Shades of Yale

Shades is an all gender a cappella group founded to celebrate music of the African Diaspora. It is our objective to offer a unique, musically excellent, and spiritually enriching performance experience to audiences at Yale University and beyond. Drawing from the diverse backgrounds of our members and the oral traditions of Black people across the globe, we strive to portray authentically the depth and complexity of the Black experience. In addition to mastering the style of our music, we develop an appreciation of its history and roots in order to educate audiences about our music's lineage. We acknowledge that we are endowed with both the responsibility and the privilege to share an important part of Black culture, and we aim to do so through the richness of our repertoire, with its power to inspire and unite us and our audiences.