Department of Music Blog

The Pitt Men’s Glee Club will perform the National Anthem at PNC Park on Thursday, August 27th when the Pirates take on the Phillies. Game time is 7:05 p.m. Come out and support the Glee Club and the Buccos (who, despite their sorry position in the standings, are playing some decent ball of late).

First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh

Tickets must be purchased in advance though ProArts: general admission $8.50, students and seniors $5. Visit www.proartstickets.org or call 412-394-3353. Pitt students may reserve tickets through ProArts for no charge and then show ID at will call.

First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh

Synod Hall

Tickets purchased in advance through ProArts: $10 general admission, $5 student and senior admission. www.proartstickets.org, 412-3943353
Tickets at the door: $12/$8, Pitt students free with ID.

If you are planning to attend our December concerts by the African Music and Dance Ensemble, Men’s Glee Club, or Women’s Choral Ensemble you can now purchase tickets online at www.proartstickets.org or by phone at 412-394-3353. Tickets purchased in advance through ProArts are $10 for general admission, and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets at the door are $12 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors. Pitt students are admitted free with ID.

Like all ticketing services, ProArts charges a small convenience fee, but we’ve set our prices to insure that you will still save over the door price when you purchase your tickets through ProArts. We hope that you’ll take advantage of ProArts Tickets and that you’ll continue to enjoy all of our programs from Music at Pitt.

Last year the Men’s Glee Club commissioned a composition by David N. Childs titled The Silent Land and gave the premiere during their spring concert. The Club’s director, Richard Teaster, received word this week that The Silent Land will be published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Barbara Harlow, President and Editor of Santa Barbara Music Publishing was particularly impressed by the live recording of the premiere writing, “Kudos to you and your young men!”….”What a beautiful performance!”

Works published Santa Barabara Music Publishing are distributed throughout the United States as well as Australia, Canada, Japan and Norway.

Congratulations to the Men’s Glee Club, director Richard Teaster, and composer David Childs.

Richard Teaster led the Men’s Glee Club in a performance at First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh. The group was in top form having recently performed at the Men’s Chorus International Seminar (an adjudicated event). The first excerpt from their concert is a a John Dowland madrigal, Come, Come Again.

The second excerpt is a Pater Noster by Franz Liszt.

This view from the balcony highlights the beauty of the First Baptist Church sanctuary.

During the last weekend in March the Men’s Glee Club performed in the 43rd Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus National Seminar in Vienna, Virginia. In this photo, the Glee Club can be seen performing in the beautiful Vienna Presbyterian Church.

The trip also afforded members of the Glee Club an opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. Pictured below are Glee Club members (L-R) Eric Bishop, Matt Keeny, Mike Pollock, Geoff Arnold, and Hari Venkatachalam.

Congratulations to the the Men’s Glee Club and director Richard Teaster!

First Baptist Church, 159 North Bellefield Avenue

Presenting works by Liszt, Hummel, and Morley, plus spirituals and barbershop classics. Also featured will be a newly commissioned work by David N. Childs.

General admission $10, student/senior admission $5
Pitt students free with I.D.
Tickets available at the door.

On Friday November 30, the University of Pittsburgh Men’s Glee Club and director Richard Teaster will present Joseph Rheinberger’s Mass in F, Op. 190, with organist Donald Fellows. Duquesne University’s Pappert Men’s Chorale will also join the Glee Club as guest artists. Along with the Rehinberger Mass, the program will feature a variety of holiday music, including carols from Austria, Italy, and France and American holiday classics.

Listen to the Men’s Glee Club sing Cantate Domino, a track from their most recent CD.

The upcoming concert takes place on Friday, November 30, 2007 at 8 p.m. in Synod Hall (125 N. Craig Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, behind St. Paul’s Cathedral). General admission is $10, student and senior admission is $5, Pitt students are admitted free with I.D. Tickets are available at the door.

The Men’s Glee club, founded in 1890, is the oldest non-athletic extracurricular activity on campus. The club has enjoyed successful tours throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Their 2007 European tour was the club’s first visit to Europe since 1990. They have been musical guests at two World’s Fairs, and continue to be featured in various television and radio appearances, including a spot on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. The club has been recorded for radio broadcast locally by WWWS-FM and WQED-FM, and featured as part of WQED’s Performance in Pittsburgh series.