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 active | 1991–present |
| Website | www |
The Stanford Harmonics, also known as The 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.
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, their album Signal Lost won Best Rock Album from the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards.
Their newest album 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.
- 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)
- Event Horizon (2025)
Awards and nominations
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
- Composer Joss Paxton Saltzman
- Jade Nguyen
