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The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club Presents:

Saturday, April 7th, 2018, 8PMHill Auditorium

$20 General Admissions$5 Student Tickets

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Warm Greetings to All--

The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club is honored to offer our 160th Annual Fall Concert for you this evening, titled, “You Are Enough”.

Tonight’s concert features music spanning over 200 years with songs representing numerous cultures and singing traditions. Most notably, a portion of our program this evening was inspired by multiple conversations with members of the Glee Club over the course of last year focused on the topic of mental health. I was so moved by the vulnerability of these Clubbers and their desire to create a caring culture in the Glee Club to support each person’s mental health journey. I felt we had an opportunity to use our artistic platform as a way to elevate conversations regarding mental health for the sake of the Glee Club, the University and the broader community.

The Glee Club members embraced this focal point wholeheartedly, and we commissioned three brand new pieces to speak to this topic head on. Aron Accurso, a composer, conductor and Broadway music director from New York City, partnered with us to bring this new music to life. The simple, yet profound statement, “You are enough, you are so enough, it’s unbelievable how enough you are” became the core message behind the commissioning project. Beyond music, we’ve formed strategic partnerships with mental health organizations this fall, including The Chalkboard Project, Wolverine Support Network, CAPS, Garrett’s Space, and the MyVoice study on Mental Health to name a few. All of this with the aim to serve our community through song and end the stigma associated with mental health.

As you walked into HIll Auditorium this evening, you saw pictures brought to us by our friends at The Chalkboard Project, of our Clubbers holding chalkboards containing words representing the negative labels they have believed to be true about themselves at points within each of their lives. As you leave tonight, we invite you to take part in helping to transform these negative labels by writing positive and true words for each Clubber. Words matter when it comes to our mental health and we thank you for helping us be mindful to change the way we speak to one another.

Additionally, following our concert, we will be hosting a “concert talk-back” featuring a panel of people deeply invested in advancing conversations and critical care for all people in their mental health journey. This panel will include the composer of the “You Are Enough” Mental Health Suite, Aron Accurso, along with other significant influencers and scholars from across the University community. This “talk-back” will be held right here inside the auditorium immediately following the concert.

Whether this is your first concert with the Men’s Glee Club, or you’ve lost count of how many you’ve attended over the years, we are truly grateful for your presence with us this evening. Our hope is that you will leave here encouraged and strengthened for life’s journey through the message of our music and our passion for singing.

In Tradition, Camaraderie and Musical Excellence,

Mark Stover

Note From the CoNduCtor

You Are enough160th AnnuAl FAll ConCert

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Reprinted from programs inLondon’s Royal Festival Hall:

“During a recent test in the hall, a note played mezzo forte on the horn measured approximately 65 decibels of sound. A single

‘uncovered’ cough gave the same reading. A handkerchief placed over the mouth when coughing assists in obtaining a pianissimo.”

Please refrain from coughing until each piece is finished and be sure personal electronics are in silent mode or

switched off during the concert.

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2019-20 Glee Club maNaGemeNt

The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

[email protected]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob EmeryVice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owen NakataniParliamentarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parker SchaubAlumni Relations Manager Emeritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur MengozziAlumni Relations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Britton MichmerhuizenBusiness Manager Emeritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zion JacksonBusiness Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew LichtingerOperations Manager Emeritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh PartridgeOperations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael KlettnerAssistant Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David YangPublicity Manager Emeritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack RileyPublicity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer OrlandoFaculty Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel WashingtonMusic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Stover

STAFFBrothers in Song Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parker SchaubArchivist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Lusk Campus Publicity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jess SchmidtLibrarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex ForrestMajor Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George GotfredsonMerchandise Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Ley, T-Bone Rehwoldt“New Guy” Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donovan Jewell, Joe IsaacNew Technology Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tommy WongPrograms Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael NganSmall Group Sing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick LovelaceSocial Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan LynchSocial Team Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owen NakataniStage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alex ForrestTicket Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max RotenbergWomen’s Glee Club Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan MontgomeryCommunity Outreach Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan LippertRecreational Sports Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben DeVries


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Founded in 1859, The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club is one of the oldest collegiate choruses in the United States and has been long acclaimed as one of the finest male choruses in the world. The Glee Club is known for its wide repertoire of music that incorporates selections from different musical styles and periods including Renaissance motets, Romantic anthems, opera choruses, folksongs, spirituals, contemporary works, and, of course, Michigan songs. Since 2011, the club has premiered over twenty new arrangements and compositions.

In 1959, Michigan Men’s Glee Club was the first American male chorus to win the International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, (and has since won three more first prizes at the same competition). In 1967, the Glee Club circled the globe in celebration of the University’s sesquicentennial year. Recent international tours have included Southeast Asia (1989), Eastern and Central Europe (1992), South America (1996), Australia (2000), the British Isles (2004), Spain (2008), Cuba (2011), China (2012), and South Africa (2016). The Club has made appearances at Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Halls at Lincoln Center in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and the pre-game festivities for the 1984 World Series. Other notable appearances include the 1986 and the 2004 IMC National Seminar at Harvard University, the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Conventions in 1992, 2000, 2010, and the ACDA National Convention in San Diego in 1997. The Club was also honored to be featured on Mannheim Steamroller’s double platinum CD Christmas Extraordinaire in 2001. Recently, they gave two performances at the esteemed National American Choral Directors Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah (2015) and appeared at the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National Seminar at the University of Illinois (2016).

