Glee Clubs Concert Tonight

The School of Music presents a joint concert by the UGA Glee Clubs on Tuesday, March 29 at 8 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Admission to this concert is free and the public is invited to attend.

The Womens Glee Club, under the direction of associate director of choral activities Mitos Andaya , will perform a program that marks the anniversaries of composers Tomás Luis de Victoria (1546-1611) and Franz Liszt (1811-1886). The women will perform Victoria’s “Duo Seraphim” and Liszt’s “Tantum Ergo, as well as original compositions by Andaya, “Two Love Songs in the Words of Jaques Brel,” and a work by Anders Endroth, composer of the Swedish vocal group, The Real Group, entitled, “Bumble Bee.” The Women’s Glee Club is accompanied by Hodgson School of Music graduate teaching assistant Yu-yin Wang.

The 45-member Men’s Glee Club, led by director of choral activities Daniel Bara and accompanied by graduate piano student, Soojung Jeon, will present a program of music from America and the British Isles. The American set will include compositions by Stephen Foster, Lloyd Pfautch, Ron Nelson and will close with a James Mulholland arrangement of the Victor Young hit, When I Fall in Love, popularized by Nat King Cole.

The British portion of the program will be conducted by conducting graduate student Jared Berry and will include pieces by John Rowland, Roger Quilter, Gerald Finzi, Vaughn William (“Drinking Song”) and close with a recent arrangement of the Scottish folk song, “Loch Lomond” by Jonathan Quick.

The Men’s Glee Club will close the concert with the Georgia Medley.