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Yale Glee Club Tour of Florida and the Dominican Republic
 
On May 25, 2010, the Yale Glee Club will embark on its 2010 Tour to Florida and the Dominican Republic. 
 
VERO BEACH
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Waxlax Center at St. Edwards School
Saint Edward's School South Campus
1895 St. Edward’s Drive
Vero Beach, Florida  32963
7:30 PM
Free concert
 
SARASOTA
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Church of the Redeemer
222 South Palm Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
7:30 PM
Free-will offering will be taken at the concert
 
ORLANDO
Friday, May 28, 2010
Cathedral Church of St. Luke
130 N. Magnolia Ave.
Orlando, FL 32801
7:30 PM
Concert is Free
 
SANTO DOMINGO, DR
Friday June 4, 2010
With Coro Nacional
Teatro de Bellas Artes
Avenida Máximo Gómez
Santo Domingo, DR
8:30 PM


 

The Yale Glee Club is Yale University’s principal undergraduate mixed chorus and oldest musical organization, currently celebrating its 149th year.  From its earliest days as a group of thirteen men from the Class of 1863 to its current incarnation as an eighty-voice chorus of women and men, the Yale Glee Club has represented the best in collegiate singing for nearly a century and a half. The students who sing in the Yale Glee Club might be majors in music or engineering, English or philosophy, art or mathematics. They are drawn together by a love of singing and a common understanding that raising one's voice with others to create something beautiful is one of the noblest human pursuits.
 
The Glee Club’s repertoire embraces a broad spectrum of choral music from the 16th century to the present, including Renaissance motets, contemporary choral works, world folk music, and traditional Yale songs. Committed to the creation of new music, the Glee Club presents frequent premieres of newly commissioned works and sponsors an annual competition for young composers. The great choral masterworks are also an important part of the Glee Club’s repertoire; recent performances have included Orff Carmina Burana, Mozart Requiem, Britten War Requiem, Rossini Stabat Mater, Fauré Requiem, Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli and Creation, Brahms Nänie, Mendelssohn Elijah, Penderecki Credo, and choral symphonies of Mahler and Beethoven.  Highlights in 2009-2010 include Verdi Requiem, the East Coast premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis Symphony of Meditations, and a concert of new music with Dale Warland.
 
Their 2010 tour program will feature works by Victoria, Bruckner, Rheinberger, Thompson, and Paulus, newly commissioned works by Eric Banks and Ryan Harper, traditional folks, spirituals, and Yale songs.
 
One of the most traveled choruses in the world, the Yale Glee Club has performed in every major city in the United States and embarked on its first overseas tour in 1928. It has since appeared before enthusiastic audiences throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the summer of 2005, the Glee Club made its first trip to Australia and New Zealand. This season, the Glee Club will travel to the Pacific Northwest and South America. Historically a leading advocate of international choral exchange, the Glee Club has hosted countless guest ensembles at Yale and at New York's Lincoln Center in conjunction with its own International Choral Festivals. 

 

 

 

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Jeffrey Douma, director