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About us

On Halloween in 1938, twelve of the sweetest voices at Yale converged on Mory’s Temple Bar to form an a cappella group unlike any other. This group went without a name until they capitalized on a backhanded compliment received at a party— heard above the tinkle of ice was “Those SOBs can sing!”

Meet the SOBs

Meet the SOBs

Bacchus

Chris Tillen ‘27

B.A. EP&E + Education Studies

Weston, Massachusetts

B.A. Global Affairs

Baltimore, Maryland

Marcello Funk ‘29

Orpheus

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B.A. Math + Philosophy

Irvine, California

Adriana Zhou ‘28

Whiffenpoof!

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B.A. Music + Philosophy

Hong Kong, SAR

Justin Wang ‘27+1

Whiffenpoof!

Young woman with long dark hair, glasses, and a white bow tie, wearing a suit, smiling outdoors in front of an ornate metal gate with green foliage behind it.

B.A. East Asian Studies

Pickerington, Ohio

Grace O’Grady ‘27+1

Whiffenpoof!

B.A. Global Affairs

San Ramon, California

Eunice Oh ‘26+1

Montana Dickerson ‘27

B.A. Global Affairs + Urban Studies

Atlanta, Georgia

B.A. History + Economics

Long Island, New York

Adam Bear ‘27

B.A. Cognitive Science

Rumson, New Jersey

Charlie Patton ‘27

B.A. English

Southaven, Mississippi

Noah Lee ‘28

Huck Moore ‘28

B.A. Global Affairs

Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

B.A. Architecture

Bar Harbor, Maine

Mai Ishimura ‘29

B.A. Linguistics

Appleton, Wisconsin

Talia Roselaar ‘29

B.S. Computer Science

Minturn, Colorado

Silas Heaphy ‘29

B.S. Biology

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Leo Tang ‘29

Henry Ng ‘29

B.S. Applied Math + Computer Science

Hong Kong, SAR