Bacchantae is Columbia University's hot, original all-female a cappella group. We sprang forth from Barnard College 23 years ago to begin a tradition of spunky, soulful, silly, sexy, and stunning self-arranged pop, folk, and r&b from the last 5 decades of american music.

Bacchantae was founded before Columbia went co-ed, to allow a place beyond the Barnard-Columbia Glee Club for women to sing together whatever they chose, and to arrange their own music. Named after Euripedes' Bacchae - wild, orgiastic women who roamed the countryside singing and dancing in fawnskins as they followed Dionysus, ancient god of wine and revelry - we carry our purpose of playfulness, dramatic flair, sensuality, and mischief very seriously into everything we do. With roughly 12 singers from both sides of Broadway, today Bacchantae performs privately on and off campus in New York City, with other groups at Columbia, or from visiting schools for joint concerts... that is when we're not traveling together along the East Coast or roaming the countryside in fawnskins.

As we are Barnard's only official a cappella group, Bacchantae is also privileged to sing Barnard's dear alma mater for many formal Barnard College events. Welcome to the world of music, women, and revelry!