Redhot & Blue
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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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[edit] History
During the Spring of 1977, the a cappella community at Yale was saturated with a great many single-gendered groups, each of whom presented the same kind of sound. Shelly Lotter and Leslie Lipton 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 at Yale. They formed Redhot & Blue and the group has thrived since then, winning numerous awards for excellence within the college a cappella scene.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Independent Releases
The links will take you to Redhot & Blue's Official Music Page.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Awards
[edit] From the Contemporary A Cappella Society
- Mixed Collegiate Best Album (1993):
Shut Up and Sing, Yale Redhot & Blue
- Mixed Collegiate Best Song (1993):
Calling You, Yale Redhot & Blue
- Mixed Collegiate Best Soloist (1993):
Marya Grandy, Yale Redhot & Blue
- Mixed Collegiate Best Arrangement (1993):
Sesame Street, Yale Redhot & Blue
[edit] From the Young Americans Choral Competition
- Winner, 1997:
When You Are Old, by John Kelley for Yale Redhot & Blue
[edit] 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
