With momentum building around them on campus, The Trojan Men decided to spend the Fall 2006 semester preparing a specialty repertoire of multi-denominational Holiday music.
Nearly 500 people were in attendance as The Trojan Men performed 20 songs, a total of 90 minutes of music capped by two short videos.
Flash forward roughly 10 years later, and the newest members of The Trojan Men are still actively performing all over the Los Angeles tri-state area.
While they still hold onto classic songs including Etta James' "At Last" and Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On", they are constantly cycling through new material to be performed for friends, family, and fans.
While we performed a few of The Trojan Men Classics, new arrangements from Colin Petersdorf, Landon Fadel, and Austin Karkowsky brought a new energy to the group and its audience.
With Ben Shiff, Gerry Hartman, Joey Blundell, and Stephen Jung emerging as new arrangers, the growing group continued to explore their vibe and dynamic as well as repertoire.
Following the suspension of all in-person activities at the University of Southern California in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, membership dwindled and participation was at an all-time low.
Attempts to record and produce videos of each individual member stitched together were unsuccessful and, like most artistic clubs and a cappella groups on campus, The Trojan Men were on the brink of breaking up.
Current president and vice-president Timothy Reilly and Luke Sobolevitch, respectively, were determined to make an effort to bring the group back to its former skill and prestige.
The Trojan Men once again performed their winter concert with The Sirens, featuring arrangements of Perfect and I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).
George Vagujhelyi, Daniel Marable, Strad Slater, Siddhant Bajaj, Ethan Kaiser and Thomas Colglazier all became members of the all male A-Capella group.
For both Fall and Spring semester, 8 new members joined the group: Bryce Rayen, Tripp Carrington, Iain Tarves, Sam Skarin, Jonathan Liu, Arjun Lakshman, and Victor Falcon.