The A Cappella Group History & Awards
National A Cappella Convention Championships - 1
ICHSA Finals Appearances - 3
CARA Nominations - 62
CARA Awards - 12
2023-2024
* The group's sixteenth album, Look At Me Now is released in October.
* “If I'm Honest” is selected to appear on the 2024 Best of High School A Cappella compilation.
* 2024 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Funk/Disco Song - "Saturday
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Stars on the Ceiling" by Kristen Noble
Best High School Album - Look At Me Now
Best High School Song - “Stars on the Ceiling”
Best Professional Arrangement for High School Group - Tom Anderson for “Saturday”
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Quarterfinal 2
1st Place
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal
2nd Place
* TAG Appears at the National A Cappella Convention in Orlando, FL
* Group records their 17th album in May
2022-2023
* "The Other Side" is selected to appear on the Voices Only 2022 compilation
* The group's fifteenth album, Stuck in Your Head is released in November.
* Coming to Terms is honored by the Recorded A Cappella Recording Board on the Picks of 2022 as a Favorite Album. Two reviewers selected Coming to Terms as their favorite album of the year. "Under Our Bridge" was also selected as the Track of the Year by one reviewer. “Losing Game” was also selected as the Track of the Year by another reviewer.
* “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” is selected to appear on the Best of High School A Cappella compilation.
* 2023 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)
Best Scholastic Original Song - “Losing Game” by Kristen Noble
* 2023 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Losing Game" by Kristen Noble
Best High School Album - Stuck in Your Head
Best High School Song - “Human”
Best High School Solo - Kristen Noble for "Honeymoon Avenue"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Quarterfinal 2
1st Place
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal
3rd Place
* TAG appears at the National A Cappella Convention in Orlando, FL
* TAG celebrates 20th Anniversary with a Reunion Concert that saw 40 alumni return to sing with TAG during the concert.
* Group records their 16th album in May
2021-2022
* "More" is selected as the lead off track on the Voices Only 2021 compilation
* The group's fourteenth album, Coming to Terms is released in November.
* “Hallelujah” is selected to appear on the Best of High School A Cappella 2022
* 2022 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)
Best Scholastic Original Song Runner-up - "Under Our Bridge" - Jairelys Fuentes & Prabh Saini
* 2022 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Scholastic Original Song - “Under Our Bridge" - Jairelys Fuentes & Prabh Saini
Best High School Album - Coming to Terms
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal
Best Arrangement - Kristen Noble for Simple Math
* TAG appears at the National A Cappella Convention in Orlando, FL
* Group records their 15th album in May
2020-2021
* "Inside" is selected to appear on the Voices Only 2020 compilation
* The group's thirteenth album, Six Feet Apart is released in November.
* RARB.org awards Six Feet Apart a perfect score of 5, the second TAG album to receive an overall score of 5 from RARB
* Six Feet Apart is honored by the Recorded A Cappella Recording Board on the Picks of 2020 as a Favorite Album. Two reviewers selected Six Feet Apart as their favorite album of the year. "Six Feet Apart" was also selected as the Track of the Year by one reviewer and second favorite Track of the Year by another reviewer.
* 2021 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)
Best High School Song - "More"
Best High School Album Runner-up - Six Feet Apart
Best High School Arrangement Runner-up - Prabh Saini for "Republic Pennsylvania"
Best Professional Arrangement for a Scholastic Group Runner-up - Tom Anderson for "More"
* 2021 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Professional Arrangement for a Scholastic Group - Tom Anderson for "More"
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Driving" by Isabella Sbarra Michelland
Best High School Album - Six Feet Apart
Best High School Song - "More"
Best High School Arrangement- Prabh Saini for "Republic Pennsylvania"
Best High School Solo - Isabella Sbarra Michelland and Wedler Lordeus for "More"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Quarterfinal 3 (Virtual)
1st Place
Best Audio Mixing Award - Prabh Saini
Best Solo Award - Makayla Sawyer for "Six Feet Apart"
* Group records their 14th album in June
2019-2020
* "Greedy" is selected to appear on the Voices Only 2019 compilation
* The group's twelfth album, Reality Lately is released in October
* RARB.org awards Reality Lately a perfect score of 5, the first TAG album to receive an overall score of 5 from RARB
* "JT" selected to appear on the 2020 Best of High School A Cappella compilation
* "Last Drop" by Isabella Sbarra Michelland is selected by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board as the favorite track of the year by two reviewers
*2020 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)
Best High School Song - "Last Drop"
Best High School Solo - Ryleigh Plank for "Inside"
Best High School Solo Runner-up - Isabella Sbarra Michelland for "Last Drop"
*2020 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Cool/Fire" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best High School Album - Reality Lately
Best High School Song - "Last Drop"
Best High School Solo - Isabella Sbarra-Michelland for "Last Drop"
Best High School Solo - Ryleigh Plank for "Inside"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Quarterfinal (Berkely Prep - Tampa, FL)
1st Place
Best Vocal Percussion Award - Wedler Lordeus
Best Solo Award - Isabella Sbarra Michelland for "Last Drop"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal (New Manchester HS - Atlanta, GA)
2nd Place
Best Solo Award - Isabella Sbarra Michelland for "Last Drop"
* Covid-19 Pandemic Cancels TAG Performance at International A Cappella Festival in Milan, Italy
* Groups records a video of "This Is Me" using cell phones during the pandemic. Video goes viral gaining 300,000 views in 24 hours.
