About Us
Our History
Mixed Co singing at the Vatican
In the fall of 1981, a small group of Yale undergraduates found themselves torn between the call of sketch comedy and the allure of a cappella singing. Unable to decide between these two competing activities, they decided to form a new group that incorporated the best elements of both. A silver-plated fruit bowl served as a makeshift tap cup (a necessity for any official group), and thus the original class of Mixed Company was born.
Since then, we have shifted our focus away from sketch comedy and devoted ourselves more seriously to singing, although we still allow our unique brand of humor to shine through during on-campus concerts. Now in its 29th year of existence, Mixed Company has members of Mixed Company have sung for world leaders, produced twelve studio albums, and performed for audiences on five continents.
Current Repertoire
- 100 Years
- Five for Fighting
- Ain't No Sunshine
- Bill Withers
- Criminal
- Fiona Apple
- Don't Let Your Heart
- The Mint Juleps
- Follow Through
- The Divinyls
- Ghost
- The Indigo Girls
- Hodja
- Todd Rundgren
- Honest Work
- Todd Rundgren
- How the Scenery Changes
- original composition by Kim '04+1
- Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go
- from the musical Big River
- Mandolin Moon
- Sister Hazel
- McDonald's Girl
- The Barenaked Ladies
- Mona Lisa
- Guster
- No Air
- Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
- Once I Had a Sweetheart
- Traditional Appalachian folksong
- One Fine Day
- The Chiffons
- Ready for Love
- India.Arie
- Satellites
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Seasons of Love
- from the musical Rent
- Shadowland
- from the musical The Lion King
- Someone to Fall Back On
- Jason Robert Brown
- Stars and the Moon
- from the musical Songs for a New World
- Traditional Yale Songs
- Various
- Two Points for Honesty
- Guster
- Walking in Memphis
- Marc Cohn
- You're All I Need (to Get By)
- Aretha Franklin
- Zombie Jamboree
- Rockapella
Dear Alumni,
If you're an alumnus of Mixed Company who's not yet on the mailing list, or if you'd like to get in touch with your fellow Gumpsters, please contact our alumni coordinator, David Martinez.
For more information about upcoming tours and Snow Job 2011, e-mail David or check out the Contact section.
Alumni Listing
To view a list of alumni, visit the Alumni tab on the Members page.
"Zombie Jamboree: music that you'll treasure all your lives and will most certainly become one of your most precious possessions."
— note on our first arrangement of Zombie Jamboree
Alumni News
Congratulations to Felicia Ricci ('08), who recently performed as Elphaba in the San Francisco production of Wicked! Felicia is currently the understudy for Eden Espinosa.
Congratulations to Mixed Company's own Aaron Lambert ('06) for recently performing as the understudy for "Eddie" in the West End production of Sister Act! Aaron will soon be joined on stage in London by Whoopi Goldberg. Also check out Aaron in a recent commercial for Stride Mega Mystery gum.
Congratulations to Amy Justman ('00) and her successful run in the Broadway production of Company and to Ben Eakeley ('00) and his role as Beadle in the national tour of Sweeney Todd!
Congratulations to Kate Mulvihill ('01) on her new place in the Tiffany Consort, a Grammy Award-winning chamber choral ensemble. Additional congratulations to her vocal trio, Trio Eos, on making it to the finals of Early Music America's Medieval and Renaissance Competition for Emerging Artists.
Go to www.myspace.com/sivanoir to listen to Siva Noir, Lexi Newman's ('07) awesome alternative rock band. Go to iTunes to order their new album.
Check out the website of the up-and-coming Indie rock sensation, Whitney Grolig ('05), at www.whitneynichole.com.
And for the music of Josh Dodes ('95) and company, visit the homepage of the Josh Dodes Band, as seen on VH1: Bands on the Run, at www.jdband.com! The band has, at various times, included Gumpsters Adam Blau ('97), Rena Desai ('97), Maiya Sykes ('00) and Krupa Desai ('01).
