The Virginia Glee Club Songs of Virginia Alumni and Friends Gathering Concert
- Saturday, April 18th, 2009
- Old Cabell Hall
- 3:30pm
- Adults $15, Students $5, UVa Students $5, Other(Senior Citizen and Group Discount Rates Available)
Timeless songs for a timeless University
Come join the Virginia Glee Club as it celebrates the longstanding and beloved tradition of the University with Songs of Virginia, a concert featuring a special collection of rousing college songs that scale over 100 years of UVa history. As the oldest musical organization at the University of Virginia, the group is obliged to be sharing the musical treasures of the University with the UVa, Charlottesville and surrounding communities.
Featuring our distinguished Alumni and members of the Cavalier Marching Band, the concert will showcase some familiar tunes and reintroduce some old forgotten ones. Audiences may sing along to such classics as The Good Ol’ Song, Virginia Hail, All Hail, and A Medley of Virginia Songs (From Rugby Road to Vinegar Hill), and hum along to the familiar tunes of songs like Just Another Touchdown for UVa, Orange and Blue and Glory to Virginia. The fighting spirit will kick in with the sporting event standards Virginia’s Cavalier Song and The Virginia Yell Song. Hike Virginia and Virginia Chapel Bell are sure to become instant favorites and help rekindle the flame of the University past. The audience will also be delighted to see the return of Franz Biebl's perennial favorite Ave Maria as well as the gentle sounds of Shenandoah.
The debut of these highly researched and coveted college songs could not have been done without the dedication of the Club members and our conductor Frank Albinder nor without the generous donation of the Jefferson Trust. Under their grant of $15,000 to the Glee Club, these songs and more will be featured on our newest recording, Songs of Virginia, an ode to the choral music legacy of the University of Virginia.
This concert is the premiere event of our Alumni and Friends Gathering Weekend, so we invite all of the Glee Club’s distinguished alumni and friends from years and generations past to join in this special event! Audiences will not want to miss witnessing these timeless songs for a timeless University performed by the strong, proud voices of UVa’s premier male vocal ensemble- The Virginia Glee Club!
This performance will be on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 3:30 pm in Old Cabell Hall, which is located on the Lawn of the Central Grounds of the University. General admission tickets are $15 and student tickets are $5. They can be purchased at Old Cabell Hall Box Office (434.924.3984), on the Lawn, or at the door. For more information visit our website at virginiagleeclub.org.
| Heleluyan | Muskogee Chant Jerry Ulrich arr. W. Skoog |
| Shenandoah | arr. James Erb for the Virginia Glee Club |
| The Orange and Blue | |
| Just Another Touchdown for U.Va | lyrics by S.M. O’Brien, Class of 1902 arr. Arthur Fickenscher |
| Hail the Orange and the Blue | lyrics by A. Frederick Wilson, Class of 1905 |
| Hike Virginia | C.S. McVeigh, Class of 1907 I.D. Crenshaw, Class of 1908 |
| In College Days | lyrics by J.W. Wayland, Class of 1905 music by E.T. Hildebrand |
| Glory to Virginia | lyrics by W.A., Class of 1905 |
| Virginia Chapel Bell | lyrics by A.F.Wilson, Class of 1905 |
| Orange and Blue | tune: You’re a Grand Old Rag arr. George M. Cohan |
| Old Virginia | lyrics by A.F. Wilson, Class of 1905 |
| Virginia’s Cavalier Song | lyrics by Lawrence Haywood Lee, Jr. ‘24 music by Fulton Lewis, Jr. ‘25 |
| Here’s to Old Virginia | |
| Virginia Yell Song | arr. F.H.F. |
| A Medley of Virginia Songs | arr. Barden |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
| Let Thy Good Spirit | Pavel Chesnokov |
| Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) | Franz Biebl (1906-2001) |
| Virginia, Hail, All Hail! | lyrics and music by John Albert Morrow ‘21 arr. Arthur Fickenscher |
| The Good Ol’ Song | Edward A. Craighill |
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!