In 2016, the Michigan Men’s Glee Club recorded and premiered its documentary film, “Love, Life & Loss.” This film documents the Club’s performance of “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” a multi-movement work by Joel Thompson commemorating the lives of African American men lost due to brutality. The film won five Michigan Emmy awards, was featured in a broadcast on Detroit Public Television, and has been submitted to film festivals worldwide for screenings. In June 2017, the documentary received seven Michigan Emmy Awards for directing, performance and compositions.

The scope of the Men’s Glee Club reaches far beyond rehearsals and performances; the Club is a vibrant social organization with a national outreach program to diverse communities called “Brothers in Song.” Through this program, the Glee Club partners with organizations such as Detroit School of Arts, Chicago Children’s Choir, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and others. In addition, the group frequently collaborates with Glee Clubs around the nation such as Michigan State, Cornell, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Miami of Ohio, Harvard, and Yale Glee Clubs. The graduate and undergraduate members of the Glee Club represent many diverse fields of study in the majority of the University’s 19 schools and colleges, and its student officers are responsible for the management of all non-musical Glee Club operations. The Friars, an a cappella subset of the Glee Club, serve as an extension of Club as they maintain an ambitious performing schedule.

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You Are enough

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Laudes atque Carmina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Stanley (1851-1932)

There Is A Meeting Here Tonight . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Gibson (1931-1996)arr. Cantus

Zion Jackson, soloist

Arrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jocelyn Hagen (b.1980)

Widerspruch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franz Schubert (1797-1828)David Hahn, conductor

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Thou didst delight my eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

The Pasture from “Frostiana” . . . . . . . . Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Wedding Qawwali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.R. Rahman (b.1967)arr. Ethan Sperry (b.1971)

Clayton Izuka, guitarist; Parker Schaub, percussion

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Combined Men of Lincoln and Men’s Glee Club

Mouth Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dolores Keane (b.1953)& John Faulkner (1901-1963)

Parker Schaub, percussion

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Men of Lincoln

This Old Hammer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. Neil Ginsberg (b.1969)

Combined Men of Lincoln and Men’s Glee Club

Music in the Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Ryan Murphy (b.1971)

Parker Schaub, percussion

~ INTERMISSION ~

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SELECTIONS BY THE FRIARS

V**The audience is invited to hold applause until the conclusion of the set.**

Standing Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melanie DeMore

I will be your standing stone, I will stand by you.

Please Stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jake Runestad (b.1986)Joseph Isaac, soloist

You Are Enough - A Mental Health Suite* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aron Accurso(b.1979)

Inside the StormA Thought StormYou Are Enough

True Colors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. James DeignanMichael Deep, Zion Jackson, soloists

*works commissioned for the Glee Club

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I Have Had Singing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ron Jeffers

The University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry H. Bilik & Hazen J. Schumacher

The Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Fred Lawton & Earl V. Moore

Varsity and the Victors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Fred Lawton,Earl V. Moore, & Louis Elbel

The Yellow and Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.M. Gayley & M.W. Balfe


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There Is A Meeting Here Tonight(text by Bob Gibson, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough)

Laudes atque Carmina(text by Charles M. Gayley)

text aNd traNslatioNs

Arrow(poem by Ruth Whitman)

The aiming:

you aim at the center of the eyeyou gather all landscape around that single point: if a bird-ribbon flies across the edge if a cloud teases the sunyou gather all to the one point

there is only one

The letting go:

you are let goyou are no longer graspedempty air surrounds you

you no longer lean against the bowyour hock is freeyou are freeyou are in dangerremember the center

all of you remembers the center

The flight:

you are moving along an invisible track(you make it yourself )straight as your spine is straight

There is a meeting here tonight!

Well there’s a meeting here tonight,There’s a meeting here tonight,I can tell by your friendly face

there’s a meeting here tonight.

Well I went down in the valley one day,Met old Satan on my way.

What do you reckon old Satan did say?He said, “Turn back, young man

You’re too young to pray.”

Satan got mad and I am glad,Lost a soul he thought he had.

Satan is a liar and a conjure too,You better watch out brother

he’ll conjure you.

Well there’s a meeting here tonight,There’s a meeting here tonight,I can tell by your friendly face

there’s a meeting here tonight.

Laudes atque carmina, Nec hodie nec cras,

Sed omnia per tempora, Dum locum habeas,

Tibi sint dulcissima, O Universitas;At hostes Pol, perniciter

Eant eis korakas.O Gloria, Victoria, O decus omnium,

O salve Universitas Michiganensium,Michiganensium.

May songs and praises to you, O University, be sweetest,

not just today nor tomorrow,but for all time, so long as you have the place.

But may our foes, indeed,go swiftly to the crows!

O glory, victory, and virtue of everything;prosper, O University of Michigan.

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Widerspruch(text by Johann Seidl)

(tr. Ron Jeffers; ed. David Hahn)

Wenn ich durch Busch und ZweigBrech’ auf beschränktem Steig,

Wird mir so weit, so frei,Will mir das Herz entzwei.

Rings dann im WaldeshausRücken die Wänd’ hinaus,

Wölbt sich das LaubgemachHoch mir zum Schwindeldach,

Webt sich der Blätter schierJedes zur Schwinge mir,

Daß sich mein Herz, so weit,Sehnt nach Unendlichkeit!

Doch wann [in weitem]1 RaumHoch am Gebirgessaum,

Über dem Tal ich steh’,Nieder zum Tale seh’,

Ach! wie beschränkt, wie eng,Wird mir’s im Luftgedräng;

Rings auf mein Haupt, so schwer,Nicken die Wolken her,Nieder zu stürzen drohtRings mir das Abendrot,Und in ein Kämmerlein

Sehnt sich mein Herz hinein!

