Smiffenpoofs

The Smiffenpoofs
Also known as The Smiffenpoofs
Origin Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Collegiate a cappella
Years active 1936–present
Labels Collegiate
Website Official Site
Members Grainne Buchanan '17
Natalia Carignano '17
Tiffany Chen '17
Sam Davis '17
Laura Krok-Horton '17
Caroline Lim '17
Whitney Rose Terry '17
Varsha Subramaniam '17
Rosie Altucher '18
Annie McCauley '19
Elizabeth Cole '19
Nykole Darby '19
Hannah Smith '19
Abby Lown '19
Maggie Carttar '20
Kimani Freeman '20


Formed in 1936 at Smith College, the Smiffenpoofs are the oldest traditionally all-female collegiate a cappella group in the United States.[1] The group's founding came shortly after a group of Smithies attended a picnic with students from their brother school, Yale University, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where the Yale Whiffenpoofs performed. Inspired by this male a cappella group, a few ambitious Smithies returned to school determined to establish their own a cappella group. In honor of the Whiffenpoofs, they adopted a similar name and thus became the first traditionally all-female collegiate a cappella group in the nation.

Today, the Smiffenpoofs (affectionately known as "The Poofs") continue the a cappella tradition, maintaining a repertoire of old standards and contemporary music alike. Performances at Smith and off campus at area colleges, alumnae gatherings, weddings, birthday parties, charity events, a cappella festivals, and much more keep the Smiffenpoofs busy throughout the school year with additional performances made possible during the summer months while on tour to various national and international destinations. Most recently, the Smiffenpoofs' summer tour saw them traveling to Japan for two weeks.

Following their March 2, 2006 performance in Brattleboro, Vermont, the Smiffenpoofs were praised in the Brattleboro Reformer: "The Smiffenpoofs are as tight and refined as a group can be. They are champagne and caviar, Newport Beach and Rolls Royce." The Smiffenpoofs’ arrangement of Imogen Heap’s "Hide and Seek" has also been described as "absolutely stunning", and the performance as "a sanctuary of calm, moving ensemble singing…just beautiful."[2]

The Smiffenpoofs have built up a discography of several CDs and records over the past thirty years. Their brother a cappella group is The Brown Derbies.

Discography

XOXO, The Poofs (EP) (2015)

Genesis of Rhythm: Smiffenpoofs 2013 (2013)

Poofs in Boots (Live Album) (2012)[3]

Smiffenpoofs 75 (2011)[4]

Bear Right At Tiny's (2006)[5]

Testimony (2002)[6]

Smiffenpoofs 12 (2000)[7]

The Smiffenpoofs Have Left The Building (1997)[8]

Get Out Of The House (1995)

Bang, Pow, Poof! (1993)

Smiffenpoofs, Dammit! (1991)

Smiffenpoofs...Enough Said (1989)

References

  1. ↑ The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2007: 33nd [sic?] Edition. Last accessed 24 December 2006.
  2. ↑ "A major third: A cappella just keeps getting better", The Brattleboro Reformer, March 2, 2006.
  3. ↑ http://thesmiffenpoofs.wordpress.com/music/shop/#jp-carousel-518
  4. ↑ http://thesmiffenpoofs.wordpress.com/music/shop/#jp-carousel-275
  5. ↑ http://thesmiffenpoofs.wordpress.com/music/shop/#jp-carousel-355
  6. ↑ http://thesmiffenpoofs.wordpress.com/music/shop/#jp-carousel-273
  7. ↑ http://thesmiffenpoofs.wordpress.com/music/shop/#jp-carousel-274
  8. ↑ http://thesmiffenpoofs.wordpress.com/music/shop/#jp-carousel-272

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.