The Duke's Men of Yale
Doox of Yale (formerly The Duke's Men of Yale) was founded in 1952 at Yale University and was the first TTBB a cappella group at Yale to become all-gender in 2017.
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Background information | |
Origin | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Genres | A cappella |
Years active | 1952–present |
Website | http://www.dooxofyale.com |
Members | Tenor I: Morgan Baker '21+1 Archer Frodyma '22 Paloma Ortega '21+1 Noah Parnes '21+1 Tenor II: Clay Jamieson '23 Harry Castle YSM '20 Charlotte Polk '22 Ethan Treiman '21+1 Baritone: Danny Germino-Watnick '21 PJ Frantz '22 Jacob Kaufman-Shalett '23 Ethan Riordan '22 Bass: Elliot Lewis '22 Rajiv Nelakanti '22 Business Managers: Paloma Ortega Elliot Lewis Pitch: PJ Frantz |
Competition and media
Doox has been successful in a number of competitions, most notably the International Championship of College A Cappella. In 1996 Doox was the best male group and won first runner-up honors at the ICCA Finals at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, along with awards for soloist Michael Sagalowicz and arrangement.[1] In 2005, the group took first place in the New England regional final of the ICCA.[2][3] Most recently, the group took first place in the 2009 Northeast Quarterfinal, with member Sam Tsui ('11) receiving accolades for Best Solo & Best Choreography.[4] and won again at the Northeast Semi-Final at MIT on March 21, and came in 4th place at the Finals at Alice Tully Hall on April 18, 2009.
In January 2004, the group was featured in a CBS News Sunday Morning segment about collegiate a cappella.[5]
In June 2015, three members of the group (Solon Snider, Wade Newville, and Paul Holmes) were featured on Bravo TV's scripted comedy series, "Odd Mom Out," where they sang a segment of "Give My Regards to Broadway" (arranged by Solon Snider, Pitchpipe 2014-2015).[6]
Notable alumni
- Richard Brookhiser, historian and journalist
- Django Haskins, singer-songwriter and frontman of pop-noir musical group the Old Ceremony.
- Conor Knighton, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning.
- Holcombe Waller, singer-songwriter and visual/performing artist.
- Sam Tsui, Musician.
- Casey Breves, member of Chanticleer
- Jeremy Lloyd, part of the pop duo Marian Hill
- Henry Gottfried, actor.
- Christian Probst, cast member of Broadway's The Book of Mormon
- Michael Blume, singer-songwriter
Discography
Over the decades the group has recorded over 30 albums.[7]
Title | Year Released |
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The Duke's Men | 1953 |
The Duke's Men | 1954 |
The Duke's Men of Yale University | 1956 |
The Duke's Men of Yale | 1959 |
Zounds from the Duke's Men of Yale | 1961 |
The Duke's Men of Yale | 1963 |
The Duke's Men On the Road | 1965 |
The Duke's Men | 1966/67 |
The Duke's Men | 1968 |
Brighten Your Night | 1971 |
Istanbul and America | 1974 |
A Waste of Your Time and Money | 1976 |
Da Doox Silver | 1978 |
Off the Record | 1980/81 |
Doox et Veritas | 1984 |
Quality Time | 1987 |
da disc | 1990 |
Hot Donuts Now | 1992 |
Food | 1994 |
Mom | 1996 |
45 | 1998 |
Chunda | 2000 |
Instant Gratification | 2002 |
Nobody's Business | 2004 |
D.O.O.X. | 2006 |
Silver& | 2007 |
Gold | 2007 |
A Smooth Ride | 2008 |
What a Trip! | 2008 |
Fifty Five | 2008 |
The Chase | 2010 |
Busted. | 2012 |
The Works | 2015 |
Golden Hour | 2017 |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2009-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/2005_03.html
- (November 17, 2010), "Glee vs. YouTube: Who Did ‘Umbrella’ Best?", New York Magazine: Vulture, Accessed Dec 12 2010
- (January 11, 2004), "A Cappella Frenzy, Many University Students Across America Are Spurning Heavy Metal For Music Of Voices", CBS Sunday Morning, Accessed Dec 23 2006
- (June 15, 2015), "Ep. 3: Dying to Get In", Accessed June 15, 2015
- "DMAA Media Archive - Albums". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-02-21.