Department of Music

The Virginia Glee Club presents its 82nd Annual Christmas Concerts with Conductor Frank Albinder on Friday, December 2nd at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall and on Saturday, December 10th at 8pm at the University Baptist Church.

The Virgina Glee Club's annual Christmas Concerts will surely offer musical treats for every ear including classic carols, medieval pieces and of course, our very own special rendition of Twelve Days of Christmas. Be sure not to miss out on one of Charlottesville’s oldest and most joyful holiday traditions. 

Founded in 1871, the Virginia Glee Club 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. More recently, in the spring of 2016, the Club went on a tour of Argentina, performing all over Buenos Aires, the largest province in the country. In the spring of 2017, the Club performed in Carnegie Hall as part of a concert honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and toured the Southeast. In the spring of 2018, the Club premiered the first TTBB arrangement of the major work Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda.  (map) Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner.  Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.

University Baptist Church is located at 1223 West Main Street at the intersection of West Main Street and Jefferson Park Avenue, an easy walk from UVA. This page has a map with directions and information about free parking, along with an explanation of thehandicapped accessible entrances.

Tickets are $20 for the general public and $5 for students and are on sale through the UVA Arts Box Office or by calling 434.924.3376.