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Stanford Harmonics
Stanford Harmonics, January 2022
Background information
Origin	Stanford, California, USA
Genres	A cappella
Years active	1991–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 and have developed a live performance style that includes the use of electronic distortion and sound effects.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Notable members

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• 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

• List of Stanford University a cappella groups

References

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External links

• Official Website

• Collegiate a cappella groups
• Stanford University vocal groups