vassarnightowls

Vassar College's All-Women and Gender-Queer Jazz A Cappella Group

According to legend, the Vassar College Night Owls were founded way back in 1942 during a polio outbreak that forced the students into quarantine. Sixteen intrepid young women snuck out of their dorms in the middle of the night, dressed all in black, to serenade their sick classmates. We perform in all black to this day in order to honor our founding members' memories.

The Night Owls are the second oldest treble a cappella group, celebrating their 80th anniversary in 2022.