Changes

In its history, GQ has never* had members audition for solos, avoiding the political frustrations that arise from competition in the group as well as freeing up time to actually rehearse the music. For the first couple years, the music directors would assign solos at their discresiondiscretion, however that has since changed. Now, the group decides together who will solo in a given semester, prioritizing the first-years and the seniors, and then those people who are soloing (or dueting, as the case may be) will choose what songs they would like to sing (subject to ratification by the group/directors). This leads to a very diverse set of songs each semester that showcases the unique musical interests of all of the group members.

(*Once in 19971999, the group had auditions for a solo, and it turned out so horribly that they agreed to never do it again.)