Frog Choir

The Frog Choir was a singing group of Hogwarts students conducted by Professor Filius Flitwick. They usually practiced in the Great Hall. The choir is quite talented, being able to play many musical instruments, and being able to sing fluently in Latin.

Welcoming Feast of 1993
On September 1 1993, the choir led a presentation of Something Wicked This Way Comes during the Welcoming Feast after the Sorting ceremony. The choir members sang while carrying toads which frequently croaked during the song, and were accompanied by an harpischord, a drum, an harp and flutes. While Filius Flitwick joined the feast, the choir retreated from the Hall after the song.

The Triwizard Tournament
In the next school year, the Triwizard Tournament was held at the school and the choir's played just before the third task for public entertainment. These songs included the Hogwarts March, which was recited frequently. The choir also performed at the Yule Ball in Christmas Eve. Flitwick led the orchestra as they played a waltz at the beginning of the dance, but they stopped when the Weird Sisters took over from them.

Dolores Umbridge
In 1995, Dolores Umbridge was put in charge of observing teachers and their lessons and inspected one of Flitwick's choir practices in the Great Hall. She seemed pleased and, perhaps, impressed, before embarassing Flitwick with a measuring tape.

1997
In early October 1996, the choir had an emergency practice that forced Flitwick to retreat from Hogsmeade Village back to Hogwarts Castle. In the end of the school year, Professor Flitwick had a rehearsal with the choir in the Great Hall late in the evening. As they sang the English and Latin song, In Noctem, clouds rolled in around the school and the Battle of the Astronomy Tower was soon to begin. Midway through the session, Minerva McGonagall interrupted and told Flitwick to wake the Potions master, Severus Snape.

Behind the scenes

 * In the video game version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and the video game version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for GBC there is one Music Classroom featured on the Fifth Floor of Hogwarts. It could be a possible place for the Choir to practice.
 * During the opening celebrations of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter there was a performance of The Hogwarts March and Something Wicked This Way Comes by the Choir, directed by Warwick Davis.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)