Redhot & Blue has been pushing boundaries since its inception as Yale’s first all-gender a cappella group. In 1977, our founding members assembled a select group of singers to bring high-fidelity SATB jazz harmonies to campus for the first time. The group they founded sang jazz like it was 1917, and Cole Porter had just graduated from Yale. They were Redhot & Blue.

Forty years and hundreds of alums later, we are still Redhot & Blue: our distinct arrangements and award-winning sound have grown a great deal since our founding and continue to set us apart in the music scene at Yale and across the globe. We love singing jazz, but our repertoire has expanded to include a wide variety of genres, from Broadway hits to the Beatles to Britney Spears. Through the dedication of our members, past and present, we've come together to chase the bounds of musical possibility, while always looking back to the greats who inspired the conception of Redhot & Blue.

Redhot & Blue is known for its extravagant performance caliber. Last year we performed at venues like El Club Del Jazz, Medellin’s oldest jazz cultural center, and The Blue Room, Kansas City’s American jazz museum, adding to our extensive performance history ranging from churches in Paris to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Throughout the years, we have performed for the noblest audiences, like George Bush and Morgan Freeman, and for the most sentimental with our friends and family right here at Yale. This year we’re keeping our momentum as we prepare to perform at Feinstein’s 54 Below in New York and other historic venues in California, New Jersey, Ohio, and Brazil.

But most importantly, Redhot & Blue is a family. Our members are quirky, diverse, and passionate about creating and sharing sounds that move people. We are a loving, tight-knit group of friends who bond over hours of weekly rehearsals, touring three times a year across the globe, and plenty of time spent just hanging out. Good tunes, good vibes, and a shared passion for music bring us together, wherever we may be.