When I break through bush and branchon a narrow trail,

I become so boundless, so free,my heart wants to break in two,

Then all around me the wallsof the forest house push outward,

The leafy chamber arches high abovea roof of dizzying height.

Every leaf weaves itself into wings for me,

So that my boundless heartlongs for infinity.

But when I stand in the vast expanseat the rim of the mountain range,

High above the valley,when I look down to the valley

Ah, how restricted, how confinedand crowded the air becomes!

The clouds around my head nodso heavily toward me,

The sunset threatens tocrash down around me,

And my heart longs to withdrawinto a little chamber.

Thou didst delight my eyes(poem by Robert Bridges)

The Pasture(text from You Come Too by Robert Frost)

Thou didst delight my eyes:Yet who am I? nor first

Nor last nor best, that durstOnce dream of thee for prize;

Nor this the only timeThou shalt set love to rhyme.

Thou didst delight my ear:Ah! little praise; thy voice

Makes other hearts rejoiceMakes all ears glad that hear;

And short my joy: but yet,O song, do not forget.

For what wert thou to me?How shall I say? The moon,

That pour’d her midnight noonUpon his wrecking sea;—

A sail, that for a dayHas cheer’d the castaway.

I’m going out to clean the pasture spring;I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.

I’m going out to fetch the little calfThat’s standing by the mother. It’s so young,It totters when she licks it with her tongue.

I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.


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Mubaraqa

Sohna mera sohna, maahi sohna

Mera rang de lalaariyaRang de dupatta mera, rang de lalaariya

Mere hathon me lagade rang mehendi lalaariya

Mil gaya, mujhe mil gayaRahmaton ka rang khil gaya

Sab gale mile shagun manye eSajna ke geet sunaye e

Paraji Pera Liya

Congratulations

My darling is like gold

Color me redColor my veil in red

Apply red henna to my palms

I have foundAll my prayers are blooming in color

Let’s all embrace and follow the ritualsLet’s sing songs for my beloved

With our scarves flowing under our legs

Wedding Qawwali(text by A. R. Rahman)

Mouth MusicCombined Men of Lincoln and Men’s Glee Club

(transcribed by Joseph Byrd)

This Old HammerMen of Lincoln

(Folk song, arr. Neil Ginsberg)

Ho ro harra dala ho ro harra dalaHo Ro harra dala hind ye Handan

Dance to your shadow when it’s good to be livin’ lad,

Dance to your shadowwhen there’s nothing better near ye

Hin hin harra dala hin hin harra dala Hin hin harra dala hin harra dala ro

There are tunes in the river otterPools in the river water,

Pools in the river and the river calls him

This old hammer killed John Henry. This old hammer killed John Henry This old hammer killed John Henry

But it won’t kill me. No, it won’t kill me.

This old hammer built the railroad. This old hammer built the railroad. This old hammer built the railroad,

But it wrecked my soul. Yes it wrecked my soul.

This old hammer sounds like thunder, But it cries, cries like rain.

This old hammer sings the story Proud and strong, proud and strong.

This old hammer shines like silver.This old hammer shines like silver. This old hammer shines like silver,

But it rings like gold.Yes, it rings like gold

Music in the AirCombined Men of Lincoln and Men’s Glee Club

(African American spiritual text)

Over my head I hear music in the air,Over my head I hear music in the air,Over my head I hear music in the air,

There must be a God somewhere.

And when I’m alone, I hear music in the air,And when I’m afraid, I hear music in the air,And when it’s dark, I hear music in the air,

And when I’m weary, I hear music in the air.

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Please Stay(arr. Jake Runestad, adopted from tweets using #IKeptLiving)

No! Don’t go!

Don’t let your worst day be your last.The storm is strong, but it will pass.

You think you can’t go on another day,but please stay.

Just stay.

Hope is real. Help is real.You are breath, you are life,

you are beauty, you are light.

Your story is not over.You are not a burden to anyone.

Please stay. Just stay.

If thoughts come like rain,and wind knocks you down,You feel lost at sea, all alone;

Too tired to swim, afraid you might drown,You don’t have to fight on your own.

I’ll ride the current beside you.I’ve been there before

An ocean of fear that goes on and on,But trust me there is shore.

When thoughts flood your mind,the tide pulls you in,

And waves break,but you can’t break through

I’ll stay with you inside the storm, I’ll stay with you.

We don’t have to smile and say there’s sunWe don’t have to lie and say it’s warm

We’ll find our way throughfog and freezing rain;

We’ll make it through the storm.

If you’re overwhelmed by water and windAnd hope is a world out of view,

I’ll stay with you inside the storm, I’ll stay with you.

You are—“I’m not____enough.” [Three singers exclaim fears of not being enough]

You are—“I’m a ____.” (noun)[Three more singers exclaim their word from the chalkboard project, a word that has hurt them in the past]

You are—you are strong. “I’m weak”, “I’m ____” (adjective)

You are brave.“I’m ____” (adjective)

You are—[Five more singers exclaim their words]

You are—I’m not good enough.

You are worthy.I’m the only one.I’m alone.

You are not alone.I never will.

You will—[All singers sing, at the same time, the word, or thought, that has hurt them]

Let it go. Breathe, just breathe.

[All singers inhale, and exhale]

You are brave. You are worthy.You are strong. You are loved.You’re ok.

