Peter Hollens

Peter Hollens (2014)

Peter Hollens (born March 4, 1980 ) is an American pop singer, composer and producer from Eugene , Oregon . He has been involved in a cappella music since 1999 when he and Leo da Silva founded the a cappella group On the Rocks at the University of Oregon , the first official collegiate a cappella group in Oregon.

Career

Originally from Ashland , Oregon , Peter Hollens studied at the University of Oregon and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Since graduating from the University of Oregon, he has been involved in a collegiate a cappella group, for which he records and produces. He is also a member of the jury for a cappella competitions in the USA . When he at 2010 The Sing-Off of NBC participated, he was praised by the Sing-Off judges Shawn Stockman , Nicole Scherzinger and Ben Folds for solo performance and lead his group, On the Rocks . They were eliminated as the sixth of the ten groups that appeared. Peter Hollens produces in his own music studio in Eugene, Oregon, and made recordings for Sony and Epic Records , among others . Hollens is married to Evynne Smith, the founder of the a cappella group Divisi .

Hollens made recordings for "The Sing-Off Season 2 - Greatest Hits" and produced albums for various collegiate a cappella groups; for On the Rocks , Divisi , Cornell's Chordials , The Duke's Men of Yale and Whiffenpoofs, among others . He has also recorded with the Sing off Season 2 winners, Committed , the Season 2 backbeats, and also with Grammy-winning group The Swingle Singers .

In 2012 he released his first own album. In 2013 he worked with Eric Whitacre to record the learning tracks for Eric's Virtual Choir 4 "Bliss".

In 2015 he sings the duet Our Special Love with Brian Wilson on his CD No Pier Pressure .

Recordings

• Seasons Of Love (a cappella) featuring Evynne Hollens (single)
• Poor Wayfaring Stranger (a cappella) featuring The Swingle Singers (single)
• Pray (a cappella) featuring Therry Thomas of Committed and Courtney Jensen of The Backbeats and Noteworthy. (single)
• Lullaby (a cappella) (single)
• Need You Now (a cappella) featuring Evynne Hollens and Jake Moulton (single)
• Firework (a cappella) (single)
• Born This Way (a cappella) (single)
• What's My Name / Only Girl (a cappella) (single)
• Sleepwalking (a cappella) (single)
• Skyrim (single with Lindsey Stirling , 2012)
• Somebody That I Used to Know (a cappella) (with Evynne Hollens, 2012)
• Game Of Thrones (single with Lindsey Stirling , 2012)
• Don't Stop Me Now (a cappella) (single with George Watsky , 2012)
• The Hobbit, Far over the misty mountains (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• A Boy and a Girl (a cappella) featuring Evynne Hollens (Single, 2013)
• Brave (a cappella) (single, 2013)
• Young Girls (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• Take it Slow (a cappella) (single with AVByte, 2013)
• Carry On (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• Hallelujah featuring Alisha Popat (single, 2013)
• Double Down (a cappella) featuring Jonathan Wong (Single, 2013)
• It's Time (single with Tyler Ward, 2013)
• Les Miserables Medley (a cappella) featuring Evynne Hollens (Single, 2013)
• Oreo Wonderfilled song (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• The Rains of Castamere (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• Edge of Night (Pippin's Song) (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• Fall in Love (single with Evynne Hollens, 2013)
• Star Wars Medley (single with Lindsey Stirling , 2013)
• A Thousand Years (Single featuring Evynne Hollens and Lindsey Stirling , 2013)
• Want you gone (featuring MysteryGuitarMan) (Single, 2013)
• Everybody's Got Somebody But Me (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• Slumdog Millionaire (a cappella) (single with Alaa Wardi, 2013)
• Disney Medley (a cappella) (single with Alex G, 2013)
• Pirates Medley (a cappella) (single with the Gardiner Sisters, 2013)
• On Top Of The World (a cappella) (single with Mike Tompkins 2013)
• Disney Teen Beach Medley (single with Evynne Hollens, 2013)
• Georgia on my mind (single with Evynne Hollens, 2013)
• O Holy Night (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• I see fire (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• Into the West (a cappella) (Single, 2013)
• The hanging tree (a cappella) (Single, 2015)

Discography

• 2012: Covers (VOL. 1)
• 2012: Covers (VOL. 2)
• 2012: HOLLENS (HD)
• 2014: Peter Hollens
• 2016: Misty Mountains: Songs Inspired by the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
• 2016: A Hollens Family Christmas
• 2017: Covers (VOL. 3)
• 2018: Legendary Folk Songs
• 2018: The Greatest Showman A Cappella

National TV appearances

On October 22, 2010, On the Rocks and Peter Hollens announced that they would be competing with nine other groups on the NBC competition reality show The Sing Off . The first four episodes were broadcast in August and September 2010, the finale on December 20, 2010 was broadcast live. On the Rocks ranked 5th among the ten groups that appeared in all five episodes. A vacation album was subsequently released with tracks from the ten groups that participated in The Sing Off . Individual tracks (live and studio recordings) were also made available on iTunes .

Songs sung at The Sing-Off

• Episode 2.1 - Group: Bad Romance (Lady Gaga) Peter: "I've Got the Music in Me"
• Episode 2.2 - Live Your Life (TI and Rihanna) - Solos: Peter Hollens, Rap: Jeff Rogers
• Episode 2.3 - Pour Some Sugar On Me Solo: Jonah, Peter Hollens (Def Leppard), Kyrie (Mr. Mister) Solo: Peter Hollens
• Episode 2.4 - Elton John Medley (Bitch Is Back, Bennie and the Jets, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me) Solos: Nick Firth, Jonah Seitz, Peter Hollens
• Episode 2.5 - Swan Song - The Final Countdown (Europe) Solos: Peter Hollens

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steve Zimmerman: Hidden passion no longer . Ashland Daily Tidings. January 29, 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
2. ↑ Brenna Ehrlich: Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The A Cappella Edition . Mashable. May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
3. ↑ On The Rocks . NBC Universal. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 31, 2012. 
4. ↑ “The Sing-Off” Episode # 2.1 (2010) . IMDb. 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
5. ↑ hyperdel: An Interview With Peter Hollens . Contemporary A Cappella Society. February 16, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
6. ^ Peter Hollens '05 Sings to Make a Change . University of Oregon Alumni Association. May 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
7. ^ Eugene: Firework Cover by Peter Hollens, NBC's The Sing-Off Season 2 Contestant . PRWeb. February 14, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
8. ↑ Curtis Silver: Epic Video: "The Dragonborn Comes" by Peter Hollens & Lindsey Stirling . Wired. April 6, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
9. ↑ Covers (Vol. 1) ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Covers (Vol. 2) ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Hollens (HD)