Though based at Tufts University outside Boston, Shir Appeal has gone on tour to numerous areas in the United States, including New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and Chicago, as well as the New England and Boston areas.
[2] The group was founded in 1995 by Liz Perlman Bodian, Jenn Madan Cohen, Jessica Cooper and Jonathan Oriole.
Shir Appeal was the first group to have an album produced by John Clark, himself a graduate of the Tufts Amalgamates.
Many of Shir Appeal’s early arrangements were composed by John Clark ("Laila Tov Europa", "Yamei Hatom"), as well as members of the Tufts Beelzebubs.
The group does not participate in competitions, but has received praise from the Recorded A Cappella Review Board (RARB) for its CDs.