Stanford Talisman

Stanford Talisman is a coed collegiate a cappella group from Stanford University in California which is musically rooted in a culturally diverse repertoire that focuses on African and African-American influences. cite web
title = Talisman A Cappella
url = http://www.singers.com/collegiate/talisman.html
accessdate = 2007-08-03|Primary A Cappella site ] Founded in 1989, the group won the 1997 ICCA competition cite web
title = 1997 ICCA Results
url = http://www.varsityvocals.com/icca/results1997a.html
accessdate = 2007-08-02|ICCA site ] and has performed at the 1996 Olympic Games and the White House. cite web
title = March/April 2000 Farm Report
newspaper = Stanford Magazine
url = http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2000/marapr/farm_report/campus_notebook.html
accessdate = 2007-08-02| Stanford Magazine ]

Talisman has released seven full-length albums as well as a ten-year anniversary compilation entitled "Shine". The group was featured on the 1997 Best of Collegiate A Cappella compilation cite web
title = 1997 BOCA
url = http://www.varsityvocals.com/boca/bocadisc.html#boca1997
accessdate = 2007-08-03|BOCA site ] , and has received recognition from CARA, most recently in 2004, winning "Mixed-Group Album of the Year" for "Watch Me Fly". cite web
title = 2004 CARA Awards
url = http://www.ae-vocal.com/media/public/files/01.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-03|CARA 04 site ]

Discography

* "No Murmur, No Zealots" (1992)
* "Tonic Rhythms" (1994)
* "After Silence" (1996)
* "Held in Shining" (1998)
* "Shine" (2000)
* "Passage" (2001)
* "Watch Me Fly" (2003)
* "The Quick Day is Done" (2006)
* "Upcoming 8th Full Length Album" (2009)

References

External links

* [http://www.stanfordtalisman.com/ Official site]