Phoenix Symphony Presents the Harvard Glee Club in Concert

Phoenix Symphony Presents the Harvard Glee Club in Concert

America's Oldest Collegiate Chorus Performs in Phoenix on its Landmark 150th Anniversary Tour

PHOENIX - The jubilant voices of the Harvard Glee Club perform in Phoenix June 7 at 8 p.m. The performance, under the direction of Dr. Kevin Leong, will showcase choral works both old and new, including Renaissance music, songs arranged specifically for the all-male chorus and works commissioned by the Glee Club for its 150th Anniversary. The Saturday evening concert takes place at Central United Methodist Church located in central Phoenix. Please note that The Phoenix Symphony does not perform on this concert.

The Glee Club's performance in Phoenix is part of a large-scale tour commemorating the 150th Anniversary of their founding. Other highlights of the tour include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. The concert program is selected from the Glee Club's vast repertoire, which spans centuries of choral literature and includes composers such as Palestrina, Rachmaninoff and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento.

Tickets to hear the Harvard Glee Club are just $25, and can be purchased by calling the Phoenix Symphony Box Office at 602.495.1999 or by visiting the Symphony's website at www.phoenixsymphony.org.

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About the Harvard Glee Club: America's oldest college chorus, the Harvard Glee Club was founded in 1858. Its luminous history has included numerous tours, recordings, and performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics. Many former members and assistant conductors have gone on to become leaders in American music, including Elliott Carter and Leonard Bernstein. Today's Harvard Glee Club consists of about 65 men from all over the world, studying various disciplines at Harvard. Dr. Jameson Marvin has conducted the group since 1978, leading the chorus on increasingly frequent and popular tours, as well as serving as Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University. Associate Conductor Kevin Leong has worked with the chorus for more than eleven years, and in addition to singing and conducting around the Boston area, holds a Ph.D. from Harvard in Biophysics.

About The Phoenix Symphony: Celebrating its 60th Anniversary Season, The Phoenix Symphony has been proudly serving the citizens of the Phoenix metropolitan area and Arizona since 1947. What began as an occasional group of musicians performing a handful of concerts each year (in a city of fewer than 100,000 people) today serves more than 300,000 people annually, with 275 concerts and presentations throughout the greater Phoenix area and beyond.

Under the artistic leadership of Michael Christie as the Virginia G. Piper Music Director and administrative leadership of President Maryellen H. Gleason, the orchestra is overseen by the non-profit Phoenix Symphony Association under Board Chairman Ed Wolf.

The 76-member Phoenix Symphony presents an annual season from September through the beginning of June, featuring full-length classical and pops concerts at Sym­phony Hall in downtown Phoenix, in Scottsdale, in Prescott, and throughout central Arizona. The Symphony performs for more than 50,000 students and children, helping to introduce music to new generations through a variety of education and youth-engagement programs.

Harvard Glee Club Concert
Special Event Concert

June 7- Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m.
Central United Methodist Church
1875 N. Central Ave., Phoenix

HARVARD GLEE CLUB

Dr. Kevin Leong, conductor

Founded in 1858, the Harvard Glee Club is the oldest College choir in America and is considered by many to be the premier collegiate men's chorus of the country. This year they will come to Phoenix as part of their 150th Anniversary celebrations with a huge-scale spring and summer tour of the American east and west coasts. The Harvard Glee Club sings a range of repertoire spanning the centuries from Gregorian chant to the present day with special focus on Renaissance polyphony and on Folk songs from around the world. Please note: The Phoenix Symphony does not perform at this concert.

TICKETS: $25

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