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The following are the nominees for the 2019 Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards. Congratulations to all who participated and good luck to the nominees! The winners will be announced on April 14 at a live awards ceremony at Boston Sings [BOSS], and then right here on casa.org!

Special Awards

Best Non-Scholastic Debut Album

• shades of light, VOXID
• Paper Flights, Rebel Bit
• Come Around, Birdland Avenue
• How Sweet It Is 多么幸福, East West Collective
• DCappella, DCappella

Best Scholastic Debut Album

• This Side Up, Voicebox (University of Central Florida)
• Keep Myself, Delta V and The PopRockets (South Milwaukee High School)
• Bridges, Upper Structure (Berklee College of Music)
• SPECTRUM, The Coda Conduct (Penn State University)

Genre Nominations

Best Barbershop Album

• How Can I Keep from Singing, Crossroads
• Midnight Croon, Midnight Croon

Best Barbershop Song

• "Not Like This" from How Can I Keep from Singing, Crossroads
• "Let's Misbehave" from Let's Misbehave, London City Singers
• "Summer Wind" from Midnight Croon, Midnight Croon

Best Classical / Traditional Album

• Quer Bach 2, SLIXS
• Equinox, Voces8

Best Classical/Traditional Song

• "Concerto In A Minor - BWV 1041 Allegro" from Quer Bach 2, SLIXS
• "Moscow Nights" from Return 2 Acappelland, Fool Moon
• "Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging" from Equinox, Voces8
• "Homeward Bound" from GRAVITY, Ardú
• "Mi Shebeirach" from Mi Shebeirach, Six13

Best Country Song

• "Sin Wagon (Folklore)" from A Cappella Academy 2017, A Cappella Academy
• "Humble & Kind" from 11:11, The A Cappella Group (Cypress Lake Center for the Arts)
• "Losing Sleep" from Infrared, Overtones (James Madison University)
• "Daddy Lessons" from Where The Secret Lies, Loreleis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Best Electronic / Experimental Album

• Come Around, Birdland Avenue
• Hijklmnog, The G-Men

Best Electronic / Experimental Song

• "Tears" from This Side Up, Voicebox (University of Central Florida)
• "What's Really Good?" (single), Chris Brody
• "The Bird and the Worm" from Silhouette, Sapphires (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
• "Eleanor Rigby" from Eleanor Rigby, The Sons of Pitches
• "Rabbit Hole" from Come Around, Birdland Avenue
• "Super Rich Kids" from Hijklmnog, The G-Men

Best Folk/World Album

• NOTA Sings ACAPPELLA, Nota
• Jouluna LIVE, Club For Five
• Meridiane NORD, Sjaella
• Common Threads, Shir Appeal (Tufts University)
• It's Okay, David Musonda
• Some People Say, O-Kai Singers

Best Folk/World Song

• "Only Truth" from NOTA Sings ACAPPELLA, Nota
• "Trøllabundin (Live)" from ICCA 2018, The Rolling Tones (King's College London)
• "A Tamil Medley" (single), 1023
• "Bananeira" from Bananeira, Sambaranda
• "Duna vizén... (Folksong)" from Return 2 Acappelland, Fool Moon

Best Funk/Disco Song

• "Back Pocket" from Pinetones, Unaccompanied
• "Derzhi" from Return 2 Acappelland, Fool Moon
• "Love Native" from shades of light, VOXID
• "Do You Wanna Do Nothing With Me?" from Latched, The Lost Keys
• "The Message" from Paper Flights, Rebel Bit

Best Hip-Hop Song

• "Pray For Me" from Pray For Me, D-Fi
• "No Diggity" from shades of light, VOXID
• "Lady Marmalade/Express" from ICCA 2018, The Rolling Tones (King's College London)
• "Ah Yeah (feat. Alyssa Dunn)" from Ah Yeah (feat. Alyssa Dunn), Pearce Illmer
• "Move" from SPECTRUM, The Coda Conduct (Penn State University )

Best Holiday Album

• Jouluna LIVE, Club For Five
• A Vocal Christmas, Vocal Group SONO
• Christmas Is Here!, Pentatonix

