List of alumni of collegiate a cappella groups

The following is a list of notable alumni of collegiate a cappella singing groups.

Alumni sorted alphabetically by last name
Name Institution Group Citation
Chris Ayer Stanford University Stanford Mendicants [1]
Paris Barclay Harvard University Krokodiloes [2]
Sara Bareilles UCLA Awaken A Cappella [3]
Gavin Becker Vanderbilt University The Melodores
Kevin Bleyer Stanford University Stanford Fleet Street Singers [4]
Alex Brightman New York University N'Harmonics [5]
James Bundy Harvard University Krokodiloes [2]
Prescott Bush Yale University Whiffenpoofs [6]
Jonathan Coulton Yale University Whiffenpoofs [7]
Anoop Desai University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Clef Hangers [8]
Brandon Victor Dixon Columbia University High Bias [9]
George Fan University of California, Berkeley DeCadence A Cappella [10]
Sameer Gadhia Stanford University Stanford Talisman [11]
Peter Gallagher Tufts University Beelzebubs [12]
Adam Gardner Tufts University Beelzebubs [13]
Art Garfunkel Columbia University Kingsmen [14]
Jordan Gelber Stanford University Stanford Mendicants [15]
Juliette Goglia University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
Ross Golan University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
Lauren Graham Barnard College Metrotones [16]
Davis Guggenheim Brown University Brown Derbies [17]
Fred Gwynne Harvard University Krokodiloes [2]
Brett Haber Dartmouth College Dodecaphonics [18]
Ed Helms Oberlin College Obertones [19][20]
Scott Hoying University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
Kelley Jakle University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
Rashida Jones Harvard University Opportunes [21]
Mindy Kaling Dartmouth College Rockapellas [22]
Adam Kantor Northwestern University THUNK a cappella [23]
Siddhartha Khosla University of Pennsylvania Off the Beat [24]
Michael K. Lee Stanford University Stanford Fleet Street Singers [25]
John Legend University of Pennsylvania Counterparts [26]
Ryan Leslie Harvard University Krokodiloes [27]
George C. Lodge Harvard University Krokodiloes [2]
Tom Lowe Harvard University The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones
Rick McFarland Brigham Young University Vocal Point
Ingrid Michaelson Binghamton University The Binghamtonics
Wentworth Miller Princeton University Princeton Tigertones [28]
Masi Oka Brown University The Bear Necessities [29]
Laurence O'Keefe Harvard University Krokodiloes [2]
Joe Pera Ithaca College Ithacapella [30]
Cole Porter Yale University Whiffenpoofs [31]
Catherine Ricafort University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
Nicolette Robinson UCLA Awaken A Cappella [32]
Diane Sawyer Wellesley College Blue Notes [33]
Deke Sharon Tufts University Beelzebubs [34]
Joseph Siravo Stanford University Stanford Mendicants [35]
James Snyder University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
Mira Sorvino Harvard University The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones [36]
Antwaun Stanley University of Michigan Dicks and Janes [37]
Meryl Streep Vassar College The Night Owls
Vienna Teng Stanford University Stanford Harmonics [38]
Shaina Taub New York University N'Harmonics [39]
Christopher Tin Stanford University Stanford Talisman [40]
Aisha Tyler Dartmouth College Rockapellas [41]
James Van Der Beek Drew University 36 Madison Avenue [42]

See also

References

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