Redhot & Blue
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Yale's Oldest Coeducation A Cappella Group
Redhot & Blue is an a cappella ensemble of Yale University. Founded in 1977, Redhot is also that institution's oldest coeducational a cappella group.
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History
During the Spring of 1977, the a cappella community at Yale had grown stale and homogeneous, saturated with a great many single-gendered groups, each of whom presented the same kind of sound. Shelly Lotter and Leslie Lipton had a vision: they wanted to break down the self-imposed barrier which had limited Yale a cappella to one gender or the other, envisioning a group in which the best voices of each chromosome set could sing together in the kind of sophisticated harmony that could only come from a coeducational group of the finest singers Yale had to offer.Members
The group on Hawai'i Tour, 2006
- Andrew Beaty, '07 (Bass II)
- Betsey Boutelle, '07 (Soprano I)
- Darrick Li, '07 (Tenor I)
- Drew Levitt, '08 (Bass I, Musical Director)
- Elizabeth Hoffman, '09 (Soprano I)
- Emma Freeman, '09 (Soprano II)
- Hayley Ryan, '08 (Alto I)
- Jennie Row, '07 (Soprano II)
- John Paredes, '07 (Bass I)
- Jonah Rosenthal, '09 (Bass I)
- Justin Lo, '08 (Tenor II, President)
- Kate Swisher, '09 (Alto I)
- Katharine Kendrick, '09 (Alto II)
- Matt Gabbard, '07 (Bass II)
- Matt Goldman, '09 (Bass II, Business Manager)
- Nisha Tamhankar, '07 (Alto II)
- Robert Liford, '07 (Tenor I)
- Thomas Crawford, '09 (Tenor II, Business Manager)
Discography
Independent Releases
The links will take you to Redhot & Blue's [Official Music Page].
Unaffiliated Releases
- Best of College A Cappella (BOCA) '96
- A Cappella Party: The Best Of The Ivy League Singing Groups
- Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA) '95
Current Repertoire
Though based in jazz and Broadway, Redhot & Blue's repertoire draws from many genres and slightly varies annually. The following are a few of the songs performed by Redhot currently:
- Embraceable You
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- Forty-Second Street
- God Bless the Child
- I Get a Kick Out of You
- If I Only Had a Brain
- Loverman
- Red, Hot and Blue
- 'Round Midnight
- Rubber Ducky
- Scotch and Soda
- Summertime
- When I'm 64
- You Go To My Head
Awards
From the Contemporary A Cappella Society
- Mixed Collegiate Best Album:
- Mixed Collegiate Best Song:
- Mixed Collegiate Best Soloist:
- Mixed Collegiate Best Arrangement:
From the Young Americans Choral Competition
- Winner, 1997:
Distinguished Alumni
- Composer and Founder of North Cambridge Family Opera [David H. Bass '75]
- Composer and Vocalist for October Project [Marina Belica '81]
- Composer-Vocalist [Lisa Bielawa '90]
- Lyricist and programmer Greg Edwards '05
- Conductor and Musical director Joel Fram '89
- Composer and Community Organizer [Randy Hostetler '85]
- Broadway Performer and Singer [Michelle Johnson '86]
- Actress [Blake Lindsley '96]
- Singer-Songwriter Lisa Moscatiello ['88]
- Broadway and Cabaret Performer [Craig Rubano '87]
- Oakland City Attorney [John Russo '81]
- Actress, Writer, and Broadway Performer Jennifer Westfeldt '91
External links
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