Inside the Storm(text by Aron Accurso)

You Are EnoughA Mental Health Suite

A Thought Storm(text by Aron Accurso)


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You’ve carried wordsthat aren’t true so long:

The labels they put on you.You’ve gotten lost in these

storms of thoughts, And forgotten the way to break through.

Erase them one by one,you’re not who they decide.

You are enough. You’re so enough.It’s unbelievable how enough you are.

You’ve let them write who you are, so far,They’re wrong, you are up to you.

You’ve gone adrift in a sea of doubtAnd forgotten the love that you knew.

Write your life in bold, there’s no reason to hide.

You are enough. You’re so enough.It’s unbelievable how enough you are.

Let the light come in and find a home in you.Let the light multiply with everything you do.

You are enough. You’re so enough.It’s unbelievable how enough you are,

You are. You are!

You are enough!

You Are Enough(text by Rachel Griffin Accurso)

(“You are enough, you are so enough, it’s unbelievable how enough you are.” -Sierra Boggess, Susan Batson)

True Colors(text by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly; ed. James Deignan)

You with the sad eyesDon’t be discouraged don’t you realize

It’s hard to take courageIn a world full of people

You can lose sight of it alland the darkness inside youCan make you feel so small

I see your true colors shining throughI see your true colors

and that’s why I love you

So don’t be afraid to let it showTrue colors are beautiful like a rainbow

Just smile, please smileDon’t be unhappy

Can’t remember when Ilast saw you laughing

If this world makes you crazyAnd you’ve taken all you can bear

Just call me up‘cause you know I’ll be there

I Have Had Singing(text by Fred Mitchell)

Singing, singing, oh the singing!There was so much singing then!

We all sang, and this was my pleasure too.

The boys in the fields,the chapels were full of singing,

always full of singing.

Here I lie, here I lie,I have had pleasure enough,

I have had singing.

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Fall 2019 meN’s Glee Club members

Robert BakalUndecidedFreshmanUpper Saddle River, NJ

Stuart BarberEconomicsSeniorGrand Rapids, MI

Aaron BerryPhilosophySeniorDearborn, MI

Jacob DaviesArchitectureSeniorByron Center, MI

Sawyer DentonMusic CompositionGraduate StudentWinnetka, IL

Sam DickmanBiology/GeologyFreshmanMiddleville, MI

Zachary EnglishPhilosophyJuniorNew Boston, MI

Alex Forrest*LinguisticsSophomoreMuskegon, MI

Derek GlaserMCDBSophomoreMilford, MI

Thomas GriffithCreative Writing and LiteratureFreshmanMadison, WI

Spencer HarrisCognitive ScienceJuniorBrighton, MI

Zion JacksonVoice PerformanceSeniorDewitt, MI

Nick KolendaMENASGraduate StudentGrand Haven, MI

Patrick LovelacePolitical Science/ SpanishSophomoreOakton, VA

Britton MichmerhuizenChemistrySophomoreHudsonville, MI

Graham SellNaval Architecture and Marine EngineeringGraduate StudentAkron, OH

Johnny SerraChoral Music EducationFreshmanClinton Township, MI

Major StevensAstrophysics/ Political ScienceSophomorePaw Paw, MI

Brenton SvachaBiomedical EngineeringFreshmanWaterford, MI

Jeremy VandenHoutBusinessFreshmanCaledonia, MI

Abhay VoraBiomedical EngineeringSeniorNovi, MI

Daniel WaldenClassical StudiesDoctoral StudentEdina, MN

Matt WhiteheadData ScienceGraduate StudentCanton, MI

Jack BarshawEnvironmental ScienceSophomoreSouth Lyon, MI

Christian BashiChoral Music EducationJuniorWalled Lake, MI

Rajiv BharadwajComputer EngineeringSophomoreGujarat, India

Fengjin CuiComputer ScienceSophomoreGladwin, MI

Brian DomanskiComputer Science EngineeringSeniorGrand Rapids, MI

Jonah EisenbergChemistryJuniorBethesda, MD

George E. GotffredsonOrgan Performance and Sacred MusicSophomoreGrosse Pointe, MI

Scott HenryInformationGraduate StudentWindsor, ON, Canada

Trenten IngellPhilosophy, Politics and EconomicsSophomoreGrant, MI

Clayton IzukaPATFreshmanSaipan, CNMI

Michael KlettnerComputer ScienceSeniorTraverse City, MI

Tommy LammersEconomics/ SpanishSeniorEast Lansing, MI

Jordan LippertEconomics/ SpanishSophomoreGrand Rapids, MI

Jacob LuskEnglishSophomoreLake Orion, MI

Mark Emmanuel LynchGermanSeniorEscanaba, MI

Isaac MoothartComputer ScienceSophomoreWilliamsburg, MI

Josh NicholsNeuroscience/ International StudiesSeniorBelleville, MI

Nic RagonBusinessSophomoreRockford, MI

T-Bone RehwoldtPolitical ScienceSophomoreRockford, MI

Jack Riley*Civil EngineeringJuniorGlenview, IL

Sam SmithSound EngineeringSophomoreTraverse City, MI

Alex SobeckBiochemistrySophomoreRoyal Oak, MI

Josh StotzkiPhilosophy, Politics and EconomicsJuniorMiami, FL

Jeff WalkerSport ManagementAlumniBrighton, MI

Jake White*Voice (Multidisciplinary)SophomoreSaline, MI

Tommy WongNuclear Engineering SeniorHong Kong

Kevin Yan*Computer Science EngineeringSophomoreNorthville, MI

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Matt BonassoCognitive ScienceJuniorFarmington Hills, MI

