Stanford Mendicants

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The Stanford Mendicants are an all-male a cappella group at Stanford University. The group is Stanford University's first a cappella group. Since its founding in 1963, the group's size has varied from 6 to 19 members. Although they are strictly an a cappella group today, they have performed with instruments in previous generations.[1][2] The group prides itself on singing a wide range of songs, from gospel to barbershop to pop tunes and original compositions. The Mendicants are known around Stanford's campus for their red blazers and romantic serenades.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

History and Accolades

The Stanford Mendicants was founded in 1963 by Hank Adams, a transfer student from Yale University, with a group of 5 undergraduate men. The group originally rehearsed only a single song before breaking into the dining commons of Branner Hall, an all-women's dormitory at the time, and performing their song during lunch. Adams often recalled, himself tearing up, that during their performance, the women wept, and there was literally "not a dry eye in the house". Having only rehearsed the one song, they quickly fled through an open window and went immediately back to rehearsal.[3]Template:Editorializing

Their 1998 album Besides What You See received a 4.2 rating[4] from the Recorded A Cappella Review Board (rarb.org), which is the group's highest album score to date.

The group was Runner-Up in three categories in the inaugural Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs) in 1992.[5] As of 2020, they have been nominated for six more recording awards since then: in 1999, 2001, 2005, and 2019.[6][7][8][9]

Mendicant songs were selected for Varsity Vocals' "Best of Collegiate A Cappella" compilation album in both 2001 and 2005.[10]

On February 2, 2019, The Stanford Mendicants finished in first place in the ICCA Northern California Quarter-Finals in Redwood City, CA.[11] The Mendicants also took home two individual awards, including Outstanding Soloist, for Austin Zambito-Valente, and Outstanding Choreography, for Khoi Le and Gabe Wieder.[11]

Notable alumni

Discography

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2011 Musical Director De Wei Koh editing a track for Sh-Boom
  • Untitled (1964)
  • Untitled (1965)
  • A Fellow Needs a Girl (1966)
  • Untitled (1967)
  • Untitled (1969)
  • Untitled (1973)
  • Untitled (1975)
  • Untitled (1977)
  • Untitled (1979)
  • Clean-Cut and Slightly Frayed (1981)
  • Somewhere in Hawaii (1982)
  • Take You Back (1986)
  • Pretending to Care (1987)
  • Aquapella (1989)
  • Just Like That (1991)
  • Feline Casanova (1992)
  • Back For Seconds (1994)
  • Beggars Can't Be Choosers (1996)
  • Besides What You See (1998)
  • Room to Grow (2000)
  • Best Laid Plans (2002)
  • Mendication (2004)
  • Beggar's Dozen (2006)
  • Roses In My Hand (2008)
  • Sh-Boom (2012)
  • Just a Group of Guys (2013)
  • Mendicants At Large (2015)
  • For the Long Haul (2018)
  • Trailblazer (2019)
  • Detour (2021)
  • Horizon (2023)

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1992 Contemporary A Cappella Recording AwardsTemplate:Efn Best Male Collegiate Album Just Like That
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Best Male Collegiate Song "Long Train Runnin'"
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Best Male Collegiate Arrangement "Brown Eyed Girl"
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1999 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Best Male Collegiate Album Besides What You See
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Best Male Collegiate Song "Drive" Nominated [6]
Best Male Collegiate Soloist Brandon Singleton Nominated
2001 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Best Male Collegiate Song "Happy Together" Nominated [7]
2005 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Best Male Collegiate Song "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" from Mendication Nominated [8]
2019 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Best Male Collegiate Song "Control" from For the Long Haul Nominated [9]
A Cappella Video Awards Best Male Collegiate Video "Kiss the Sky"
Runner-up
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ICCA results

The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) first judged live a cappella performance competitions in 1996.

Year Level Category Recipient(s) Result Points Citation
1998 West Region Quarterfinal #2 Best Solo Brandon Singleton for "Reach Out"
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2002 West Region Quarterfinal #3 Best Soloist Eric Tanner Won
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2017 Northwest Quarterfinal #4 Best Group Mendicants
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Northwest Semifinal Best Group Mendicants
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2018 West Quarterfinal #4 Best Group Mendicants
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2019 West Quarterfinal #3 Best Group Mendicants
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Outstanding Soloist Austin Zambito-Valente for "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood/How Long" Won
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Outstanding Choreography Gabe Wieder and Khoi Le for the entire set Won
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2020 West Quarterfinal #5 Best Group Mendicants
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Outstanding Soloist Austin Zambito-Valente for "Dig Down" Won
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Outstanding Arrangement Chris Kaya for the entire set Won
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See also

References

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