Glee Club Fall Concerts

The Virginia Glee Club Fall Concert began in 1952 as the first concert of the season. It was often associated with a football game, and many of the fall concerts featured a guest appearance by a glee club from the opposing school.

Football concerts[]

Some Glee Club fall concerts tied into a home football game and featured a guest appearance by the opposing school's glee club. The overall win-loss record of UVA against teams played on these football concert weekends is shown below:

Year	Opponent	W/L	Score
1952	Washington and Lee	W	21 - 14
1953	University of North Carolina	L	7 - 33
1954	University of North Carolina	L	14 - 26
1955	University of North Carolina	L	14 - 26
1956	University of North Carolina	W (forfeit)	7 - 21
1967	University of North Carolina	W	40 - 17
1970	Virginia Military Institute ^[1]	W	44-10
1971	University of North Carolina	L	20 - 32
1972	University of North Carolina	L	3 - 23
1977	University of North Carolina	L	14 - 35
1980	Rutgers University	L	17 - 19
1986	William and Mary	L	37 - 41

Other guest chorus collaborations[]

Many Glee Club fall concerts featured guest performances by guest choruses, often from one of the Virginia or Massachusetts women's colleges. A listing of frequent collaborators is below:

Chorus	Years
Chatham College Choir	1971
Georgetown University Glee Club	1973
Harvard Glee Club	1974
Madrigal Group	1945
Mary Baldwin College Choir	1988, 1993
Mount Holyoke Glee Club	1975, 1982
Radford University Chorale	1992
Randolph-Macon Glee Club	1969
Smith College Glee Club	1985, 1987
Sweet Briar Glee Club	1981
University of Pittsburg Men's Glee Club	1968
Virginia Women's Chorus	1995, 1996, 1997
Washington and Lee Glee Club	1984
Washington and Lee Women's Chorus	1990
Wellesley College Choir	1983, 1994, 1998

References[]

↑ While the Fall Concert (1970) was performed with the VMI Glee Club on November 13, the game against VMI was played earlier in the season, on October 10.

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[1] While the Fall Concert (1970) was performed with the VMI Glee Club on November 13, the game against VMI was played earlier in the season, on October 10.

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