Out of the Blue (Yale University)
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | OOTB |
| Origin | Yale University |
| Genres | Pop rock a cappella |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Website | yaleootb |
| Members |
Soprano Jackie Ferro '17 Dhiksha Balaji '18 Maddy Batt '19 Alex Roth '19 Elayna Garner '20 Alto Sonali Chauhan '17 Chainey Boroski '18 Hannah Knight '19 Diyu Pearce-Fischer '19 Maritza Grillo '19 Sarah Gale '20 Tenor Alex Lee '17 Steven MacLean '18 Charlie Urban-Mead '19 Minh Vu '20 Bass Spencer Villars '16 Hayden Kline '17 Alex Swanson '18 Jackson Richmond '19 Ed Gelernt '20 Eric Li '20 |
Out of the Blue (sometimes abbreviated as OotB) is an award-winning co-ed a cappella group from Yale University. Out of the Blue's repertoire includes music that spans 50 years and several genres, including pop, folk, and R&B. The group has won multiple a cappella competitions, awards, and accolades, shared the stage with Ben Folds and Sister Hazel, and performed for audiences all over the world. Out of the Blue records a full-length studio album every two years. The group's fourteenth studio album, 120, was released on September 29, 2015.
In 1986, a group of eight students determined to create a new brand of Yale a cappella founded a vocal jazz group called "Untapped Potential." In 1988, the group changed its name to Out of the Blue and joined Yale's Singing Group Council, the organization responsible for facilitating relationships between Yale's 15 undergraduate a cappella groups and the College as a whole.
Today, Out of the Blue comprises 14 to 18 male and female students who arrange and sing songs from an eclectic repertoire of current and classic pop, rock, folk, R&B, jazz, and techno. Most members join the group as freshmen and leave the group at the beginning of their senior year, after a traditional Family Weekend concert featuring the group's newest members. Out of the Blue has a large and enthusiastic community of alumni that often attends the current group's concerts whether they take place at Yale or in various international destinations. The group sings their non-traditional closing song, Steve Winwood's "Higher Love," at almost every concert. The group also invites alumni in the audience to sing their traditional closing song, "The Irish Blessing," any time they attend a concert.
As a member of Yale's Singing Group Council, Out of the Blue follows the standard procedure for Rush, the audition process at Yale. Over the course of two short performances, prospective singers can sample the group, and decide whether or not to sign up for an audition. Rush may take anywhere from two weeks to a month, over the course of which all the a cappella groups associated with the Singing Group Council hold auditions, rush meals, singing desserts, and callbacks. The process culminates in Tap Night, an event in which every a cappella group lines up at High Street Gate and hurries to induct the prospective singers into their group. In 2015, Out of the Blue successfully tapped eight new members from the class of 2019.
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