Best Holiday Song

• "Petteri Punakuono" from Jouluna LIVE, Club For Five
• "Schedryk (Carol of the Bells)" from from Ukraine with Love, ManSound
• "Bohemian Chanukah" from Bohemian Chanukah, Six13
• "This Christmas" (single), The Swingles
• "This Christmas" (single), Citizen Queen
• "Grown-Up Christmas List" from Christmas Is Here!, Pentatonix feat. Kelly Clarkson

Best Humor Song

• "Bohemian Chanukah" from Bohemian Chanukah, Six13
• "ICCA" (single), Docacappella
• "The Greatest Passover" from The Greatest Passover, Y-Studs A Cappella (Yeshiva University)
• "Everybody Said and Nobody Did (feat. Misael Manon from Test a T)" from NOTA Sings ACAPPELLA, Nota

Best Jazz/Big Band Album

• Time and Chances, Fermata Town
• Wonderful World, m-pact
• Home, Cadence

Best Jazz/Big Band Song

• "Mushaboom" from Home, Cadence
• "Stay" from Wonderful World, m-pact
• "Strasbourg St. Denis (Live)" from Strasbourg St. Denis (Live), A Cappella Academy
• "Bananeira" from Bananeira, Sambaranda
• "Love So Soft" from Time and Chances, Fermata Town

Best Pop Album

• Disney Mashups, Vol. 1, Scott & Ryceejo
• Jams, Vol. 2, Rockapella
• PTX Presents: Top Pop. Vol. I, Pentatonix
• Paper Flights, Rebel Bit
• Come Around, Birdland Avenue
• Covers Volume Two, The Sons of Pitches

Best Pop Song

• "Rise" (single), BLACKOUT
• "Havana" from PTX Presents: Top Pop. Vol. I, Pentatonix
• "No Tears Left to Cry" (single), Citizen Queen
• "Tears" from This Side Up, Voicebox (University of Central Florida)
• "Still Feel (with Dan Dade and Isaiah Hawkins)" (single), Chris Brody
• "Narnia" (single), The Swingles

Best Religious Album

• A New Day: A Cappella, VOL II, Chris Rupp
• Risen, Best Friends (Lubbock Christian University)
• NOTA Sings ACAPPELLA, Nota
• How Sweet It Is 多么幸福, East West Collective
• Common Threads, Shir Appeal (Tufts University)

Best Religious Song

• "Novo Lar" from Novo Lar, realVoice
• "Old Church Choir" from A New Day: A Cappella, VOL II, Chris Rupp
• "Only Truth" from NOTA Sings ACAPPELLA, Nota
• "Nobody Like You Lord 无人能比我主" from How Sweet It Is 多么幸福, East West Collective
• "Mi Shebeirach" from Mi Shebeirach, Six13
• "When You Believe" from Christmas Is Here!, Pentatonix

Best Rock Song

• "The Bird and the Worm" from Silhouette, Sapphires (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
• "Danger Zone" from Full Rally, Tufts University Beelzebubs (Tufts University)
• "KARATE" from Covers Volume Two, The Sons of Pitches
• "Krwlng" from Dawn, Run for Cover (University of Chicago)
• "Eleanor Rigby" from Hijklmnog, The G-Men
• "Walk On Water" from Walk On Water, Sound Off A Cappella
• "Immortals" from DCappella, DCappella

Best Show Tunes / Soundtrack / Theme Song

• "Evolution of Hollywood" from [r]evolve, Legacy (Community Group)
• "Wait For It" (single), Rhapsody (University of Houston)
• "El Tango de Roxanne" from Silhouette, Sapphires (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
• "Beauty and the Beast Medley" from Music Video Hits, Vol. 2, Vocal Point (Brigham Young University)
• "Making Christmas" from Christmas Is Here!, Pentatonix
• "Cartoon Medley" from Three Hearts, Naughty Scotty and the Octapella (Winter Park High School)
• "The Glory Days" from The Incredibles 2 Soundtrack, DCappella

Continental Nominations

Best African Album

• Always with You, No Limits
• Imanueli, Fishers of Men Sounds
• Yesu Yekka, Jehovah Shalom A cappella (Nakaseke SDA Secondary School)