Nick CookLinguistics/ Computer ScienceFreshmanBridgewater, NJ

Michael DeepVocal Performance/ BHSSeniorEast Hanover, NJ

Ben DoubekComputer ScienceSophomoreMaplewood, NJ

Sam GrohHistorySeniorAnn Arbor, MI

David HahnDMA Choral ConductingDoctoral StudentAkron, OH

Joseph Isaac*Chemical EngineeringSeniorOxford, MI

Donovan JewellAerospace EngineeringSophomoreRockford, MI

William LeeVocal PerformanceFreshmanTroy, MI

Adam LeyBiomedical EngineeringSeniorGlenview, IL

Arthur MengozziInternational Studies/ RussianSeniorAnn Arbor, MI

Ryan MontgomeryBusinessSeniorGrand Haven, MI

Thomas NewmanBCNFreshmanMuskegon, MI

Spencer OrlandoInternational Studies/ GermanYpsilanti, MI

Socrates PapageorgiouSound EngineeringSeniorAnn Arbor, MI

Josh PartridgeBusinessGraduate StudentBrighton, MI

Niraj PatelRoboticsGraduate StudentAnn Arbor, MI

Ajilan PotterLinguisticsSeniorGrand Rapids, MI

Parker SchaubComputer ScienceSeniorBreckenridge, MI

Jess SchmidtComputer Science SophomoreKalamazoo, MI

TJ StriblenActurial Mathematics FreshmanGlenview, IL

Brandon TinkerVocal PerformanceFreshmanMesick, MI

Christian TurnerBCN/ SpanishJuniorTraverse City, MI

Stephen VergaraComputer ScienceSeniorChicago, IL

Alex WalkonMCDBSophomoreBloomfield Hills, MI

Charlie WhiteheadComputer ScienceFreshmanAlpharetta, GA

David YangEconomicsJuniorPlano, TX

Jack AlcantaraBiologySeniorWilmette, IL

Nicholas AntonyUndecidedFreshmanGuilford, CT

Eric BanittJazz StudiesSophomoreMarquette, MI

Noah CaplanCommunicationsSeniorRye, NY

Joshua ChoNeuroscienceSophomorePotomac, MD

Jackson DannerEnvironmental EngineeringSophomoreRockford, MI

Benjamin DeVries*Industrial and Operations EngineeringJuniorTraverse City, MI

Jacob EmeryPolitical ScienceSeniorMiddleville, MI

Dominic GainesEconomicsFreshmanCincinnati, OH

Daniel HannapelBiologyFreshmanMiddleville, MI

Beau HensonViolin PerformanceFreshmanAmes, IA

Max KarnikAerospace EngineeringFreshmanAtlanta, GA

Foster LawsonEcology and Evolutionary BiologyJuniorann Arbor, MI

Matthew Lichtinger*Electrical EngineeringSophomoreFindlay, OH

Jonathan LinComputer ScienceSophomoreScarsdale, NY

Ryan Lynch*FTVM/ CommunicationsSeniorRochester, MI

John MarinanAerospace EngineeringFreshmanMidland, MI

Doug McClureUndecidedFreshmanSouth Lyon, MI

Owen Nakatani*Chemical EngineeringSeniorLansdale, PA

Michael NganArchitectureSophomoreHong Kong

John ReichaMCDBJuniorTraverse City, MI

Max RotenbergMaterial Science and EngineeringSeniorFarmington Hills, MI

Phillip SchultzSpanishSeniorPlymouth, MI

Carson Van SkiverMechanical EngineeringJuniorGrand Rapids, MI

Evan WeissburgComputer ScienceFreshmanLexington, MA

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*Member of the Friars

B A S SSection Sponsored by Mark Somerville

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musiCal direCtioN

Mark Stover, Music Director Regarded as a leading conductor and pedagogue in the US and abroad, Professor Mark Stover shares his passion for people and building community through pursuing the highest levels of artistry. He is in his second year serving as associate director of choirs at the University of Michigan where he conducts the Men’s Glee Club and the University Choir, teaches undergraduate conducting, and serves as the conductor of the Michigan Youth Chamber Singers.Professor Stover came to Ann Arbor from Northfield, Minnesota, the home of Saint Olaf College, where he served on the music faculty as conductor of the St. Olaf Chapel Choir (SATB) and Viking Chorus (TTBB) while teaching conducting and a new course he designed titled, Music and Social Justice. Both of his choirs regularly appeared in the annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival, a tradition held for over a century and regarded around the world as one of the great music festivals of the season. While teaching at St. Olaf, Prof. Stover led the Chapel Choir, Viking Chorus, and the Festival Mass Choir of over 400 voices in the St. Olaf Christmas Festival presented at Orchestra Hall in

