It was not included in a Yale song anthology, however, until the present edition. The choir was founded by the Yale School of Music and the Yale Glee Club to enhance and enrich Yale’s commitment to the choral arts. The Yale Glee Club is one of the world’s most traveled collegiate choruses. Since the days of Marshall Bartholomew, the Yale Glee Club has been recognized throughout the world for its new contributions to the choral repertoire. When the first undergraduate women arrived at Yale in 1969, the Glee Club’s transition from all-male to mixed-voice ensemble was not a foregone conclusion. We will share the stage with two of the oldest and most storied collegiate choirs in the nation: The Lehigh University Choir (founded in 1869 and celebrating 150 years), and The Yale Glee Club (founded in 1861, the 3rd oldest collegiate choir in the US). Today, we keep this tradition alive by sponsoring our annual Emerging Composers Competition and Fenno Heath Award, by presenting frequent premieres of … TIME AND CHANGE: THE YALE GLEE CLUB GOES CO-ED. Three-part Podcast Series. It has appeared before enthusiastic audiences in every major US city and abroad on six continents. A classic American folk song closely identified with Yale, Shenandoah in Marshall Bartholomew’s male chorus arrangement was the first song published in G. Schirmer’s Yale Glee Club Series (1927). Please join The University Glee Club as we begin our 125th Anniversary Celebration! The Yale Choral Artists, a professional project-based choir directed by YSM Professor Choral Conducting Jeffery Douma, performs frequently in New Haven. About Us. The Glee Club’s repertoire embraces a broad spectrum of choral music from the 16th century to the present, including Renaissance motets, contemporary choral works, world music, spirituals and folk songs, and traditional Yale songs. The 2020 Yale Glee Club Annual Commencement Concert, originally scheduled for Saturday May 16, 8pm in Sprague Hall has been cancelled. Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH ), Morse Recital Hall See map 470 College Street The Yale Glee Club is Yale’s principal undergraduate mixed choir and oldest musical organization, currently in its 159th season.