Best Asian Album

• Some People Say, O-Kai Singers
• Ignite Vocal, Ignite Vocal Band

Best European Album

• shades of light, VOXID
• Viel Lärm um dich, anders
• Quer Bach 2, SLIXS
• Covers Volume Two, The Sons of Pitches

Original Music Nominations

Best Original Song by a Professional Group

• Hansel Romero: "Bad Romantic" (single), Ember
• Marc Silverberg: "ICCA" (single), Docacappella
• Jo Goldsmith-Eteson/Sara Brimer Davey/Oliver Griffiths: "Narnia" (single), The Swingles
• Rebel Bit: "Paper Flights" from Paper Flights, Rebel Bit
• Stiletta/Haley Clair, Meghan Costa, Jaymee Frankel, Olivia Harding, Stevi Incremona, Judy Minkoff: "Get Pumped" from Stiletta, Stiletta
• Birdland Avenue: "Breeze Baby" from Come Around, Birdland Avenue
• Track IX: "Gold" from Exclamation Points, Track IX

Best Original Song by a Scholastic Group

• Gabrielle Macafee: "On My Way" from 11:11, The A Cappella Group (Cypress Lake Center for the Arts)
• Isabella Sbarra-Michelland: "Intentions" from 11:11, The A Cappella Group (Cypress Lake Center for the Arts)
• Stephen, Matthew Bellamy: "Collateral Crossfire" from Mashups, Infrared A Cappella (University of Utah)
• Nathan Ancheta: "Concrete Jungle" from Happy Accidents, Cary-Grove Jazz Choir (Cary Grove High School)

Non-Scholastic and Professional Arrangement Nominations

Best Non-Scholastic Arrangement

• Ryan Foley: "Rise" (single), BLACKOUT
• Scott Leonard: "Believer" from Jams, Vol. 2, Rockapella
• James Jones and Hansel Romero: "Pray For Me" (single), D-Fi
• Jim Henry: "Not Like This" from How Can I Keep from Singing, Crossroads
• Andrew John Kim: "My Favorite Things" (single), Iris
• Jon Smith: "Tokyo Sunrise" (single), The Swingles

Best Professional Arrangement for a Non-Scholastic Group

• Deke Sharon: "Immortals" from DCappella, DCappella
• Matti Kallio: "Petteri Punakuono" from Jouluna LIVE, Club For Five
• Cong Xu: "Back to Lhasa" from Begin Anew, WOW VOCAL BAND
• Aaron Dale: "Just One of Those Things" from How Can I Keep from Singing, Crossroads

Best Professional Arrangement for a Scholastic Group

• Luke Dutelle, Lee Stovall: "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" from Keep Myself, Delta V and The PopRockets (South Milwaukee High School)
• Amanda Taylor: "Strasbourg St. Denis (Live)" (single), A Cappella Academy
• Rob Dietz: "Evolution of Hollywood" from [r]evolve, Legacy (Community Group)
• Hannah Tobias: "22 (Over Soon)" (single), The Treblemakers (Boston University)
• Shams Ahmed: "I Know a Place" from Collective, Vol. II, The Nor'easters (Northeastern University)
• Skip Stradtman: "Mister Rogers Medley" from Three Hearts, Naughty Scotty and the Octapella (Winter Park High School)

Contemporary A Cappella League (CAL) Nominations

Best Contemporary A Cappella League (CAL) Album

• Latched, The Lost Keys
• Time and Chances, Fermata Town
• Very Good..., Vox Pop
• Oh Mama - EP, Premiere

Best Contemporary A Cappella League / CAL Song

• "Walk On Water" from Walk On Water, Sound Off A Cappella
• "Make You Love Me" from Time and Chances, Fermata Town
• "House of the Rising Sun" from Latched, The Lost Keys
• "River" from Oh Mama - EP, Premiere

Collaborative and Solo Performer Nominations

Best Collaborative / Studio Project Song

• "Grown-Up Christmas List" from Christmas Is Here!, Pentatonix feat. Kelly Clarkson
• "I Am Not A Robot (Clock Opera Remix)" from RustyCappella&Friends Volume III, RustyCappella&Friends
• "Relentless 爱不止息" from How Sweet It Is 多么幸福, East West Collective
• "What's Really Good?" (single), Chris Brody
• "Hollaback Girl" from Plaid Projects 2018, Plaid Productions
• "Evolution of Xtina ft. Dave Klodowski" from Evolution of Xtina, Peter Yang

