Overboard (a cappella)

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Overboard

Overboard, January 2009
Background information
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genre(s) a cappella
Instrument(s) Voices
Years active 2006 – present
Website OverboardVocals.com
Members
Nick Girard
Joe Barbato
Josh Koelker
Scott Cobban
Josh (Stu) Klein
Larry Galbraith

Overboard is a male a cappella group based in Boston, MA. Their repertoire consists of a cappella covers of popular contemporary pop/rock artists, such as Fall Out Boy, Justin Timberlake and Rascal Flatts, and of a cappella standards, such as Blue Moon, In The Still of the Night and Stand By Me.

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[edit] History

Founded by current director Nicholas Girard in the spring of 2006, Overboard was first conceived as a street performance group intent on entertaining audiences around coastal New England during the summer months. The group's first album, Shipwrecked, was released during that first summer and was distributed during the group's frequent busking stops in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Freeport, Maine and Burlington, Vermont, as well as around their hometown of Boston. On the heels of their successful first summer, the group decided to continue performing together on a more permanent basis.

In February 2007, Overboard began recording its second album, Stranded, which was released that May. To promote the album, the group performed at a variety of venues throughout New England starting with their appearance at Eggstock, an annual environmental awareness festival held at Flamig Farm in Simsbury, Connecticut where they sang the Beatles classic Here Comes the Sun to commemorate the unveiling of the state's first commercial Solar Photovoltaic System. Then, in July, the group performed for audiences at the Middlesex School Summer Arts Camp in Concord, Massachusetts and at Idol Camp, organized by the producers of American Idol and held on one of the campuses of the Northfield Mount Hermon School in Northfield, Massachusetts. On December 14th, 2007, the group was selected as a top five finalist in the CBS Early Show A Cappella Quest competition hosted by Boyz II Men.

At the 2008 Boston regional Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival held at Tufts University, Overboard placed third.[1] That spring, the group followed up their Harmony Sweepstakes participation with performances for a series of charitable organizations, including concerts for the Avon foundation Breast Cancer Crusade, the American Cancer Society Relay for Life and the opening ceremonies of Special Olympics of Massachusetts Summer Games.

Overboard's third album, Castaways, a compilation of oldies and a cappella standards, debuted in September 2008. Their fourth album, Tidings, a collection of holiday songs, was released in November 2008. Tidings received one Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) nomination for Best Holiday Album[2] and won a CARA for Best Holiday Song ("We Three Kings").[3]

[edit] Awards

Awards
Year Presenter Award Result
2007 CBS Early Show & Boyz II Men A Cappella Quest Competition Top 5 Finalists
2008 Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival Boston Regional Winner 3rd Place
2008 Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA
Best Holiday Album Nominated, "Tidings"
Best Holiday Song Won, "We Three Kings"

[edit] Discography

Tidings (2008)

  1. Baby Please Come Home
  2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  3. Ave Maria
  4. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
  5. What Christmas Means To Me
  6. I'll Be Home For Christmas
  7. Wonderful Christmastime
  8. Little Saint Nick
  9. River
  10. All I Want For Christmas Is You
  11. Baby It's Cold Outside
  12. Hallelujah
  13. We Three Kings
  14. Auld Lang Syne

Castaways (2008)

  1. Good Ole A Cappella
  2. Ain't No Sunshine
  3. In the Still Of The Night
  4. We Can Work It Out
  5. Stand By Me
  6. Blue Moon
  7. It's Alright
  8. Sister Golden Hair
  9. That'll Be the Day
  10. If I Ever Fall In Love
  11. Crazy Love

Stranded (2007)

  1. Streetcorner Symphony
  2. Boston
  3. This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
  4. Gravity
  5. Two Princes
  6. What Hurts The Most
  7. It Ends Tonight
  8. Chasing Cars
  9. What Goes Around
  10. Don't Stop Believin'

Shipwrecked (2006)

  1. Black Horse and Cherry Tree (Live)
  2. I Got A Woman/Gold Digger (Live)
  3. We Can Work It Out (Live)
  4. Crazy
  5. Mr. Brightside
  6. That'll Be The Day (Live)
  7. In The Still of the Night (Live)
  8. Over My Head
  9. Ain't No Sunshine

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.harmony-sweepstakes.com/boston/boston2008.html
  2. ^ http://www.casa.org/node/1656
  3. ^ http://www.casa.org/node/4878

[edit] External links

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