Night Owls (vocal group)

The Night Owls (also known as the "Owls") are the oldest continuous all-female a cappella group in the United States and are Vassar College's oldest a cappella group. The Night Owls are an all-female jazz a cappella group that performs a range of music from jazz standards to current pop hits to indie-folk music.

History

The Night Owls always perform dressed in all-black to respect the tradition of the group's founding. In the midst of the polio epidemic of 1942, sixteen intrepid female students escaped from their quarantined dorms late one night and snuck into the library basement. There they sang and serenaded sick classmates with their dulcet tones.[1]

Performance History

The group performs many times throughout Vassar's academic year including at final concerts in December and May, local fundraisers, joint concerts with other Vassar and non-Vassar a cappella groups, and Vassar events. More information about gigs can be found on their website and Facebook page.

Discography

  • After Dark
  • All-Nighter
  • Relax
  • Constellation

Current Members

  • Lily Kitfield (Bass) '18
  • Chiara Mannarino (Bass) '18
  • Bailey Kenney (Sop. 2) '18
  • Imani Russell (Alto) '18
  • Olivia Lederman (Sop. 1) '19
  • Haley Cubell (Bass) '19
  • Jacqui Anders (Sop. 1) '19
  • Zoë Bracken (Alto) '19
  • Sabrina Stacks (Sop. 2) '20
  • Ariana Smith (Alto) '20
  • Emma Robinson (Sop. 2) '20
  • Lindsey Sample (Alto) '20
  • Helen Johnson (Bass) '21
  • Elena Rey (Bass) '21
  • Maya Wilson (Sop. 1) '21
  • Maisha Lakri (Alto) '21

Past Members Include

  • Meryl Streep
  • Brianna Lear (Alto) '17
  • Hildegard Wulf (Sop. 1) '17
  • Brielle Brook (Sop. 2) '16
  • Cyndi Bonacum (Sop. 1) '16
  • Alex Moulton (Alto) '16

Current Arrangements (Covers)

  1. All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor
  2. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
  3. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
  4. Beyond the Sea
  5. Billy-A-Dick
  6. Blue Tears
  7. Bring on the Men
  8. A Case of You Joni Mitchell
  9. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  10. Dream A Little Dream of Me
  11. Helplessly Hoping
  12. Hotel Song
  13. I Get a Kick Out of You
  14. I Need a Man to Love
  15. Kiss on My List
  16. Landslide
  17. Lonesome Road
  18. Love Will Keep Us Together
  19. McDonald Boy
  20. Moon River
  21. Moondance
  22. Night and Day
  23. Plain Gold Ring Kimbra
  24. Rolling in the Deep Adele
  25. Saving Ourselves for Yale
  26. See Saw
  27. Sexy Silk
  28. Skyfall Adele
  29. Tell Him
  30. That Lonesome Road
  31. Tracks of My Tears
  32. Trickle, Trickle
  33. Unchain My Heart
  34. Up The Ladder to the Roof
  35. You Don't Own Me

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ http://vsa.vassar.edu/orgs/nightowls
  2. ↑ "Night Owls". Facebook. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Vassar's all-female jazz a cappella group". The Night Owls. The Vassar College Night Owls. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Vassar Night Owls". Twitter. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=8bEfDUaq8HEC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=vassar+college+night+owls&source=bl&ots=8n6X72aEAf&sig=Mth-OrJDS0Ij9sYZtJgui3qwce4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jO6iVYieCYzy-AGls7SIBQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=vassar%20college%20night%20owls&f=false
  6. ↑ http://www.casa.org/groups/night-owls
  7. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/night-owls-mn0000273470/biography
  8. ↑ http://taybandz.org/tunes-for-tay-at-vassar-college/
  9. ↑ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/vassar-college-2895
  10. ↑ http://www.nightowlsacappella.zoomshare.com
  11. ↑ "Vassar Night Owls". YouTube.
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