Best Song by a Solo Performer

• Track IX: "Lipstick" from Exclamation Points, Track IX
• N'Namdi Bryant (The A Cappellian): "You'd Better Mind" from If You're Happy (My Vocalubrary Vol I), N'Namdi Bryant (The A Cappellian)
• David Musonda: "Bring Them In (Leteni)" from It's Okay, David Musonda
• Marc Silverberg: "ICCA" (single), Docacappella
• Chris Rupp: "Old Church Choir" from A New Day: A Cappella, VOL II, Chris Rupp

Scholastic Nominations

Best High School Album

• Giants, OneVoice (Briarcrest Christian School)
• A Cappella Academy 2017, A Cappella Academy
• Keep Myself, Delta V and The PopRockets (South Milwaukee High School)
• 11:11, The A Cappella Group (Cypress Lake Center for the Arts)

Best High School Arrangement

• Richie Bishop, Ava Lipford: "Hurts" from Burn, Dragon Scales (Appomattox Regional Governor's School (ARGS))
• Andrea Regli: "Level Up" from Resolution, GFS A Cappella (Germantown Friends School)
• Lindy Pokorny, Brett Baboorian: "Same Old Blues" from Burn, Dragon Scales (Appomattox Regional Governor's School (ARGS))
• Nathan Ancheta: "Concrete Jungle" from Happy Accidents, Cary-Grove Jazz Choir (Cary Grove High School)

Best High School Solo

• Avery Veteto: "What About Us" from Giants, OneVoice (Briarcrest Christian School)
• Ryleigh Plank: "So Emotional" from 11:11, The A Cappella Group (Cypress Lake Center for the Arts)
• Ava Lipford: "Hurts" from Burn, Dragon Scales (Appomattox Regional Governor's School (ARGS))
• Bryan Marin: "Doubt" from Keep Myself, Delta V and The PopRockets (South Milwaukee High School)
• Anthony Gargiula: "G Train (re:play)" from A Cappella Academy 2017, A Cappella Academy

Best High School Song

• "Hurts" from Burn, Dragon Scales (Appomattox Regional Governor's School (ARGS))
• "What About Us" from Giants, OneVoice (Briarcrest Christian School)
• "Haze (Aura)" from A Cappella Academy 2017, A Cappella Academy
• "Humble & Kind" from 11:11, The A Cappella Group (Cypress Lake Center for the Arts)
• "Finesse" from [r]evolve, Legacy (Community Group)

Best Female Collegiate Album

• Where The Secret Lies, Loreleis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Empower, Pitches and Notes (University of Wisconsin Madison)
• Silhouette, Sapphires (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
• Silver Hour, Sil'hooettes (University of Virginia)

Best Female Collegiate Arrangement

• Ellie Cain, Celia Vitale: "Billie Jean" from Where The Secret Lies, Loreleis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Sara Edwards: "Trøllabundin (Live)" from ICCA 2018, The Rolling Tones (King's College London)
• Maggie Rabe: "Feel It Still" from XX, Note-oriety (James Madison University)
• Molly Murphy: "Make Me Feel/Kiss" from Silver Hour, Sil'hooettes (University of Virginia)
• Samantha Saake: "Lies" from Silhouette, Sapphires (University of North Carolina Greensboro)

Best Female Collegiate Solo

• Jaewon Jung: "Walk Away" from Where The Secret Lies, Loreleis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Caroline Polley: "Walk Away" from Silhouette, Sapphires (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
• Mallika Bhagwat: "Trøllabundin (Live)" from ICCA 2018, The Rolling Tones (King's College London)
• Kara Olds: "Praying" from Empower, Pitches and Notes (University of Wisconsin Madison)

Best Female Collegiate Song

• "Billie Jean" from Where The Secret Lies, Loreleis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• "I Put A Spell On You" from ICCA 2018, The Rolling Tones (King's College London)
• "Many Moons" from Silhouette, Sapphires (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
• "Praying" from Empower, Pitches and Notes (University of Wisconsin Madison)