Minneapolis at the 2017 National Convention of the American Choral Conductors Association (ACDA). Additionally, Stover served for multiple seasons as the artistic director of Magnum Chorum, a professional calibre choral ensemble of over 60 voices based in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Magnum Chorum was also a featured ensemble in the 2017 ACDA National Conference in the Raymond C. Brock Commission performance under the baton of Robert Spano. Notable performances and collaborations under Stover’s leadership with Magnum Choruminclude the commissioning and world premiere of Paul Rudoi’s concert length musical drama, Sermonon the Mount; a collage concert creation with composer Jake Runestad addressing gun violence in theUnited States; and major works by Rheinberger and Gjeilo. Additionally Prof. Stover conducted the annual oratorio concert with the St. Olaf Orchestra and Chapel Choir, performing Francis Poulenc’s Gloria,Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living, Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna and a new work by Charles Forsberg,titled, Cantica in Laude Sacri. In spring 2018, Prof. Stover’s Chapel Choir collaborated with the St. Olaf Choir and Orchestra to bring an original Buddhist oratorio to Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis for the world premiere of The Path by composer Justin Merritt. Among his most meaningful musical partnerships is the creation of a residency between the singers of Magnum Chorum and Voices of Hope, a choir made up of women incarcerated at the Shakopee Women’s Prison (MN), directed by Amanda Weber. This work of singing in prisons has now extended to the Glee Club as we have now shared in two special performances for men incarcerated at the Federal Prison in Milan, Michaign. Prof. Stover has been featured as a conductor and pedagogue throughout the United States and abroad and has led ensembles in Ukraine and France. In 2014, Stover guest conducted the famed St. Olaf Choir and led the ensemble in performances through the Midwest. In 2019, Stover was named Artistic Director of the Together In Hope Project, a professional touring choral ensemble from the Twin Cities who recently traveled to perform several concerts in Rome and throughout the state of Minnesota. Additional international engagements had him leading the 2019 Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools in Singapore and coming up in May of 2020, he will lead the Glee Club on a three week international tour through Argentina, Chile and Peru. Prof. Stover holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Luther Seminary where he studied conducting and choral repertoire under the mentorship of Dr. Anton Armstrong and Dr. Paul Westermeyer.


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David Hahn, Assistant Conductor

David Hahn is a conductor, baritone, and educator currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In the fall of 2019, Mr. Hahn was appointed Artistic Director of the Novi Choralaires and Assistant Conductor of the internationally acclaimed University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club. From 2016-2019, Mr. Hahn resided in Buffalo, NY where he was Artistic Director and Conductor of the Orchard Park Chorale and Director of Choral Music at Nichols School where he directed the Concert Choir, Honors Vocal Ensemble, and taught courses in voice, electronic music composition, and music appreciation. While at Nichols, Mr. Hahn grew the choral program over 85%, created and directed the Nichols Choral Festival, led his students in a performance at the BPO, and increased the fundamental musical literacy of his students by completely redesigning the Freshman Survey of Music course and championing innovative courses such as Vocal Technique, Electronic Music Composition,

and Musical Archetypes in Contemporary Art, Film, Music, and Culture. Mr. Hahn also curated guest artist residencies where several notable choral leaders were invited to campus to do workshops with choral students. As a lyric baritone, Mr. Hahn has enjoyed professional memberships in several choral organizations, most notably as Bass Section Leader in the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, the Chicago Choral Artists, VOICES, First Inversion, and the Eastman-Rochester Chorus. He has also performed with Buffalo Opera Unlimited, most recently in 2018 as Lieutenant Gordon in their historic performance of Silent Night. Past solos include Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem and Argento’s Four Seascapes with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Stravinsky’s Mass with the Eastman Repertory Singers, and the Faure Requiem and Handel’s Messiah with the Moody Oratorio Chorus. At the Eastman School of Music, Mr. Hahn conducted both choral and orchestral ensembles including the Eastman Chorale, Eastman Repertory Singers, Eastman/UR Women’s Chorus, Graduate Conducting Orchestra, and two concerts in the Bach Cantata Concert Series. He also held appointments as Ensemble Manager of the Eastman-Rochester Chorus and President of the ACDA Eastman Chapter. In the spring of 2018, Mr. Hahn received the third place Ernst Bacon Award in the college/university division of The American Prize for his live recording of John Corigliano’s Fern Hill with the Eastman Repertory Singers. Mr. Hahn holds the BM degree in voice and sacred music from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and the MM degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music where he was a recipient of the Edith H Babcock and Herman Genhart Choral Conducting Scholarships. Mr. Hahn has furthered his conducting training at the CCM Opera Bootcamp, Wintergreen Conductor’s Summit, and Chorus America Conducting Academy. His mentors include Eugene Rogers, William Weinert, Mark Gibson, Brad Lubman, Tim Stafford, and Jim Mitchell. He has also studied voice with Robert Swensen at ESM, Terry Strandt at MBI, and Kyle Ferrill at Interlochen. To learn more, please visit www.davidehahn.com

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The FriarsThe University of Michigan Friars have been entertaining audiences with their unique brand of showmanship for over fifty years. A popular act on the U-M campus, the Friars have performed at the White House, before Michigan Stadium football crowds, and in concerts throughout the nation and the world. They have toured the Hawaiian Islands several times, Jamaica and other sunny locations, and have been featured as the main entertainment at many local and national events.

Joshua Marzan, Collaborative Pianist Joshua Marzan is a freelance pianist in the Southeast Michigan area. He currently works for the University of Michigan as a staff pianist, playing with instrumentalists and coaching singers. He plays for various auditions, competitions, and concerts, including recitals with DSO members. Before coming to Michigan, Joshua received a BM in Piano Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University and a MM and GD in Collaborative Piano from the New England Conservatory. He recently graduated with a DMA in Collaborative Piano from the University of Michigan under Martin Katz.


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Toni Micik, Director - Men of Lincoln

Men of Lincoln MembersLincoln High School, Ypsilanti

Toni Micik is in her 20th year of teaching music in the Lincoln Consolidate School System. This is her 7th year as te high school Choral Director at Lincoln High School, Ypsilanti.

