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The '''The University of Notre Dame Glee Club''' is a 75-voice, all-male [[choir|choral]] ensemble at the [[University of Notre Dame]].{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Founded in [[1915 in music|1915]] in the tradition of English and American [[glee club]]s, it is the oldest Glee Club at a Catholic University in the [[United States]].{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
 
==History==
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Samuel Ward Perrott founded the Notre Dame Glee Club in 1915. Perrott had studied at Notre Dame (1912–1914, 1915–1916) as well as Harvard University (1914–1915). While at Harvard, Perrott joined the Harvard Glee Club under direction of Archibald Davison. According to the 1916 edition of Notre Dame's yearbook, the Dome, it was at Harvard that Perrott "got the idea of how a (glee) club should be run." Perrott returned to Notre Dame again as a student in the fall of 1915<ref>{{cite web|title=Dome Yearbook 1916|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/University_Notre_Dame_Dome_Yearbook/1916/Page_358.html}}</ref> and held auditions for a Glee Club. At these first auditions, one hundred young men tried out for fifty places. Thus the Notre Dame Glee Club was born.
 
The Glee Club first took the stage on December 11, 1915 in [[Washington Hall (University of Notre Dame)|Washington Hall]] on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and performed to a receptive audience. The student magazine, The Scholastic, called the performance "a triumph" and the Dome observed, "Before this time there had been grave doubts expressed about the success of the club," but with the first concert, the clouds of doubt were dispelled. Perrott began plans for a major concert tour. Although the major tour plans fell through, the Glee Club did perform its first tour concert in Indianapolis, IN on May 6, 1916.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
 
==The Glee Club today==
The Glee Club sings hundreds of concerts every year, ranging from small impromptu engagements (one song – one or two people in the audience) to large formal performances (two hours of music with 4,000+ in the audience). For formal performances, the group members wear formal evening dress ([[White tie]]). On other occasions the group performs in matching [[blazer]] and necktie, matching polo shirts, or in street clothes.{{original research inline|date=March 2013}}
 
EachThe year, the groupclub performs four majorannual campus concerts:, one in the FallAutumn, one at Christmas<ref name="Concerts">{{cite web | url=http://gleeclub.nd.edu/index_events.htm | title=Glee Club Concerts | publisher=Gleeclub.nd.edu/index_events.htm | access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref> (three consecutive performances of the same program, the proceeds of which go to the South Bend Center for the Homeless and Food Bank), one in the Spring,<ref name="Concerts"/> and one for Commencementcommencement.<ref name="Concerts"/> All major concerts{{According to whom|date=March 2013}} have been performed in the 950-seat Leighton Concert Hall in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (DPAC). Prior toBefore the construction of the DPAC, the concerts took place in Washington Hall, which can seat 550 people.
 
The group or portions of it performs a large number ofperform other concerts over the course of the year. These include ND in Revue (Saturday mornings before each ND home football game), joint concerts with other campus and outside ensembles, numerous events in and around the South Bend area, and manycertain University functions. The group has frequently partnered with visiting artists; in recent years, these have included [[Ronan Tynan]], [[Leon Fleisher]], [[Dave Brubeck]], and [[Vince Gill]], and the [[Kronos Quartet]].{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} The group also partners regularly with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra;{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} pieces they have performed together in recent years include [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)]], the [[1812 Overture]], and Alexander Nevsky. Every year the group sings at Mass in the [[Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame]] on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.{{citation Inneeded|date=March the first or second week in December the Club goes Christmas Caroling to all the women's dorms of Saint Mary's College and Notre Dame.2013}}
 
==In popular culture==
The Glee Club goes on two, week-long domestic tours every year, over the University's Fall and Spring Break weeks. They usually travel by bus, performing a full concert each night. The group also travels overseas for an international tour every two years, traveling to Europe every four years. In the summer of 2009, the Glee Club traveled to Latin America with the Notre Dame Symphony for a two-week tour. In the summer of 2011, the Glee Club traveled to Europe for a three-week tour, visiting 5 countries and 11 cities.
The Glee Club isperforms most notably recognized for their renditions of Notre Damein songs in the film [[Rudy (film)|Rudy]].,{{citation Theneeded|date=March songs are played throughout the film,2013}} especially during scenes of football games at [[Notre Dame Stadium]]. These songs include the Notre Dame Victory March and Hike, Notre Dame,.{{citation amongneeded|date=March others.2013}}▼
 
The Glee Club also performed on [[The Ed Sullivan Show]] on April 5, 1953. The songs that the group performed were [[Home! Sweet Home!]], [[When Johnny Comes Marching Home]], Hallelujah and Amen, and the Notre Dame Victory March.
The Glee Club rehearses in the Penote Room of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
 
===Current Glee Club Administration: (2012–2013)===
*President – John Kemnetz
*Vice Presidents – Michael Possin/Brian Rodgers
*Secretary – Nick "Wednesday" Taylor
*Treasurer – Brian Scully
*Business Manager – Patrick Revord
*Alumni Representative – Nick Seach
 
===Glee Club in Popular Culture===
▲The Glee Club is most notably recognized for their renditions of Notre Dame songs in the film [[Rudy]]. The songs are played throughout the film, especially during scenes of football games at [[Notre Dame Stadium]]. These songs include the Notre Dame Victory March and Hike, Notre Dame, among others.
 
==Notre Dame Glee Club Conductors==
*Samuel Ward Perrott: 1915-1917
*John Becker: 1917–1923
*J. Lewis Browne: 1923–1926
*Joseph J. Casasanta: 1926–1938
*Daniel "Dean" H. Pedtke: 1938–1973
*David Clark "Coach" Isele: 1973–1979
*Richard Belland: 1979–1981
*Carl Stam: 1981–1991
*Mark Ring: 1991–1993
*Daniel Stowe: 1993–present
 
==See also==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
*[https://archive.today/20130411164911/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/437633902.html?dids=437633902:437633902&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+23,+1957&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Notre+Dame+Glee+Club+Well-Trained+Group&pqatl=google Notre Dame Glee Club Well-Trained Group - LA Times].(paywalled).
*{{cite news
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E6IyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IewFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5360,4281877&dq=notre-dame-glee-club&hl=en
| title = Notre Dame's Glee Club Will Appear Here Sunday
| date = January 23, 1951
| work = [[Miami Daily News]]
| page = 30
| quote = The famous 40-voice glee club... Founded in 1915...has been featured in annual cross-country concert tours, motion pictures, and on television. ...averaging 7,000 miles annually and entertaining 20,000 listeners.
| access-date = 2013-03-10
}}
*{{cite web
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=POQ0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kGkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2508,3010138&dq=notre-dame-glee-club&hl=en
| title = Large audience hears Notre Dame Glee Club
| date = April 2, 1959
| work = [[Lewiston Evening Journal]]
| quote = ...the Notre Dame singers...performed...the opening group of religious selection which was climaxed by the singing of Handel's Alleluia. Its second group comprised spirituals... College songs concluded the final group...
| access-date = 2013-03-10
}}
 
==External links==
*[http://gleeclub.nd.edu Notre Dame Glee Club]
**[http://gleeclub.nd.edu/index_events.htm Glee Club Concerts, Glee Club Tours]
*[http://music.nd.edu/ensembles/notre-dame-glee-club/ Notre Dame Glee Club. Department of Music]
 
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