* Group records their 13th album in June at Lighthouse Wealth Management in downtown Fort Myers and following strict Covid-19 protocols
2018-2019
* "Animal Spirits" is selected to appear on the Voices Only 2018 compilation.
* The group's eleventh album, 11:11, is released in October.
* Performed for the ACDA State Conference at Stetson University in November
* 11:11 is selected by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board on the Picks of 2018 as the second favorite album by two of the reviewers. "You Don't Love Me Anymore" was named as favorite track of the year by one reviewer..
* 2019 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)
Best High School Album - 11:11
Best Scholastic Original Song - "On My Way" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best Scholastic Original Song Runner-up - "Intentions" by Isabella Sbarra Michelland
Best Country Song Runner-up - "Humble & Kind"
Best High School Solo Runner-up - Ryleigh Plank for "So Emotional"
* 2019 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Country Song - "Humble & Kind"
Best Scholastic Original Song - "On My Way" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Intentions" by Isabella Sbarra Michelland
Best High School Album - 11:11
Best High School Song - "Humble & Kind"
Best High School Solo - Ryleigh Plank for "So Emotional"
* Appeared as the guest group at the International Championship of College A Cappella - South Quarterfinal in Gainesville, Florida
* Appeared as the guest group at the International Championship of College A Cappella - South Quarterfinal in Orlando, Florida
* Group accepts invitation to perform at the International A Cappella Festival in Milan, Italy in the Summer of 2020
* Group records their twelfth album in May
2017-2018
* "Run With It" is selected to appear on the 2017 Voices Only compilation
.* The group's tenth album, Kiss the Ceiling, is released in October.
* Two tracks from Kiss the Ceiling are honored by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board in the Picks of 2017. "Expensive" and "Nothing More" were both named as runner-up for track of the year.
* TAG appears at The Betsy A Cappella Festival in Miami Beach.
* "Nothing More" selected to appear on the 2018 Best of High School A Cappella compilation
* 2018 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best High School Album - Kiss the Ceiling
Best High School Song - "Animal Spirits"
Best High School Solo - Ryleigh Plank for "Expensive"
Best Professional Arrangement for Scholastic Group - Tom Anderson for "Empress
* "Run With It" is selected to appear on Sing 14 - Continuum. This is TAG's first appearance on a Sing compilation.
* Hosted the International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Quarterfinal
1st Place
Best Solo Award - Ryleigh Plank for "So Emotional"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal (New Manchester HS - Atlanta, GA)
2nd Place
Best Solo Award - Ryleigh Plank for "So Emotional"
* National A Cappella Convention - Memphis, TN
1st Place - National Champions and $5,000 cash award
Best Male Solo - Cody Vagle for "Come Together"
* Group records their eleventh album in May
2016-2017
* "Ugly Heart" is selected to appear on the Voices Only 2016 compilation.
* The group's ninth album, Part of Me, is released in September.
* Part of Me is selected by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board on the Picks of 2016 as a favorite album for the third year in a row. Part of Me was listed as the second favorite album by one of the reviewers. "Run With It" was listed as runner-up for track of the year.
* 2017 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Run With It" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best High School Album - Part of Me
Best High School Song - "Run With It"
Best High School Solo - Madison Slamka for "Outlaws"
* Hosted the International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Quarterfinal
1st Place
Best Solo Award - Kennedy Floethe for "The Words"
Outstanding Choreography Award - TAG for entire set
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal (Winter Park HS - Orlando, FL)
1st Place - South Champions
Best Solo Award - Kennedy Floethe for "The Words"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - National Finals New York City
Participant
* Group records their tenth album, Kiss the Ceiling, in May
2015-2016
* "Stay Gold" is selected to appear on the Voices Only 2015 compilation.
* The group's eighth album, Bright, is released in September
* The group is selected as a feature performer at The Betsy A Cappella Festival in Miami Beach. The group wows the crowd and earns an enthusiastic standing ovation.
* Bright is honored by the Recorded A Cappella Recording Board on the Picks of 2015 as a Favorite Album. One reviewer selected Bright as their favorite album of the year and another listed it as their second favorite album. "Burn It Down" and "High" were both listed as runner-up for track of the year. This is the second year in a row that TAG has been honored on the Picks of the Year by rarb.org
* 2016 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)
Best Scholastic Original Song Runner-up - "Burn It Down" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best High School Song Runner-up - "Burn It Down"
* 2016 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Burn It Down" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best High School Album - Bright
Best High School Song - "Burn It Down"
Best Professional Arrangement for a Scholastic Group - Tom Anderson for "Burn It Down"
* "Ugly Heart" selected to appear on the 2016 Best of High School A Cappella compilation
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal (Winter Park HS - Orlando, FL)
1st Place - South Champions
Best Solo Award - Brittany Russell for "Burn It Down"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - National Finals New York City
4th Place Overall
* Invited to perform at the International Championship of College A Cappella Finals at the Beacon Theatre
* National A Cappella Convention - Memphis, TN - High School Competition
3rd Place Overall
Best Solo Award - Brittany Russell for "Burn It Down"
Group records their ninth album, Part of Me, in June
2014-2015
* "American Boy" is selected to appear on the 2014 Voices Only compilation, becoming the first high school group selected for Voices Only
* The group's seventh album, Stay Gold, is released in September.
* Stay Gold is honored by the Recorded A Cappella Recording Board on the Picks of 2014 as a Favorite Album. Two reviewers selected Stay Gold as their favorite album of the year. "Stay Gold" was also picked by one reviewer as favorite song of the year and by another reviewer as runner-up for favorite song of the year. This is the first time that The A Cappella Group has ever received these honors from rarb.org.
* The group hosts professional a cappella group Overboard in concert.
* 2015 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards.
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Stay Gold" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best High School Song - "Stay Gold"
Best High School Album Runner-up - Stay Gold
* 2015 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Scholastic Original Song - "Stay Gold" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best High School Album - Stay Gold
Best High School Song - "Stay Gold"
Best Professional Arrangement for a Scholastic GroupBest High School Solo - Gabrielle Macafee for "Stay Gold"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal (Berkely Prep - Tampa, FL)
2nd Place
Best Vocal Percussion Award - Josiah Vega
* Group appears as featured performers in the first National A Cappella Convention in Memphis, Tennessee
* Group records their eighth album, Bright, in May.
2013-2014
* The group's sixth album, Sunny Days, is released in October.
* The group attends SoJam A Cappella Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina
* 2014 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards.
Best High School Album- Sunny Days
Best High School Song - "American Boy"
Best High School Solo - Quinton Thomas for "Baby, I'm For Real"
* 2014 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations.
Best Soul/R&B/Hip-Hop Song - "American Boy"
Best Scholastic Original Song - "The Battle" by Gabrielle Macafee
Best High School Album - Sunny Days
Best High School Song - "American Boy"
Best High School Solo - Quinton Thomas
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal (Winter Park HS - Orlando, FL)
3rd Place
Best Solo Award - Gabrielle Macafee for "The Battle"
Best Vocal Percussion Award - David Norville
* Group records their seventh album, Stay Gold, in May.
2012-2013
* The group's fifth album, TAG This, is released in September.
* The group hosts Overboard professional a cappella group in concert
* "Brighter Than the Sun" is selected to appear on the 2012-2013 Best of High School A Cappella Compilation
* 2013 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Association Awards (CARA)
Best High School Album Runner-up - TAG This
Best High School Solo Runner-up - Quinton Thomas for "A Change Is Gonna Come"
* 2013 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Association (CARA) Nominations.
