14 Mar 2008

Men's Glee Club Texas Tour

Corpus Christi, TX Performance

The United States Naval Academy MEN’S GLEE CLUB will present their Spring Break 2008 concert in Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 7:30 pm at the Corpus Christi Cathedral located at 505 N. Upper Broadway Street.

The 80+ member group is traveling through the Southwest during their 2008 Spring Break and will perform concerts in Albuquerque, San Antonio, Waco, and Corpus Christi.

The United States Naval Academy MEN’S GLEE CLUB is the most active of the Naval Academy’s musical organizations and has achieved national prominence as one of America’s premier men’s choral ensembles.

Appearances on network television include The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS), The Today Show (NBC), The Early Show (CBS), Christmas in Washington (NBC and TNT) and Good Morning, America (ABC).  The Men's Glee Club performs masterpieces of the choral-orchestral literature annually with the Naval Academy Women's Glee Club and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra.  In addition to the annually sold-out concerts of Handel's Messiah, which is also broadcast annually throughout this country and abroad, recent repertoire has included Orff's Carmina Burana, Requiems by Brahms, Mozart and Verdi, Haydn's Creation, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Ralph Vaughan-Williams' A Sea Symphony among many others.

In the past decade alone, the Men's Glee Club has performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad including four European Tours with performances at St. Peters in the Vatican, cathedrals in Brussels, Wells, Winchester, Salisbury, and St. Paul's in London.  Recent appearances include a performance with the Boston Pops Orchestra, concerts in San Diego's Copley Symphony Hall, New York's Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, and Washington's Kennedy Center.  Presenting evenings of fine music and entertainment, the Men's Glee Club, under the direction of Dr. Aaron Smith, represents the United States Navy and the Naval Academy with pride and distinction in the world' s great cathedrals and concert halls.

This concert is a cooperative effort of the South Texas Naval Academy Parents Club, local parents of USNA Midshipmen, and friends and alumni of the US Naval Academy.

Admission to this event is free of charge.

Additional information may be obtained by calling 361-888-7444.