Department of Music

• Saturday, May 16th, 2009
• Old Cabell Hall
• 9:30pm
• Free for degree candidates, $15 general admission, $5 for students.

Come join the Virginia Glee Club as it honors the Class of 2009 on the evening of May 16, 2009 for its annual Finals Concert. As the oldest musical organization on Grounds, the group carries with it the beloved traditions of the University. The concert provides entertainment for the entire family, and will be a special, must-have addition to your graduation plans.

The evening will showcase many timeless classics and a few modern melodies that will perfectly complement an end to an unforgettable four years. The Glee Club is proud to present Manly Men, a robust, masculine tribute to male choral music as well as Find the Cost of Freedom, a haunting salute to America’s fallen heroes. Audiences will be delighted to hear Let Thy Good Spirit, Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, and the soothing, rolling sounds of Shenandoah.

Audiences will also enjoy the return of Franz Biebl’s perennial favorite Ave Maria and a wonderful assortment of University songs to properly send off the graduates. Our concert will honor and embrace the University’s rich tradition and history, so come celebrate the end of an amazing four years with us.

This performance will be on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 9:30 pm in Old Cabell Hall, which is located on the lawn of the central grounds of the University. There is no charge for Degree Candidates. General admission tickets are $15 and student tickets are $5. They can be purchased at Mincer’s, at the Newcomb Hall Ticket Office (434-924-7314), or at the door. For more information visit our website at www.virginiagleeclub.org.
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The Virginia Glee Club, founded in 1871, is the oldest musical organization at the University of Virginia. The Club’s members, primarily undergraduate students, come from every school and college within the University. Members consider the group a “fraternity of talent,” committed to performing at a professional level, promoting fellowship, and preserving longstanding tradition. Throughout its history, the Virginia Glee Club has been consistently recognized as a leader among American men’s choruses, performing a variety of sacred and secular music in the classical tradition. The group performed for former President Bill Clinton at the national celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s 250th birthday and has also been heard on broadcasts of NBC’s Today Show, National Public Radio’s Performance Today, Virginia Public Radio, and the Voice of America. In addition to presenting on-grounds concerts, the group has toured widely, both domestically and abroad, and has collaborated with some of the finest women’s choruses in the eastern and southern United States. The Club toured France in the summer of 2000, visiting Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Aix en Provence, Carcassonne, and Nice. Recent collaborations have also included Mozart’s Requiem, with the Mount Holyoke Glee Club, Bach’s Magnificat, with the Wellesley College Choir and Poulenc’s Gloria, with the Chatham College Choir. The Glee Club has also recently returned from a very successful spring break 2006 tour of the Southern United States, including stops in Richlands, VA, Chattanooga, TN, Atlanta, GA, Birmingham, AL, and Jackson, MS, where the group performed for the Mississippi State Senate and was filmed singing for a BBC travel documentary. With this concert, the group nears the end of its 138th year of musical excellence under the baton of conductor, Frank Albinder, who is currently completing his sixth season with the Glee Club. Be sure to stay tuned on news regarding the Club’s forthcoming Spring Break Tour of the Northeast in 2010!