When students on campus couldn’t find a singing group that was compatible with their schedules, they turned to the Redliners, a student-led a cappella group flexible with students’ schedules.

Daniel Reck, this year’s Redliners director, said the group was started 3 1/2 years ago when the group’s founder came to OU expecting to audition for an a cappella group and found out there wasn’t one.

“We’re the only student-led a cappella group on campus, that I know of,” said Reck, economics and mathematics senior.

The group writes its own arrangements and performs songs it chooses, often times from popular bands and artists like Radiohead and Journey, Reck said.

“The Redliners have been a great creative outlet for me because it gives me the opportunity to both perform and arrange music, and I find that very fulfilling,” he said.

The group, consisting of 13 students, performs many concerts in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium, but also performs at small venues and local cafes in Norman.

“We have rehearsals once a week for everyone and then we have sections for girls and guys each week,” Reck said.

Reck said this is his fifth semester with the group.

“It is mostly by word-of-mouth or audition e-mails that students learn about us and come join us,” Reck said.

Bob Cail joined the Redliners in September after he heard about the group from friend who attended Redliners concerts.

“I auditioned for a choir and I made the University Singers, but it didn’t fit my schedule,” said Cail, University College freshman. “I really needed a musical outlet, so I joined the Redliners because music is really important to me.”

Cail said the Redliners isn’t time consuming for him, as rehearsals are only twice a week.

“It’s so much fun,” Cail said. “Fun people, fun music. It’s so much more fun than any choir I’ve been in before.”

Katie Sherman, social work senior, said she joined the Redliners as a sophomore and has enjoyed performing with the group and spending time with the members.

“I had several friends in the group, as well as my boyfriend and now-husband,” Sherman said. “It turned out to be a really good decision.”

Sherman said she sang in high school, but had a hard time finding a place to sing here that wasn’t time consuming.

“I really like the Redliners because it’s a really laid-back group,” Sherman said. “It is student-led, which is really wonderful because it’s really flexible.”

Sherman said they had about 100 people at the concert when they first started performing and each time they perform, more students show up.

“We have a pretty diverse song list,” Sherman said. “We have some Christmas songs that we do. We’ve got some Modest Mouse songs, Timbaland, Jason Mraz and a lot of different genres of music.”