TENOR I

DaShawn BradberryJarrett JohnPaul Fondaw

Kaden HamiltonMarkus Hubbard

Kaden KlineSeokHyeon LeeNathan SpencerAndrew Turner

Kyandre VaughnJoseph Wilson

Andre Youngblood

TENOR II

Bradley MerrittShain Paskan

Declan WestphalOwen Westphal

BARITONE

Sincere Ashendel-KelsawDeAndre BackeyJonathan CastroMyles Edwards

Dominic FryTrevor KerkesRyley MendezLucas Snook

Jack TaborMason Vazquez

Mark WhiteNathan Young

BASS

Malcolm BranhamEvan Brooks

Alexander KeathleyMatthew Kennedy

Zachary LillyWyatt McAllister

Michael Wisniewski IJoseph Zywicki

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meNtal health resourCes

The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club is committed to advancing the mental health and wellbeing of everyone. Below are some resources on campus:

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS):(734) 764-8312 https://caps.umich.edu/or through its counselors physically located in schools on both North and Central Campus.

University Health Service (UHS):(734) 764- 8320https://www.uhs.umich.edu/mentalhealthsvcshttps://www.uhs.umich.edu/aodresources (for alcohol and drug uses)

A more comprehensive list can be found on Wolverine Support Network:https://www.umichwsn.org/resources

Other resources at a larger scope are also available:

The Chalkboard Project™, is a movement which aims to build a vulnerable but positive community by changing the way we view hurtful words and misconceptions:

https://www.thechalkboardproject.com/

Garrett’s Space is a non-profit collaborating with the U-M Depression Center, which works to reduce suicides in young adults by providing programming and a holistically focused program that promotes wellness, healing, self-worth and resilience:

https://www.garrettsspace.org/


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Quotes From the myvoiCe study oN meNtal health

“I think taking care of your body starts with taking care of your brain.”

“...it’s ok to feel de-pressed sometimes and to talk to some-one... ...My dad said one time that there was ‘no such thing as depression’ and that’s why I never talk to my parents about my mental health. People, teens, kids won’t open up if they don’t feel like they’re in a safe envi-ronment. We need to make that for them.”

“People who think it will pass might not seek care. People who are told it is a phase and to get over it might not seek care. And men are more unlikely to seek help because society tells them to man up.”

“[Adults] need to realize what problems the youth are fac-ing and actually listen with sympathy, rather that compar-ing youth experiences today with their own. It comes from a place of sympathy and wanting to understand... You don’t have to fully empathize and connect with youth experiences. You just have to say I’m listening, I want to help, and I am going to try and understand anyway I can. Adults need to elevate youth voices.”

“[It would help] to ... treat de-pression and anxiety and every mental illness like a normal thing that can happen to anyone. To not shame or glamourize mental illness.”

[I’d want to talk to] someone other than my friends or family, since I would feel like a burden.

“People don’t understand/believe how se-rious the issues can be, or they don’t think anyone will help them, or they are scared to ask for help and think they should just figure it out on their own.”

(16yo, male,non-Hispanic black)

(17yo, female, non-Hispanic white)

(18yo, male, Hispanic)

(17yo, female, non-Hispanic black)

(20yo, male, non-Hispanic white)

(25yo, female, non-Hispanic white)

(20yo, female,non-Hispanic other)

A Round of Snaps for Our Sponsors


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Members of the UMMGC Sponsorship Circle(Lifetime $10,000+ Donors)

The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club is one of the premier vocal music ensembles in the country! Founded in 1859, the MGC is the longest-running student organization on the University of Michigan’s

campus and is honored to hold this title.

The Club’s dedication to musical excellence is unparalleled at the college level, and it works hard every day to build, grow, and develop its members and to focus on musical excellence, community engagement, leadership development, and accessibility. Thus, the costs of our initatives continue to

escalate and this provides for you an opportunity to help.

Won’t you please consider one of the sponsorship gift options offered by the Club?

When you commit, you will enter the Sponsor Circle, a valued group of key contributors. As MGC strives to enhance its reputation for excellence, your support makes all the difference!

A Round of Snaps for Our Sponsors

Anthony and Christine AlcantaraTerry Bangs

William and Rosella Bauman FamilyRichard and Carol Bowman

Craig Brennan and Erick IrigoyenIrene Bronner

Carol and Paul ByrdRobert and Maria Chapel

Patricia CookeMichael and Deanna Ferrante

Judith and David HaasDavid Hagen

David and Virginia HagenT. Stephen Hauser

John HeinMerle Jaffe and Gregory Weidler

Bruce JohnsonSchuyler Lance

James and Karen LancendorferJeremiah Madden

Thomas and Catherine Marion

Paul Marquardt and Andrea TokheimBrian and Patricia McCabe

Linda MerwinThomas and Patricia Morrow

Christopher Nordhoff and Emilio MunozNancy Pfund

Steve and ‘Cille RamseyMarilyn and John Rintamaki

Benjamin RizzoDonald and Mary Sanderson

Nancy SergeantJari and Carl Smith

Willard E. Smucker FoundationMark Somerville and Jennifer Jameson

Paul and Amy SponsellerDavid Tucker

Susan and Reid WagstaffStephanie and James Walter

Claire and Allen WilcoxBarbara Wybrecht

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A hearty round of snaps for all of the generous donors who provided financial support in the fiscal year of 2019/20! Without your gifts both large and small, none of what we do would be possible. Thank You!