Best Male Collegiate Album

• Hijklmnog, The G-Men
• Full Rally, Tufts University Beelzebubs (Tufts University)
• Do You Have This Room Reserved?, Logarhythms (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Music Video Hits, Vol. 2, Vocal Point (Brigham Young University)

Best Male Collegiate Arrangement

• Joel Reske: "Danger Zone" from Full Rally, Tufts University Beelzebubs (Tufts University)
• Marty Gray: "Mr. Brightside" from Hijklmnog, The G-Men
• Neil Aggarwal: "How Deep Is Your Love" from Do You Have This Room Reserved?, Logarhythms (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Josh Fuller: "Krwlng" from Dawn, Run for Cover (University of Chicago)

Best Male Collegiate Solo

• Jimmy Fountain: "Unsteady" from Echo, TIGEROAR (Clemson University)
• Ian Siegal: "Pusher Love Girl" from A Swing and a Miss, Achordants (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Jantzen Dalley, Logan Shelton: "You Will Be Found" from Music Video Hits, Vol. 2, Vocal Point (Brigham Young University)
• Marty Gray: "Eleanor Rigby" from Hijklmnog, The G-Men
• Avi Montanez: "Can I Be Him" from Derobed, Hullabahoos (University of Virginia)
• Jonathan Chou: "Too Good at Goodbyes" from Too Good at Goodbyes, Pitchforks (Duke University)

Best Male Collegiate Song

• "715-CR∑∑KS" from Do You Have This Room Reserved?, Logarhythms (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• "Eleanor Rigby" from Hijklmnog, The G-Men
• "Pusher Love Girl" from A Swing and a Miss, Achordants (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• "Krwlng" from Dawn, Run for Cover (University of Chicago)
• "T-Shirt" from Full Rally, Tufts University Beelzebubs (Tufts University)
• "Control" from For the Long Haul, Mendicants (Stanford University)

Best Mixed Collegiate Album

• Collective, Vol. II, The Nor'easters (Northeastern University)
• This Side Up, Voicebox (University of Central Florida)
• After Hours, New Dominions (University of Virginia)
• Into the Blue, The Vocal Suspects (University of Massachusetts - Amherst)
• Red Shift, Off The Beat (University of Pennsylvania)

Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement

• Harrison Acosta: "Lost Boy" from This Side Up, Voicebox (University of Central Florida)
• Julian Dorsey, Kahler Suzuki: "Stargazing" from Stargazing, Octopodes (Johns Hopkins University)
• Annie Blakeslee: "Crazy in Love" from Crazy in Love, Swaram Acappella (Texas A & M)
• Erin McCullough: "Purple Rain" from Purple Rain, Aquapella (University of Bath)
• Mike Worshoufsky: "Walk on Water" from Ignite, Potsdam Pitches (SUNY Potsdam )

Best Mixed Collegiate Solo

• Claudia Moericke: "Breathin'" from Collective, Vol. II, The Nor'easters (Northeastern University)
• Nick Zuelsdorf: "Skyfall" from Pillars, Towson Trills (Towson University)
• Xioana Hernandez: "Tears" from This Side Up, Voicebox (University of Central Florida)
• Ana Miletic: "Sledgehammer" from Red Shift, Off The Beat (University of Pennsylvania)
• Brittany Russell: "Mother" from Body Memory: the live album, Gestalt (University of Florida)

Best Mixed Collegiate Song

• "Sledgehammer" from Red Shift, Off The Beat (University of Pennsylvania)
• "Too Good" from Collective, Vol. II, The Nor'easters (Northeastern University)
• "Power" from Ignite, Potsdam Pitches (SUNY Potsdam )
• "River" from Unhinged, DaCadence (University of Maryland)
• "No Place Like Home" from there is, Green Tones (University of North Texas)

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As always, thanks to everyone who submitted, and a huge thank you to all the nominators who gave their time to help us sort through all the wonderful submissions!

The 2019 CARA committee was: Ricky Jabarin, Brooks Jordan, Ian Wolfe, Jessica Chen, Shane Ardell, Thomas (TeKay) King, and Alexander Koutzoukis.