Glee Clubs from Notre Dame and Michigan to perform together

Author: Shannon Roddel

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TheUniversityofNotre Dame Glee Clubwill join theUniversityofMichigan Mens Glee Club at8 p.m.Friday (Jan. 26) for a special performance in the Leighton Concert Hall of theDeBartoloCenterfor the Performing Arts at Notre Dame.

Admission to the concert, which features two of the finest all male collegiate choral groups in the country, ranges from $3 to $10, and tickets are available by calling theDeBartoloCenterat 574-631-2800.

Both ensembles will perform sacred and secular classical music (including a joint performance of Franz Biebls “Ave Maria”), folk songs and spirituals.

Directed by Daniel Stowe, the Notre Dame Glee Club was founded in 1915 and has toured from coast to coast and around the world, performing more than 100 concerts annually.In recent years the club has performed on tour inCanada,Puerto Rico,Israel,Central America, throughoutEurope, and inAsia. On campus, it is known and loved for its seasonal and Commencement concerts each year, as well as its Saturday performances before each Irish home football game.

Founded in 1859, theUniversityofMichigan Mens Glee Club is one of the oldest collegiate choruses in theUnited Statesand the oldest continually run student organization on theMichigancampus.

* Contact: * _Daniel Stowe, director of the Notre Dame Glee Club, 574-631-9457, stowe.2@nd.edu
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