thaNk you For your support

PRINCIPAL $5,000+Anthony and Christine AlcantaraDavid and Virginia HagenJennifer Jameson and Mark SomervilleRichard and Odette MaskellDavid and Holly Wolff

SPONSOR $2,500+Miriam and Todd BakalJohn HeinFrancis LumPaul and Amy Sponseller

ADVISER $1,000+Andrew AdamsRichard and Carol BowmanCraig Brennan and Erick IrigoyenJames Eadie and Christina SebestyenKarthic EpkerMichael and Penni-Lynn FoleyBrooke and Benjamin FreedSara GoldbergBruce JohnsonJames and Karen LancendorferJeremiah MaddenThomas and Patricia MorrowChristopher Nordhoff and Emilio MunozJari and Carl SmithSamuel StoormanElizabeth and Stephen UptonJefferson and Shelley Upton

PATRON $500+Terry BangsJane and Brian BennettPhilip Berry and Anne BeaubienCarol and Paul ByrdHenry and Elizabeth DunbarNathan HoleMaria and Derek KauserudBryan KendallScott and Lisa LangenburgCraig LeMoyneVincent and Michele LichtingerJeremy Litt and Jennifer KozelTimothy and Lisa LynchSteve and ‘Cille RamseyMark Sikora and Anne FrasDeborah Stein and Alan SusserTimothy Supol and Katie KroulikCharles SutherlandGretchen and Thomas SweenyFrederick Weldy

BENEFACTOR $250+Lucille and Roger BergBrian ChrzanowskiRyan ClarksonDavid CortrightJonathan and LeAnne CoulterSharon and Paul GloyerWilliam HeinBarry Hume and Miguel Rodriguez

Robert and Lesli KleberKathleen and James LammersDonald and Sandy LeopoldJeffrey and Susan LippertDavid Loomis and Benjamin SaukasEdmond and Heather LynchStanislaus and Alice MajewskiPaul and Lauren MowDavid and Brittany PlatzAdam and Shanari WadeckiHoward Watkins and Jorge ParodiGeraldine and Bruce Wilson

...See our Laudes Newsletter for a full list of our support-ers.

Gifts to the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club are greatly appreciated. With the ever-increasing costs of performing and touring, every gift makes a difference to the Club. If you would like to make a gift, please pick up a Donor Form from the merchandise table or make a secure credit card gift online atwww.ummgc.org/giving

All gifts are tax deductible and those $25 or more will be acknowledged by the Club in a future Fall or Spring concert program and in Laudes, our official newsletter.


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The Alma Mater

THE YELLOW AND BLUE(Sponsored by the UMMGC Alumni Network)

Sing to the colors that float in the light;Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

Yellow the stars as they ride thro’ the night,And reel in a rollicking crew;

Yellow the fields where ripens the grain,And yellow the moon on the harvest wain; Hail!

Hail to the colors that float in the light;Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

Blue are the billows that bow to the sunWhen yellow robed morning is due;

Blue are the curtains that ev’ning has spun,The slumbers of Phœbus to woo;

Blue are the blossoms to memory dear,And blue is the sapphire and gleams like a tear; Hail!

Hail to the ribbons that nature has spun;Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

Here’s to the college whose colors we wear,Here’s to the hearts that are true!

Here’s to the maid of the golden hair,And eyes that are brimming with blue!

Garlands of bluebells and maize intertwine;And hearts that are true and voices combine; Hail!

Hail to the college whose colors we wear;Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

203 East Liberty StreetAnn ArborMI 48108

Chelsea Flower ShopProudly supports the Uni-versity of MichigaN Men’s

Glee Club

Phone (734) 662-5616

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Donate Today!ummgc.org/giving-opportunities

meN’s Glee Club CaleNdar oF eveNts

Winter Tour to DetroitSaturday, January 25, 2020 7:30PM

at Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church, Detroit, MI

Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National SeminarSaturday, March 21, 2020 8:00PM

at Albion College, Albion, MI

Spring Concert at DaytonSunday, March 29, 2020 4:00PM

at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton, OH

160th Annual Spring Hill ConcertSaturday, April 4, 2020 8:00PMat Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI

Spring Tour to South AmericaMay 6-25, 2020

Argentina, Chile and Peru

The University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club would like to extend a special thanks to the following local businesses and organizations:

Van Boven Clothing • for supporting us in our professional concert attireChelsea Flower Shop • for their beautiful boutonnièresThe Original Cottage Inn • for providing years of service and camaraderie

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south ameriCa tour 2020

This coming May, the Men’s Glee Club will embark upon an international tour to South America, sharing concerts and cultural exchanges with the people of Argentina, Chile, and Peru. Some highlights of this trip include, Gauchos in Buenos Aires, a collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile, and visiting Machu Picchu, the hidden Inca citadel! We are so excited to spend this once in a lifetime experience together, as brothers in song. We invite you to participate in supporting UMMGC and this significant travel experience by considering a gift to our International Tour. For more information on how to donate please visit: UMMGC.org (donate tab on website) This tour would absolutely not be possible without the generous support of our Alumni and Friends: Tony Alcantara Richard Bowman Craig Brennan Paul Byrd Avram H. Derrow Dave Hagen William Hein Bruce Johnson Sky Lance Lichtinger Family Jerry Madden Dick Maskell Patricia M. Morrow Benjamin E. Saukas Mark Somerville Paul Sponseller Thomas Sweeny Reid Wagstaff

160 years of Tradition, Camaraderie and Musical Excellence

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