The Carleton Knightingales

We’re the Knightingales.

From left to right: Back: Becca Helmstetter ’23, Charlotte Gingo ’26, Hazel DeHarpporte ’24, Alex Widman ’23, Maddie Damberg-Ott ’23; Front: Kate Ward ’25, Fiona Liberge ’25, Audrey Schwartz ’26, Ella Gullickson ’26

The Knightingales (or the Gales) are a women’s and non-binary a cappella group at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. We like chocolate chip cookies, laughing, eating free food, and, of course, singing!

From left to right: Back: Charlotte Gingo ’26, Becca Helmstetter ’23; Front: Fiona Liberge ’25, Audrey Schwartz ’26, Kate Ward ’25

Founded in 1980, the Gales are the oldest all-women’s a cappella group on campus. In any given year, we have about ten to twelve members, and we hold auditions in the beginning of the fall trimester.

Each year, the Gales hold three major concerts, one at the end of each term. In addition, the Knightingales participate in Carleton’s many less-conventional concert traditions, such as Date Knight (during fall trimester), Reading Days performances, the Family Weekend concert, faculty events, and other special occasions. The Knightingales have also been known to perform off-campus, including stints in the Northfield community and trips to Macalester’s annual A Cappella Fest. We rehearse three times a week at Dacie Moses House for either an hour and a half or two hours.

Our home, Dacie Moses House (aka “the cookie house”)!

Clockwise from left: Ella Gullickson ’26, Audrey Schwartz ’26, Kate Ward ’25, Charlotte Gingo ’26, Alex Widman ’23, Fiona Liberge ’25, Becca Helmstetter ’23, Grace Hanson ’24, Maddie Damberg-Ott ’23

From left to right: Grace Hanson ’24, Charlotte Gingo ’26, Fiona Liberge ’25, Audrey Schwartz ’26

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From left to right: Back: Becca Helmstetter ’23, Audrey Schwartz ’26, Charlotte Gingo ’26, Kate Ward ’25, Maddie Damberg-Ott ’23, Alex Widman ’23; Front: Ella Gullickson ’26, Fiona Liberge ’25, Grace Hanson ’24