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84th Annual Christmas Concerts
Celebrate the holiday season with a cherished UVA tradition! Join us for the 84th Annual Christmas Concerts by the Virginia Glee Club on December 7th and 8th, 2024, at 8 PM. Under the direction of Grammy Award-winning conductor Frank Albinder, … Continue reading
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Rehearsal Weekend and Alumni Picnic
The VGC Rehearsal Weekend was a great success. Saturday we had afternoon and evening rehearsal sessions at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church in Springfield, VA. During this time Frank led us through yoga, breathing exercises, extensive vocal warm ups, and we started … Continue reading
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Annual Dinner at the Rotunda
Join us on Saturday, November 9, 2024, as we celebrate the 154 year legacy of Harmony, Love, & Brotherhood at the University of Virginia. The evening will begin with cocktails and mingling in the West Oval of the Rotunda at 6pm. At … Continue reading
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Fall 2024 Auditions: August 29 & 30, 2024
Looking for a place to sing and meet friends on Grounds? Interested in singing under the direction of a Grammy Award Winning conductor? Look no further! The Virginia Glee Club is looking for tenor and bass singers (especially tenors!) to … Continue reading
Virginia's Messengers of Harmony, Love and Brotherhood
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.