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ "CASA". 2010 A Cappella Community Award Winners. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ "1998 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2000 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2002 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2002 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ "2004 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  10. ↑ "2006 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  11. ↑ "2010 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  12. ↑ "2014 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on September 11, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  13. ↑ "2018 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Archived from the original on September 11, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  14. ↑ Chen, Jessica (April 5, 2020). "2020 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Results". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  15. ↑ Chen, Jessica (February 17, 2020). "2020 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  16. ↑ "2022 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees". The Contemporary A Cappella Society . March 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  17. ↑ "2022 Best of College A Cappella 2022 Collection". Best of College A Cappella. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (1996)". University of California, Berkeley: Varsity Vocals. 1996. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2000)". University of California, Berkeley: Varsity Vocals. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2002)". Brigham Young University: Varsity Vocals. 2002. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2003)". University of California, Berkeley: Varsity Vocals. 2003. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2004)". University of California, Berkeley: Varsity Vocals. 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2021)". Varsity Vocals. 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
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