Director: Robby Ford
The Traveling Men, an a cappella group founded in 1952 on the model of Yale's famous "Whiffenpoofs," are one of Gilman's proudest institutions.
The group's repertoire includes standard barbershop-style tunes, as well as sacred choral works and popular songs. The Traveling Men have appeared several times on local radio and also on television. The Traveling Men perform regularly in the Baltimore community, and they have sung at State events including the inauguration of Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich to an audience of 5,000 at the Baltimore Ravens (football) Stadium. They are particularly well known for their serenades at the local girls' schools.
In fact, the group, selected through auditions each year, performs up to 60 times each year, with most of the performances in the greater community outside Gilman.
Graduates of the Traveling Men have taken the barbershop style of the group to colleges throughout the east coast of the USA, where they have founded or joined similar groups.
The Traveling Men is a club activity: the students receive no academic credit for participating, and rehearsals are held outside of the academic day. Students must be members of the Glee Club in order to participate.