Event Time

Friday, June 7, 2024

Registration
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Concert
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Networking & Refreshments
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Registration
Please click “HERE” further below to register.

Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. If you encounter any payment issues, please attach a screenshot that identifies the issue.

Ticket: RMB 168 for Yale alumni; RMB 188 for regular admission.

*The registration fee for the event is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

*This fee covers the cost of the drinks and refreshments.

*Minors are required to participate with tickets.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

The event will be in English.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

Kick off your summer with a must-hear concert by the Yale Whiffenpoofs, the world’s most renowned and historic collegiate a cappella group! As part of their world tour, they will make a stop in Beijing to perform a selection of their classic pieces. They will also engage in an exclusive interaction with the audience after the concert. Join us for an evening of exceptional music and memorable moments, getting up close with one of the world’s premier a cappella groups!

Performers

The Whiffenpoofs are the world’s most renowned and historic collegiate a cappella group, spearheading and innovating a cappella music since 1909. Founded over a hundred years ago, the Whiffenpoofs have been singing around the country and the world, delighting audiences with a wide variety of a cappella music.

In past years, the ‘Whiffs’ have sung for Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Reagan, and at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. They’ve even been featured on television shows such as "The Sing Off", "The West Wing", and "Glee". Their iconic "The Whiffenpoof Song" was listed by folk legend and Nobel prize winner Bob Dylan as one of the most culturally significant songs of 20th-century America, and has been covered by the likes of Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallée, and Elvis Presley.

Repertoire 

* The concert will be selections from the following repertoire:

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Manning Sherwin
Aj Lučka, Lučka Široká / Helan Går
Czech / Swedish traditional
Anything Goes
Cole Porter
Down By the Salley Gardens
original, based on the poem by W.B. Yeats
Dancing with a Stranger
Sam Smith
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Got to Get You Into My Life
Earth, Wind, & Fire
Haven’t Met You Yet
Michael Buble
House of the Rising Sun
popularized by The Animals
I’m Going to Find Another You
John Mayer
Midnight Train to Georgia
popularized by Gladys Knight and the Pips
Moondance
by Van Morrison
Nature Boy
opb. Nat King Cole
On a Clear Day
popularized by Barbra Streisand
Operator
popularized by The Manhattan Transfer
Rainbow Connection
opb. Kermit the Frog
September Song
standard
The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel
The Whiffenpoof Song
original
When Sunny Gets Blue
jazz standard
When You Wish Upon a Star
from Pinocchio
Volver, Volver
popularized by Vicente Fernández
Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver