Princeton Katzenjammers

The Katzenjammers is the oldest mixed voice, all-gender a capella group at Princeton (and in the Ivy League!). They were founded in 1973 by Peter Urquhart '74 and Mimi Danly '74, the then-music directors of the Nassoons and the Tigerlilies, Princeton's oldest single-gender groups. With repertoire from Bach to the Beatles, the Katzenjammers quickly established themselves as not only the youngest, but the most versatile and musical group on campus. Their incredibly diverse repertoire and wide range of voices formed the basis of a new musical style, a completely different breed of a cappella in the midst of perhaps thousands of single-gender groups nationwide. Today, the group continues to value variety in its music for the purposes of both entertainment and musical integrity; the Katzenjammers regularly perform jazz, classical, secular, sacred, and pop music.