The University of Notre Dame Glee Club will present its annual fall concert Thursday and Friday (Oct. 30-31) at 8 p.m. in Washington Hall. Thursday’s concert is free and open to the public and admission for Friday’s concert is $3. Tickets are available at the LaFortune Student Center or by calling 574-631-8128.p. The 60-voice Glee Club has established itself as one of the nation’s premier men’s choruses during its 89-year history. During the past five years, the group has performed in 30 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Asia, and traveled last summer on a month-long European tour, visiting cities in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Spain and Ireland.p. The Glee Club’s repertoire spans several hundred years, including Gregorian chant, Renaissance motets and madrigals, works from the great Classical and Romantic composers, folk songs, spirituals, and works from the modern era, including barbershop, vocal jazz, and Notre Dame school songs.p. The Glee Club is under the direction of Daniel Stowe, associate professional specialist in Notre Dame’s Department of Music, who also directs the University’s Symphony Orchestra and Collegium Musicum. He also is a founding member of Notre Dame’s faculty chant ensemble, the Schola Musicorum.
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