2009 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Results
The following are the winners for the 2009 Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards. Congratulations to all who participated!
(As a reminder, the nominees were posted on Feb. 1.)
Best Professional Original Song
Winner
“Wall of Sound” by Naturally 7/Roger Thomas on Sing V: Groovus
Naturally Seven
Runner Up
“Try To Forget Me” by M. Renwall/T. Vainikainen/J. Backlund on Helsinki
Fork
Best Pop/Rock Album
Winner
Will Sing 4 Food
Mosaic
Runner Up
Helsinki
Fork
Best Pop/Rock Song
Winner
“Home” on Will Sing 4 Food
Mosaic
Runner Up
“Eisdame” on Heute Wie Neu
muSix
Best Hip-Hop/R&B Song
Winner
“Wall of Sound” on Sing V: Groovus
Naturally Seven
Runner Up
“Stronger” on Casual Harmony
Casual Harmony (Rutgers)
Best Jazz Album
Winner
The Standard
Take 6
Runner Up
New Folder
Ghost Files
Best Jazz Song
Winner
“A Tisket A Tasket” on The Standard
Take 6
Runner Up
“Spain (I Can Recall) (Spain)” on Voyage
ManSound
Best Classical Album
Winner
While You Are Alive
Cantus
Runner Up
Tormis
Holst Singers
Best Classical Song
Winner
“Bolero” on Sharing Time
InsideOut A cappella
Runner Up
“Lux Aurumque” on American Choir Music
Amadeus Chor
Best Barbershop Album
Winner
Vocal Spectrum II
Vocal Spectrum
Runner Up
Out to Lunch
Lunch Break Quartet
Best Barbershop Song
Winner
“Go the Distance” on Vocal Spectrum II
Vocal Spectrum
Runner Up
“Mr. Potatohead” on Out to Lunch
Lunch Break Quartet
Best Religious Album
Winner
Before the Throne
Rescue
Runner Up
Grateful Praise
Eclipse
Best Religious Song
Winner
“All Creatures of Our God and King” on Grateful Praise
Eclipse
Runner Up
“Unleashed” on Before the Throne
Rescue
Best Folk/World Album
Winner
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Runner Up (Tie)
Out From Yonder
Lilli Lewis
De vill att vi bugar och niger (They want us to bow and curtsey)
Riltons Vänner
Best Folk/World Song
Winner
“Mima'amakim” on The Teal Album
Kaskeset (SUNY Binghamton)
Runner Up
“Greensleeves” on Simple Gifts
The King's Singers
Best Holiday Album
Winner
Holiday Spirits
Straight No Chaser
Runner Up
Chi Rho: The Christmas Album
Chi Rho (Wake Forest)
Best Holiday Song
Winner
“We Three Kings” on Tidings
Overboard
Runner Up
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” on Cluster for Christmas
Cluster
Best Humor Song
Winner
“Ne'ilah” on Yesh Chadash
Six13
Runner Up
“In the Sun They Melted (Snowmenn II)” on Sharing Time
InsideOut A cappella
Best European Album
Winner
Angoli Diversi
Neri per Caso
Runner Up
New Folder
The Ghost Files
Best Scholastic Original Song
Winner
“As You Go” by Andrew Booth on Disconcert
Pitchforks (Duke)
Runner Up
“Move On” by Maggie Smith on That’s What She Said
Noteworthy (University of Georgia)
Best Mixed Collegiate Album
Winner
Escape Velocity
Harmonics (Stanford)
Runner Up
Smash
Chordials (Cornell)
Best Mixed Collegiate Song
Winner
“The Sound of Silence” on Escape Velocity
Harmonics (Stanford)
Runner Up
“Always Be My Baby” on Blink
ScatterTones (UCLA)
Best Mixed Collegiate Solo
Winner
Melinda Porto for “Always Be My Baby” on Blink
ScatterTones (UCLA)
Runner Up
Donna Budica for “Losing My Ground” on 1929
Off The Beat (Penn)
Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement
Winner
“The Sound of Silence” arranged by Charlie Forkish on Escape Velocity
Harmonics (Stanford)
Runner Up
“Imagination” arranged by Charlie Forkish on Escape Velocity
Harmonics (Stanford)
Best Male Collegiate Album
Winner
Disconcert
Pitchforks (Duke)
Runner Up
Casual Harmony
Casual Harmony (Rutgers)
Best Male Collegiate Song
Winner
“Ain't Nothing Wrong” on Sing V: Groovus
Clef Hangers (UNC Chapel Hill)
Runner Up
“Atlantic” on Disconcert
Pitchforks (Duke)
Best Male Collegiate Solo
Winner
J. Aaron Boykin for “I've Got To Use My Imagination” on Casual Harmony
Casual Harmony (Rutgers)
Runner Up
Adamah "Zebo" Cole for “Separate Ways/Worlds Apart” on Extraordinaire
Aires (Dartmouth)
Best Male Collegiate Arrangement
Winner
“Atlantic” arranged by Stephen Clark on Disconcert
Pitchforks (Duke)
Runner Up
“Umbrella” arranged by Ben Wexler on What a Trip
Duke's Men (Yale)
Best Female Collegiate Album
Winner
Roots
Divisi (University of Oregon)
Runner Up (Tie)
On the Record
Loreleis (UNC Chapel Hill)
That’s What She Said
Noteworthy (University of Georgia)
Best Female Collegiate Song
Winner
“The Walk” on Roots
Divisi (University of Oregon)
Runner Up
“In the Backseat” on On the Record
Loreleis (UNC Chapel Hill)
Best Female Collegiate Solo
Winner
Jillian Bauman for “Magic Man” on On the Record
Loreleis (UNC Chapel Hill)
Runner Up
Melanie Bettis for “Fools in Love” on That’s What She Said
Noteworthy (University of Georgia)
Best Female Collegiate Arrangement
Winner
“In the Waiting Line” arranged by Sarah Klein on Roots
Divisi (University of Oregon)
Runner Up
“Let it Be” arranged by Maggie Smith on That’s What She Said
Noteworthy (University of Georgia)
Best High School Album
Winner
Nonpareil
Luminescence (Marblehead H.S.)
Runner Up
Evolution
Eleventh Hour (Kettering Fairmont HS)
Best High School Song
Winner
“Miss Independent” on Nonpareil
Luminescence (Marblehead H.S.)
Runner Up
“The Sound of Silence” on Evolution
Eleventh Hour (Kettering Fairmont HS)
Best High School Solo
Winner
Suzie Wyman for “Miss Independent” on Nonpareil
Luminescence (Marblehead H.S.)
Runner Up
Skyler Newhart for “Ain't No Sunshine” on Splitting Center
Cary Grove Jazz Choir (Cary Grove High School)
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CASA Board President, Julia Hoffman, served for the 5th year as the Director of the Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards. Jon Pilat, a singer, arranger, vocal percussionist, and previous CASA board member, served for the 5th year as the CARA Coordinator. The coordinators also chose 61 fans and performers of varied backgrounds to spend months considering each of the albums submitted to the CARAs. Anyone holding a current or former affiliation with a group or album under consideration is not allowed to take part in the consideration of that award. To the nominators and judges: Thank you all for your many hours of work! You are much appreciated!