Yale Glee Club

Yale Glee Club
Choir
Yale Glee Club performing in Woolsey Hall
Yale Glee Club performing in Woolsey Hall
OriginNew Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Founded1861 (163 years ago)
GenreChoral
Members80
Music directorJeffrey Douma
AffiliationYale University
Websitewww.yalegleeclub.org

The Yale Glee Club is a mixed chorus of men and women, consisting of students of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1861, it is the third oldest collegiate chorus in the United States after the Harvard Glee Club, founded in 1858, and the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, founded in 1859. The Glee Club performs several concerts each year in New Haven and goes on tour each January.[1] According to music critic Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times, it is "one of the best collegiate singing ensembles, and one of the most adventurous."[2] Its members are "world famous for their harmonic precision" per New York Times music critic Robert Sherman.[3]

  1. ^ Sherman, Robert, "From Yale's Glee Club, A Program for History," New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: January 28, 2001. pg. 14WC.13
  2. ^ Woolfe, Zachary (2011-04-13). "Turning 150, but Youthful as Ever". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. ^ Sherman, Robert, "MUSIC; Moving From Mozart to American Ragtime," New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: March 31, 1991. pg. A.18