2022

Awaaz is the premier co-ed South Asian fusion a cappella team at the University of Washington. The team was founded in 2009 and is made up of singers who come from various musical backgrounds. This group aims to fuse South Asian and Western vocal music through melodious and rhythmic a cappella arrangements. From popular Bollywood and Indian classical melodies to catchy American pop and hip hop tunes, the group covers many different genres of songs, adding their own flavor to the music they produce. That flavor will be on display at the A3 finals, but before that, they are talking to us!

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AWAAZuw

Anokha is the University of Maryland’s one and only co-ed South Asian American Fusion A Cappella group. Anokha omeans rare or unique. Comprised of a group of talented young men and women, Anokha seeks to spread Indian and American culture and music to the community by performing popular Indian film and pop songs, in an array of languages including Hindi, Tamil, and Punjabi, as well as by performing English pop, rock, R&B, and alternative music. Founded in 2001, Anokha has established itself as one of the oldest and most unique South Asian Fusion A Cappella teams in the country. The group is regular in the A3 circuit and will be competing in finals again!

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnokhaUMD