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Good Question was created 21 24 years ago, which makes it one of the youngest [[a cappella]] groups on campus. However, having just hit puberty means that the awkward years are over, and GQ is getting rather sexy. Stuck between crazy and hot (leaning, however, to the latter) GQ has been known to put on a good show, always with something to laugh at, someone to drool over, and some pretty damn good music to listen to in between. Members are rumored to like the following: jersey shore, flannel, whales, spoonerisms, and bundt cake.

Jochebed Bogunjoko Fiona Keller '16 21 (Business ManagerMusic Director)

Bailey Edwards Peter Knowlton '16 21 (TreasurerCo-Business Manager)

Michella Ore Nadiya Atkinson '1621.5

Daniel Potter Christopher Thomas '16 (Senior Music Director)21

Andrew Lyness Allison Li '1722.5 (Co-Business Manager)

Cami Speyer Anjali Poe '17 22 (Junior Music DirectorTreasurer)

Bee Sachsse Gigi Gamez '1822 (Social Media)

Eli Llera Polly Ellman '1822 (Deputy Music Director)

Justin Smilan Thomas VanBelle '1822

Nick Friedman Brooke Flagler '1823

Alice Obas Carolyn Mielke '1923

Alex Summers Robin Lamb '1923

David Krane Tad Montesano '1923

Francesca "Frankie" Eluhu Will McCormick '1923 Asha Sandler '24 Ben Su '24 Leo Marburg '24

Rose Warner Miles Andrew Lee '1722

GQ's story actually begins with a proto-GQ started by Erica Hyman '98 and Bryan Frederick '98 their freshman year that was comprised of frosh that did not get into any other a cappella groups. They did not hold auditions, seeing that it was "part of the problem," which unfortunately led to the group not working out that well. Rehearsal attendance was an issue and the musical ability of certain members was questionablegroup struggled with complicated arrangements. The group was not even an official college sanctioned club, lacking even a real name. Despite these issue, the group did manage to pull together and perform two songs ([https://youtu.be/MtMnI4NTs7A "Zombie Jamboree" ] and "Goodnight, Sweetheart") on [[WCFM]] that spring. Then, in a moment that has gone down in GQ history, the radio host asked the group what their name was, and Bryan answered without thinking “Good Question.” The host responded, jokingly, “Wow, great name for a group.”(Listen [https://youtu.be/FV7-JKFMjUY here])

The next fall, Erica and Bryan disbanded the proto-group and held private, invitation-only auditions a couple weeks after the existing groups had held theirs, drawing mostly from folks that had tried out for the [[Frosh Revue]] and didn’t get into any other a cappella groups, as Erica was music directing [[Frosh Revue]] that year. That first year, the group consisted of nine members, with Bryan and Erica the only sophomores and the rest freshman. That group was actually good, and so they did need a name to perform and advertise. Erica and Bryan had been joking since the spring that they could just keep calling ourselves themselves Good Question, but they were determined to come up with a better name, though one that was not a pun on either “Eph” or musical terminology (see [[Ephlats]] and [[Accidentals]]). In Bryan's words, "We failed spectacularly," and the group has been Good Question to this day (often abbreviated with its kick-ass initials).

Like most of the a cappella groups on campus, GQ has a group song, which it uses to officially end every rehearsal and that is sung as the penultimate song at every concert (with hand motions!). The group wanted a song that would be upbeat, short, and "straight up ridiculous," which reflected the group dynamic then and now. In 19981997, Adam Bloom '99 came up with the idea of doing a Janis Joplin song in "barbershop quartet style," and Mercedes Benz spoke to him as reflecting the song qualities that GQ wanted. The rest, of course, is history.

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.)

*This album features three singers who attended high school together, and as college students, we all performed a jam at that high school during the winter of 2004. Those students? Sumana Cooppan Wolf ("Freedom 90"), Christine Kearsley ("59th St. Bridge Song"), and yours truly, Andy Eklund ("Silhouettes"). Amanda LaSane Ali ("Hard to Say I'm Sorry") grew up 13 miles away, and as I recall, she had fans in the audience as well.

Cami Speyer(Member Fall 2013 - Fall 2016)

Rose Warner Miles(Member Fall 2013 - Spring 2015)

Ananya Mayukha (member Member Fall 2013 - Fall 2014)

Bee Sachsse(Member Fall 2014 - Spring 2017)

Eli Llera

Nick Friedman(Member Fall 2014 - Spring 2016)