The Harvard Krokodiloes

Harvard University's most established and most prestigious a cappella singing gathering is established in the Hasty Pudding Club, established in 1770 and perceived as the most established university social association in the United States.

The club was based upon conventions of fellowship, wine, and verse, a combo which headed four of the all the more musically minded parts, in 1946, to convey those customs into the universe of close amicability. Motivated by the stuffed crocodiles mounted upon the divider of the Pudding's Upstairs Bar, these spearheading vocalists appropriated the Greek word for crocodile, and the Krokodiloes were conceived.

From that point forward, this gathering of twelve undergrad men has been bringing the prevalent music of the Great American Songbook, and additionally more traditional aires, to crowds the nation over and around the globe. The Krokodiloes pride themselves on their musical magnificence and expert methodology to their execution. Their fine musicianship and energetic vitality, consolidated with their remarkable mix of smart choreography and witty silliness, have made them moment crowd- pleasers wherever they meander.

Among the illuminators the Kroks have entertained are Ella Fitzgerald, Yo-Yo Ma, Princess Grace and Princess Caroline of Monaco, King Bhumibol of Thailand, Elizabeth Taylor, Julia Roberts, and Leonard Bernstein, '39 (who created music for the gathering). They have performed on National Public Radio, "Great Morning America," "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," and on TV universally.

The Krokodiloes likewise have a long library of recordings going again to the initiation of the gathering. Their musical collection has fluctuated to some degree in the bunch's sixty-year history, and today, the Kroks gladly seek after a collection approximately characterized by "the Great American Songbook and past."

Our saying, known to Kroks and their alums around the world, was built by alum and once-time Music Director Stuart Patterson '79:

Nunc Est Cantandum! (Right now is an ideal opportunity to sing!)