For nearly a century and a half, the Yale Glee Club has represented the best in collegiate singing-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 men and women.
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.
Auditions are open to all Yale students and will be held Thursday Sep. 4 - Sunday Sep. 7, 2008. For up-to-date audition information or to find out more about who we are and what we do, find us at:
the Frosh Bazaar of Undergraduate Organizations, on Beinecke Plaza, Sunday August 31, 12:00N - 3:00PM
and come to our Introductory Meeting, in Hendrie Hall Room 201, Wednesday, September 3rd, time 5:30PM
Or click here for more information about what happens at the audition.
Since the days of Marshall Bartholomew, the Yale Glee Club has been recognized throughout the world for its new contributions to the choral repertoire.
Today, we keep this tradition alive by sponsoring our annual Emerging Composers Competition and Fenno Heath Award for the composition of new Yale songs, presenting frequent premieres of new music, and through the Yale Glee Club New Classics Choral Series, a source for exciting new music for SATB chorus.
We sing a broad spectrum of choral music from the 16th century to the present, including Renaissance motets, contemporary choral works, world folk music, traditional Yale songs, and the great masterworks of the choral-orchestral repertoire.
Alumni of the Glee Club remain active members of our community of song through annual Singing Dinners, regional choral festivals, reunions, and other activities sponsored by or affiliated with the Yale Glee Club Associates, the Glee Club's own alumni organization. Plans are already underway for the celebration of our 150th anniversary in 2011.
Many of our alumni also sing in the Yale Alumni Chorus, currently celebrating its 10th year.
The Yale Glee Club is one of the most traveled collegiate choruses in the country, and international choral exchange, both on campus and on tour, is an integral part of our mission.
The 2008-2009 concert season will feature two once in a lifetime tour opportunities for our singers: a trip to the Pacific Northwest in January, and a trip to South America in May and June. Both tours will include concerts in world class venues and collaborations with renowned ensembles. For up-to-date tour inineraries, click here.