Octet

The all-male Williams Octet is the oldest a cappella group at Williams College, founded in 1941 by the illustrious Warren Hunke.

The Fall concert 2005 featured song, dance, nerf warfare, two recorders played simultaneously, apocalyptic language, and the now-famous Kang hug.

Here are the YouTube links to the Spring 2008 End-of-year concert video, PLANET OCTET

link PART1 link PART2

You may think all a cappella is the same, however...

Helpful distinguishing features of the Octet:

--We don't sing at our parties. (debatable...)

--We don't wear dresses (on stage).

See our website http://www.williamsoctet.com for procastinatory material, out-of-date schedules and information, and CD ordering instructions. Auditions are held each year in early September.

A cappella with balls.

Making girls scream since 1941. (did Williams have girls then? they were screaming in spirit.)

Formerly known as "The Ocho".

FMFWRBS.

OCTET– Sing some, drink some, get some.

Famous recent alums include:

Merritt Edlind '07

Dan Wollin '07

Blake Emerson '07

Auyon Mukharji '07

Dave Senft '07

Polo Black Golde '08

Tommy Gill '08

Daniel Yudkin '08

Eric Kang '09

Alex Kopynec '09

Rich McDowell '09

Aroop Mukharji '09 (abroad '07-'08)

Harris Paseltiner '09 (abroad '07-'08)

Current Members:

Eric Beam '010

James Trotta '010

Abiy Hailemichael '010.5

Andrei Baiu '011

Lucas Bruton '011

Matthew Cranshaw '011

Rob Pasternak '011

Matt Schuck '011

Chad Young '012

Pete Mertz '012

Patrick Aquino '012

Will Speer '013

Colton Growney '013

Paul Kiernan '013

Michael Girouard '013