| Casual Harmony | |
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| Also known as | CH |
| Origin | New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | A Cappella |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Collegiate |
| Website | Official Site |
| Members | |
| Alvin Artha Arnab Chatterjee Daniel Fung Kolrick Greathouse Ray Henricksen Murphy Lu Derek McIntosh David Meis Mark Padilla Christofer Peckhardt Oklys Pimentel Shigeshi Stewart Jon Young Arvin Zabalerio |
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Casual Harmony is the first all-male contemporary a cappella group at one of the oldest universities in the nation. The group was founded at Rutgers University in the fall of 2003 by then sophomore David Rabizadeh.[1]
In a short five years, Casual Harmony has consistently placed in the top six of the Mid-Atlantic region of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. Along the Way, Casual Harmony has won awards for their arrangements, choreography, and vocal percussion.[2]
| Year | Presenter | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010[3] | International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinals | Won | Quarterfinal Champions |
| Outstanding Arrangement | Won, Jack Bender "Butterfly" | ||
| Outstanding Vocal Percussion | Won, Austin Begley, "Eleanor Rigby" | ||
| 2009 | Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards[4] | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Runner-up, "Casual Harmony" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate Arrangement | Nominated, Ryan Kanarek "Stereo" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Song | Nominated "I've Got to Use My Imagination" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Soloist | Won, J. Aaron Boykin "I've Got to Use My Imagination" | ||
| Best Rap/R&B Song | Runner-Up, "Stronger" | ||
| Varsity Vocals | Best of Collegiate A Cappella | "I've Got to Use My Imagination" | |
| AACI | Sing V: Groovus | "Stronger" | |
| Voices Only | Voices Only | "I've Got to Use My Imagination" | |
| 2008[5] | International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinals | Outstanding Choreography | "Paralyzer" |
| 2007 | Voices Only | Voices Only | "Aerials" |
| acatunes.com[6] | acaTunes Award | "Over My Head" | |
| 2006[7] | International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinals | Outstanding Arrangement | Won, Jack Bender, "Aerials" |
| Outstanding Vocal Percussion | Won, Jeremy Schafer | ||
| Outstanding Choreography | Won, "Time is Running Out" | ||
| International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic Semifinals | Outstanding Arrangement | Won, Jack Bender, "Aerials" | |
| 2005[8] | International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic Divisional | Outstanding Choreography | Won, "Through With You" |
| International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic Semifinals | Outstanding Vocal Percussion | Won, Jeremy Schafer | |
| Outstanding Arrangement | Won, Jack Bender, "Aerials" |
Tracks from their albums have been selected for Voices Only,[9] BOCA,[10] and Sing.[11]