Northwestern Undertones
OriginNorthwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
GenresCollegiate a cappella
Years active2001–present
LabelsIndependent
WebsiteOfficial Site

The Northwestern Undertones are a 20-member co-ed collegiate a cappella group from Northwestern University in Evanston. Founded in 2001 by Jeni Noerenberg, the group was originally called Something Old, Something NU, but the name changed within a year.

Today the Undertones tour both nationally and internationally. Over the past decade they have performed in Washington D.C., California, Miami, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Houston, Boston, and Edinburgh, Scotland. They perform three shows on campus a year, compete in the International Collegiate Championships of A Cappella, do gigs in the Chicago area, and record albums.

The track "Get Set" was selected for inclusion on the collegiate a cappella compilation album "Voices Only 2009"[1] and the track "Perfect Day" was nominated for a CARA for Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement.[2] The album was moderately well received by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board.[3]

The track "Before The Worst" selected for inclusion on the collegiate a cappella compilation album "BOCA 2011: Best of Collegiate A Cappella"[4] and was nominated for a CARA for Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement.[5] Robert Dietz said that the arrangements are, "some of the best I've heard from the collegiate community,"[6] and the track "Eet" was selected as one of their Songs of the Year for 2011.[7]

Their current album, released March 2013 is titled "Rock Paper Shotgun". It was nominated by the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Society for Best Mixed Collegiate album. The album's opening track "Plain Gold Ring" was nominated for Best Mixed Arrangement and Best Solo and was included in the compilations "Voices Only 2013" and CASA's "sing 10: neon." The track "Gunpowder and Lead" was nominated for Best Mixed Collegiate song, and the track "Bluebird" was selected for "Voices Only 2014."[8]

Awards

Year Presenter Award Result
2008 ICCA Midwest Quarterfinal[9] Overall 1st Place
Best Choreography Winner (Joyee Lin, for "You Oughta Know")
2009 CARAs (Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards)[2] Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement Nominated (“Perfect Day” - enter soUnd)
Voices Only[1] Voices Only 2009 "Get Set" - enter soUnd
2010 ICCA Midwest Quarterfinal[10] Overall 2nd place
Best Arrangement Winner (Matt Edmonds - “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”)
ICCA Midwest Semifinal[10] Best Arrangement Winner (Matt Edmonds - “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”)
2011 BOCA (Best of Collegiate A Cappella)[11] BOCA 2011 "Before The Worst" - Boots and Cats
CARAs (Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards)[5] Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement Nominated (“Before The Worst” - Boots and Cats)
RARB Pick[12] Songs of the Year "Eet" - Boots and Cats
2012 ICCA Midwest Quarterfinal[13] Best Vocal Percussion Winner (Matt Kania)
2013 CARAs (Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards) Best Mixed Collegiate Album Nominated ("Rock Paper Shotgun")
Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement Nominated ("Plain Gold Ring" - Rock Paper Shotgun)
Best Solo Nominated ("Plain Gold Ring" - Rock Paper Shotgun)
Best Mixed Collegiate Song Nominated ("Gunpowder & Lead" - Rock Paper Shotgun)
Voices Only Voices Only 2013 "Plain Gold Ring" - Rock Paper Shotgun
CASA sing 10: neon "Plain Gold Ring" - Rock Paper Shotgun
2014 Voices Only Voices Only 2014 "Bluebird" - Rock Paper Shotgun
2015 ICCA Midwest Quarterfinal Overall 1st Place[14]
Best Soloist Eliza Palasz, "Baby I'm A Fool"[14]
2017 ICCA Great Lakes Quarterfinal Overall 3rd Place

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Voices Only 2009
  2. 1 2 Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine CARA 2009
  3. ↑ RARB Review
  4. ↑ Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine BOCA 2011
  5. 1 2 CARA 2011
  6. ↑ RARB Review
  7. ↑ RARB Picks 2011
  8. ↑ Undertones Website
  9. ↑ ICCA 2008
  10. 1 2 ICCA 2010
  11. ↑ Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine ICCA 2011
  12. ↑ RARB 2011
  13. ↑ "Results, ICCA & ICHSA | Varsity Vocals | VarsityVocals.com". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-12-09. ICCA 2012
  14. 1 2 ICCA 2015
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