Stanford Harmonics
The Stanford Harmonics are a coeducational a cappella group from Stanford University in the United States, known for their rock repertoire and award-winning recordings. They 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 only collegiate a cappella groups to own their own microphone assortment and live soundboard, and have developed a live performance which includes the use of electronic distortion, sound effects and audience participation. In 2006, the Harmonics won the A Cappella Community Awards for Favorite Mixed Collegiate Group and Favorite Scholastic Album. On December 4, 2008, they released their eighth studio album, Escape Velocity, which was the winner of 3 Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards, including Best Mixed Collegiate Album. Along with the Tufts Beelzebubs and UPenn Off The Beat, the Stanford Harmonics are considered one of the "Holy Trinity" of collegiate a cappella groups.[1]
Members 2011-2012
- Erin Baumann (Historian)
- Amy DuBose
- Josh Eisner (Financial Officer)
- Arturo Ferrari
- Chris Goetz
- David Larson (Musical Manager)
- Marcia Levitan (Boost Master)
- Leo Martel
- Ale Mesa (Performance Manager)
- Katherine Robertson
- Sarah Rudolph (Director)
- Simon Shachter (Navigator)
- Evan Smith (Album Manager)
- Lemiece Zarka (Sound Engineer)
Notable alumni/ae
Discography
The Stanford Harmonics have released 7 full-length albums and one "greatest hits" CD. A new full-length Harmonics album is scheduled to be released sometime in 2012. On June 22, 2011, the Harmonics released a brand-new single available for purchase on iTunes, the A-side of which is a rendition of SING by My Chemical Romance, and the B-side of which is a version of Let It Rock by Kevin Rudolf.
The Greatest Hits of Pitchpipe (1995)
- The Only Hit of Pitch Pipe (Basket Case by Green Day)
- A Change in My Life (Rockapella)
- Seven Bridges Road (The Eagles)
- Heat of the Moment (Asia)
- Busy Tonight (The Nylons)
- It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (Boyz II Men)
- Moondance (Van Morrison)
- Drift Away (Dobie Gray)
- Be With You (The Bangles)
- Little Darling (The Diamonds)
- The Longest Time (Billy Joel)
- Straight to My Heart (Sting)
- Everlasting Love (Gayden and Cason)
- Bad Connection (Yaz)
- In the Still of the Night (5 Satins)
- Don't You Want Me (The Human League)
- The Star Spangled Banner
- Why (Rockapella)
- Kyrie (Mr. Mister)
Escalator Music (1997)
- Down Under (Men at Work)
- Kiss From a Rose (Seal)
- Just a Girl (No Doubt)
- Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin)
- Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word (Elton John)
- A Little Respect (Erasure)
- Got to Get You Into My Life (The Beatles)
- Winter (Tori Amos)
- Four Brothers (Manhattan Transfer)
- December, 1963 (The Four Seasons)
- Still the One (Orleans)
- Walking on Broken Glass (Annie Lennox)
- She's Always a Woman (Billy Joel)
- Sixty Minute Man (Rockapella)
- King of Pain (The Police)
- Rhythm of Love (Yes)
- Gone (House Jacks)
Insanity Laughs (1999)
- Push It (Garbage)
- Under Pressure (Queen/David Bowie)
- 32 Flavors (Alana Davis)
- Hoodoo Voodoo Doll (Brian Setzer)
- Uninvited (Alanis Morissette)
- Waterboy (Live)
- Goodbye (Save Ferris)
- Gone Till November (Wyclef Jean)
- Stay (Wastin' Time) (Dave Matthews Band)
- Criminal (Fiona Apple)
- Push (Matchbox 20)
- Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
- Snow on the Sahara (Anggun)
- Ray of Light (Madonna)
- One (U2)
Phonoshop (2001)
- Scream (Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson)
- Smooth (Santana)
- Beautiful (Joydrop)
- Thank You (Dido)
- We Are In Love (Harry Connick, Jr.)
- Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)
- Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos)
- Touched (VAST)
- Kryptonite (3 Doors Down)
- Oh So Quiet (Björk)
- November Rain (Guns N' Roses)
- Right Now (Van Halen)
evolut10n (2002) - 10 Year Anniversary "Greatest Hits" Album
- Right Now (Van Halen)
- Why (Rockapella)
- Rhythm of Love (Yes)
- Criminal (Fiona Apple)
- Kyrie (Mr. Mister)
- Four Brothers (Manhattan Transfer)
- Thank You (Dido)
- Under Pressure (Queen/David Bowie)
- A Change in My Life (Rockapella)
Rock Beats Scissors (2003)
- Sadder Day (Fleming & John)
- Running Away (Hoobastank)
- Medicine (Guster)
- Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
- Annie Waits (Ben Folds)
- Lady Marmalade (Patti LaBelle)
- I Wish (Stevie Wonder)
- Human Beings (Seal)
- I Hope You Dance (LeeAnn Womack)
- Acoustic #3 (Goo Goo Dolls)
- Paid My Dues (Anastacia)
- Drive (Incubus)
- Porcelain (Moby)
Shadowplay (2005)
- Labyrinth (Elisa)
- Headstrong (Trapt)
- Faster, Faster (Bree Sharp)
- Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Oasis)
- All the Things She Said (t.A.T.u.)
- Truce (Jars of Clay)
- Easier to Run (Linkin Park)
- Stuck (Stacie Orrico)
- Blurry (Puddle of Mudd)
- Radio (The Corrs)
- Sweetest Goodbye (Maroon 5)
- Breathe (Melissa Etheridge)
- Waiting for You (Seal)
- The Memory Remains (Metallica)
Escape Velocity (2008)
- Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Tomoyasu Hotei)
- Get Set (Taxiride)
- Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd, The Scissor Sisters)
- Cells (The Servant)
- Dream for the Moment (Aerosmith, Eminem)
- Imagination (John Lennon, Gene Wilder, A Perfect Circle and Maroon 5)
- Soul Meets Body (Death Cab For Cutie)
- Can I Buy You a Drink (Hoobastank)
- I'm Alive (Disturbed)
- Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)
- Whisper (Evanescence)
- The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
Awards
The Stanford Harmonics have received various awards for their CDs:
The Greatest Hits of Pitchpipe
- BOCA Humor: Basket Case[2]
Escalator Music
- BOCA 1998: Four Brothers[2]
- CARA 1998: Best Mixed Collegiate Album Nominee
Insanity Laughs
- BOCA 2000: Snow on the Sahara[2]
- CARA 2000: Best Mixed Collegiate Album Nominee & Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement Nominee
- RARB Pick of 1999[3]
Phonoshop
- CARA 2002: Best Mixed Collegiate Album Nominee & Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement Runner-Up
Evolut10n
- Harmonics 10 Year compilation
Rock Beats Scissors
- BOCA 2004: Sadder Day[2]
- BOCA 2003: Lady Marmalade[2]
- RARB Picks of 2003: Honorable Mention[4]
Shadowplay
- SING 2 (2005): Faster, Faster
- BOCA 2006: The Memory Remains[2]
- CARA 2006: Best Mixed Collegiate Album & Best Mixed Collegiate Solo (Bryan Tan) Nominee
- ACA 2006: Favorite Scholastic A Cappella Album
- RARB Picks of 2005: Honorable Mention[5]
Escape Velocity
- CARA 2009: WINNER: Best Mixed Collegiate Album
- CARA 2009: WINNER: Best Mixed Collegiate Song (The Sound of Silence)
- CARA 2009: WINNER: Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement (The Sound of Silence, arr: Charlie Forkish)
- CARA 2009: Runner-Up: Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement (Imagination, arr: Charlie Forkish)
- Voices Only 2007: Soul Meets Body
- Voices Only 2008: Can I Buy You a Drink
- Voices Only 2009: Rhapsody in Blue
- SING IV: Cells
- SING V: The Sound of Silence
- BOCA 2009: The Sound of Silence
- RARB Pick of 2009[6]
- RARB Pick of the Decade (2000-2009)[7]
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