Best High School Album- TAG This
Best High School Song - "Brighter Than the Sun"
Best High School Solo - Quinton Thomas for "A Change Is Gonna Come"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella – South Semifinal (Winter Park HS - Orlando, FL)
3rd Place
Best Solo Award - Emily Alvarado for "Uncharted"
* Group performs their first original song, "The Battle," written by junior Gabrielle Macafee
* Group records their sixth album, Sunny Days, in May.
2011-2012
* The group's fourth album, Matching Voices, is released in September.
* The group opens for m-pact at the Sydney & Berne Davis Arts Center
* 2012 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations
Best High School Album - Matching Voices
Best High School Solo - Nyachombanyathiira Muchai-Kinya for "New Soul"
* International Championship of High School A Cappella – South Semifinal (Berkely Prep HS - Tampa, FL)
2nd Place
Best Solo Award - Quinton Thomas for "A Change Is Gonna Come"
* Spring Tour included concerts with Manatee High School, Palm Beach Harbor University High School and Chamberlain High School
2010-2011
* The group's third album, High Tide, is released in September.
* The group is invited to perform for a General Session at the Florida Music Educator's Conference. TAG earns a standing ovation from 1,000 music educators.
* 2011 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards
Best High School Solo - Taylor Nave for "Many The Miles"
* 2011 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Association (CARA) Nominations.
Best High School Album- High Tide
Best High School Song - "Everything I'm Not"
Best High School Solo - Taylor Nave for "Many The Miles"
* "Many The Miles" is selected to appear on the 2010-2011 Best Of High School A Cappella compilation
* The group records their fourth album, Matching Voices, in May.
2009-2010
* Spring Tour included concerts with Palm Beach Harbor University High School, George Jenkens High School and Boone High School
* Recorded the group's third album, High Tide. The album becomes the first TAG album recorded by Liquid 5th Productions.
2008-2009
* 2009 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA) Nominations
Best High School Album - Long Overdue
Best High School Song - Karmastition
Best High School Solo - Katie Campbell for "Hands"
* Hosted the International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal
3rd Place
Best Vocal Percussion - Paul Gavin
2007-2008
* "Hands" is selected to be included on the 2008 Best of High School A Cappella compilation
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - South Semifinal (Palm Harbor University HS)
2nd Place
Best Vocal Percussion Award - Blake Shelton
Best Solo Award - Brittany Gibson for "My Give A Damn's Busted"
* Second Album, Long Overdue, is released in April
2006-2007
* Hosted the International Championship of High School A Cappella – South Semifinal
1st Place - South Champions
Best Choreography Award
* International Championship of High School A Cappella - National Finals at
Lincoln Center -
3rd Place in the Nation
* Recorded five more songs for album that would be titled Long Overdue. Recording done at Studio Sea in Fort Myers.
2005-2006
* Debut album TAG - We're It! is released in October
* "Bring Me To Life" is selected to be included on the 2006 Best of High School A Cappella compilation
* 2006 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) Nominations
Best High School Album - TAG - We're It!
Best High School Song - Bring Me To Life
* International Championship of High School A Cappella – South Semifinal (Woodland H.S. - Cartersville, GA)
2nd Place
Best Solo Award - Rocky Castro for "Fields of Gold"
* National Championship of High School A Cappella – Florida Championship (Blake School for the Arts, Tampa, FL)
Best Solo Award - Jarrod Bowen for "My Boo"
Best Vocal Percussion Award - Blake Shelton
* Recorded 5 songs for album that would later be titled Long Overdue. Recording done at Studio Sea in Fort Myers.
2004-2005
* National Championship of High School A Cappella - Florida Championship (George Jenkins High School)
1st Place - Florida State Champions
Best Solo Award - Ashley Brasile for "Stay"
Best Showmanship Award
* National Championship of High School A Cappella - South Division Championship, University of Georgia
2nd Place
* Recorded first album at Studio Sea during April and May
2003-2004
* The group was founded during this school year after All Night Yahtzee from Florida State University visited and sang for the choirs in the Spring of 2003. The song Beautiful originally by Christina Aguilera is credited as the song that founded TAG
* After many hours of deliberations, the group is unable to come up with a creative name and resorts to calling itself The A Cappella Group. TAG is soon discovered as a marketable nickname.
* The group was selected to open for the Four Tops at Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall and wowed the sold out crowd, earning a rousing standing ovation.
* Spring Tour includes group exchange with The Mane Event at Leon High School in Tallahassee and opening for All Night Yahtzee at Florida State University.