About the Whiffenpoofs
Every year, 14 senior Yale men are selected to be in the Whiffenpoofs, the world's oldest and best-known collegiate a cappella group. Founded in 1909, the "Whiffs" began as a senior quartet that met for weekly concerts at Mory's Temple Bar, the famous Yale tavern. Today, the group has become one of Yale's most celebrated and hallowed traditions.
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The Founding of the Whiffenpoofs
During the early nineteen hundreds a coveted privilege for any member of the Yale Glee Club was to be chosen to sing in what was then known as the Varsity Quartet. This group was featured in every concert given by the "Yale Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs," whether on their annual tour of the country during the Christmas holidays, at the Junior Prom and Commencement festivities, or in various nearby cities.
Read more in "An Authentic Account of the Founding of the Whiffenpoofs"
Whiffenpoofs in the News
- Yale Whiffenpoofs to sing in Vail Valley (Vail Daily, 12/25/09)
- What's a Whiffenpoof? (Boise Weekly, 10/07/09)
- Singing group pays visit to church (Montgomery Advisor, 1/6/09)
- Yale University a cappella group celebrates centennial (Montgomery Advisor, 1/4/09)
- Yale Whiffenpoofs turn 100 (NBC WIT 30, 1/13/09)
- The Whiffenpoof Song (The Hartford Courant, 8/31/09)
- At 100, Whiffenpoofs sound good as ever (New Haven Register, 1/25/09)
- Yale Whiffenpoofs prepare for their Centenial Concert
- After 160 Years, Fabled Yale Club Shuts Doors (NPR's Weekend Edition, 1/11/09)
- Whiffenpoofs bring a cappella voices to town (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/11/09)
- The Whiffenpoofs Perform for George W. Bush at White House Christmas Party (YDN, 12/18/08)
- On the evening news in College Station, Texas (CBS affiliate KBTX, 4/6/2008 Issue)
- Whiffs Featured in Vanity Fair (Vanity Fair, May 2008 Issue)
- Perfect Tone, in a Key That's Mostly Minor (NYT, 3/23/2008)
- The Great, the Unstoppable Whiffenpoofs (NBC, 3/13/2008, print and video feed)
- Yale's Whiffenpoofs to appear on 'West Wing' (New Haven Register, 11/22/02)
- Yale's A Capella Rush (NPR's Morning Edition, 9/26/02)
- Still Singing for their Supper (Washington Post, 1/4/00)
- The Great Whiffenpoof Reunion of 1999 (Yale Alumni Magazine 3/00)