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===Music=== [[File:Classof2010.jpg|thumb|[[William & Mary Pep Band]] members in 2009]] William & Mary has eleven [[collegiate a cappella]] groups: The Christopher Wren Singers (1987, co-ed); [[The Gentlemen of the College]] (1990, all-male); The Stairwells (1990, all-male); Intonations (1990, all-female); Reveille (1992, all-female); The Accidentals (1992, all-female); DoubleTake (1993, co-ed); The Cleftomaniacs (1999, co-ed); Passing Notes (2002, all-female); The Tribetones (2015, all-female);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wm.edu/so/acappellacouncil/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805223614/http://www.wm.edu/so/acappellacouncil/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2012|title=W&M a cappella council homepage|access-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref> and the Crim Dell Criers (2019, co-ed).<ref>{{cite web |title=Life@W&M on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B55aWQmJvko/ |publisher=[[College of William and Mary]] Official Instagram account |access-date=May 21, 2022 |date=December 10, 2019 |quote=Today is a very exciting day! Last spring, a friend and I decided to start a new acapella group. The Crim Dell Criers is a noncompetitive "informal" coed rockapella group. ... It took all fall but finally, as of November, we are an official club on campus!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crim Dell Criers |url=https://tribelink.wm.edu/organization/crimdellcriers |publisher=[[College of William and Mary]] |access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref> [[Sinfonicron Light Opera Company]], founded in 1965, is William & Mary's student-run [[light opera]] company, producing musicals (traditionally those by Gilbert & Sullivan) in the early spring of each academic year.<ref>Cleverly, Casey (January 25, 2007). [http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/story/3566 "Sinfonicron Presents ''The Mikado''"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307082015/http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/story/3566 |date=March 7, 2014}}. ''[[The DoG Street Journal]]''</ref> Music societies at the college include local chapters of the music honor societies [[Delta Omicron]] (co-ed) and [[Phi Mu Alpha]] (all-male) as well as [[Nu Kappa Epsilon]] (all-female). Nu Kappa Epsilon, founded in 1994 at William & Mary, is "dedicated to promoting the growth and development of musical activities at the college as well as in the Williamsburg community".<ref>Thompson, Camille (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DaqLdYMaeB0C&q=%22Nu+Kappa+Epsilon%22&pg=PA159 ''College of William and Mary''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528234109/https://books.google.com/books?id=DaqLdYMaeB0C&pg=PA159&q=%22Nu%20Kappa%20Epsilon%22 |date=May 28, 2016}}, p.159. College Prowler Inc. {{ISBN|1-59658-031-3}}</ref> Large musical ensembles include a symphony orchestra, wind symphony, and four choral ensembles: The William & Mary Choir,<ref>{{Cite web |title=William & Mary - W&M Choir |url=https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/wm-choir.php |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=William & Mary |language=en}}</ref> The Botetourt Chamber Singers,<ref>{{cite web |title=William & Mary - Botetourt Chamber Singers |url=https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/botetourt-chamber-singers.php |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=William & Mary}}</ref> The Barksdale Treble Chorus (formerly the William & Mary Women's Chorus), and Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir. The Botetourt Chamber Singers (1974, co-ed) are the student [[chamber choir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/botetourt-chamber-singers.php|title=Botetourt Chamber Singers|publisher=College of William & Mary |location=Williamsburg, VA|access-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202140257/https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/botetourt-chamber-singers.php|archive-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> There are several musical ensembles at the college, from Early Music Ensemble to Jazz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Classical & Jazz Ensembles|url=http://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/classicalandjazz/index.php|website=College of William & Mary|access-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226052040/http://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/classicalandjazz/index.php|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to 1996 the college had a marching band, which has since changed into the [[William & Mary Pep Band]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The William & Mary Pep Band|url=http://web.wm.edu/so/pepband/|website=William & Mary Pep Band|access-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226054924/http://web.wm.edu/so/pepband/|archive-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> William & Mary's radio station, [[WCWM]], has been on the air since 1959.<ref>{{cite web|title=WCWM Fest|url=https://wcwm.wm.edu/index.php/fest/|website=WCWM Fest|access-date=March 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051005/https://wcwm.wm.edu/index.php/fest/|archive-date=March 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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