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Men’s Glee Club 125th Anniversary Celebration

Join us as we celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the University of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club. The Men's Glee Club, founded in 1890, is the oldest non-athletic extracurricular activity on campus. The Anniversary Celebration Concert will feature works by Gallus, Croce, Mozart, and Mendelssohn, as well as selections from the broadway musicals, West Side Story and Carousel. Furthermore, the Glee Club will premiere a newly commissioned work by Rosephanye Powell, Bright is The Ring of Words, with text by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Men’s Glee Club Holiday Concert

The Men's Glee Club Holiday Concert will feature guest soprano Katy Williams and the Steel City Men's Chorale. The program will include works by Manz, Praetorius, Rachmaninoff, Reger, and Salamone Rossi as well as carols from England, Ireland and Catalonia.

For tickets, call 412-624-7529 or visit music.pitt.edu/tickets.Tickets in advance: general admission is $8.50; non-Pitt students and seniors are $5. At the door: general admission is $15; non-Pitt students and seniors are $10. Pitt students: free with valid ID.

Pitt Choirs Showcase

Join the Heinz Chapel Choir, Women's Choral Ensemble, and Men's Glee Club for a celebration of choral singing at Pitt.

Men’s Glee Club Spring Concert Tour March 9–14

Follow the Pitt Men’s Glee Club on their 2014 Spring Tour to Philadelphia and New York. The tour takes place March 9–14 and includes a performances with the Villanova Voices (women’s choir), the Empire City Men’s Chorus, and even a performance at New York’s famous St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Here are more details about the tour:

University of Illinois and Pitt Men's Glee Clubs in Concert

The Pitt Men's Glee Club will host the The University of Illinois Varsity Men's Glee Club at First Baptist Church on Thursday, March 6. This joint concert will feature music by works by Handl, Liszt, Moses Hogan, and Biebl. The program is free, but a freewill offering will be taken to help defray costs.

Thursday Noon Recital: December 5

The next Thursday Noon Recital includes vocal music by Bellini, Scarlatti, and Ellington and music for violin and piano by Corelli.

Pitt Arts Arts Festival

On Friday, September 6, the Pitt Arts Arts Festival will take place at the William Pitt Union from noon–5:30 p.m. This year, the Arts Festival will feature two outstanding Department of Music Ensembles: the University Gamelan and the Men's Glee Glub. Live music performances by these and other groups will take place throughout the afternoon on the east porch of the William Pitt Union (facing the Cathedral). Pitt Arts will also have a photobooth on the WPU lawn.