![]() She was drawn to how the “Pitches tied history and tradition” alongside jazz music. ![]() Wu, who also joined her freshman year, saw that a cappella was a big deal on campus and wanted to join a group. Some of the jazz standards to look out for during the anniversary jam are “You’d Be Surprised,” “Mr. Chang says, “We specialize in jazz and American standards, which is a genre that is different from most other a cappella groups on campus.” Their repertoire includes artists like the Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra. In addition to being one of the oldest a cappella groups on campus, the Pitches also distinguish themselves with their unique jazz sound. “Kathy recounts the exhilaration of performing in Sanders for the first time and that the very first song the Pitches ever sang in Sanders was ‘Lullaby of Broadway’, which also happens to be the very first song I sang in Sanders after joining the group in the fall of 2012.” Emily Zoffer ’17, another member of the Pitches, says “Something I thought was really cool was looking at an old arrangement from 1983 that had a note on the back to future Pitches.” For Chang, the history she discovered had a personal tie. She recalls finding a photo of the 1981 Pitches singing to former Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Robert Redford. Pitches president Jenny Chang ’16 says, “Preparing for the 40th Anniversary jam has been a lot of hard work, and I am really proud of how far we’ve come in these past few months.” Stage manager Katie Wu ’17 adds, “Everyone’s really involved, and I am excited to help in the process.” On what it’s like to be a part of the Pitches’ 40 th Anniversary, Wu says, “The most fun part has been talking with alumnae and collecting memories.” This Saturday at 8 PM in Sanders Theatre, Harvard’s oldest all female a cappella group invites everyone to celebrate their legacy at their “Fabulous 40” 40 th anniversary concert. Forty years later, the Radcliffe Pitches are still belting out jazz classics and dazzling audiences from Harvard to China to Mexico to Bermuda. In 1975, Kathy Manning ’78 and Diane Nabatoff ’78 came together alongside a few members of the Krokodiloes to hold auditions for a musical group that would give female voices a space on Harvard’s campus. ![]() The Radcliffe Pitches celebrate their 40 th anniversary.
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