Spring 2013 tour poster
The Virginia Glee Club Spring Tour of 2013, the major tour of the Glee Club 2012-2013 season, began in Northampton, Massachusetts at Smith College on March 9, 2013 and concluded with a performance at the University of Chicago on March 15. Frank Albinder chronicled the tour on his tour blog.
Performances[edit | edit source]
- Saturday, March 9 – Northampton, MA: Carmina Burana with the Smith College Glee Club and the Smith College Chorus, Smith College, John M. Greene Hall – 8:00 PM
- Sunday, March 10 – West Roxbury, MA (Boston area) With the Roxbury Latin School Latonics, Roxbury Latin School, Rousmaniere Hall – 3:00 pm
- Monday, March 11 – Millersville, PA, Collaboration with Marauder Men’s Glee Club at Millersville University, Charles R. and Anita B. Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center – 8:00 pm
- Tuesday, March 12 – Natrona Heights, PA (Pittsburgh area), Natrona Heights Presbyterian Church – 7:00 PM
- Wednesday, March 13 – Ypsilanti, MI (Ann Arbor area), First United Methodist Church – 7:00 PM
- Thursday, March 14 – Westlake, OH (Cleveland area), Westlake United Methodist Church – 7:00 PM
- Friday, March 15 – Chicago, IL - Collaboration with Chicago Men's A Cappella, Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago – 8:00 PM
Program[edit | edit source]
Programs were selected from the following music:
- Brothers, Sing On! (Edvard Grieg)
- Blessed Be the Lord (Thomas Tallis)
- Laudate Pueri (Felix Mendelssohn)
- Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré) - Philip Munck, cello
- Ave Maria (Franz Biebl)
- Drinking Song (Sir John in Love) (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
- In taberna quando sumus (Carmina Burana) (Carl Orff)
- Winter Song (Frederic Field Bullard)
- Selections by the Gleemen
- Kwmbayah (African tune, arr. K.J. Dinham)
- Wana Baraka (Kenyan Folk Song, arr. Shaun L. Kirchner)
- Vir-ir-gin-i-a (George Frederick Handel, arr. Donald Loach)
- Oh, Carolina (Traditional, arr. Christopher Marshall)
- A Medley of Virginia Songs
- Virginia Yell Song (Linwood Lehman '15)
- Virginia, Hail, All Hail (John A. Morrow '21, arr. Donald MacInnis/Donald Loach)
- The Good Old Song (Traditional)
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Carmina Burana poster
Tour program cover
Tour itinerary and program
About Club and roster
Conductor bio and texts
Texts
Texts and acknowledgements
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Video[edit | edit source]
Univ of Virginia Glee Club - Dona Nobis Pacem
"Dona Nobis Pacem" at First United Methodist Church in Ypsilanti, MI on their spring break tour
External links[edit | edit source]
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