Music Glee Club Concert: 150th Anniversary Performance

The Amherst College Glee Club presents their 150th anniversary performance on Saturday, April 18, at 5 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall. The concert is open to the public and free of charge, with general seating.

On this occasion the Glee Club performs a variety of sacred and secular music, songs of other nations and spirituals, including pieces by William Dawson, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Shaw, Izumi Taku and many others. In celebration of the Glee Club’s sesquicentennial, the Glee Club premieres the winning College Song, “The Moose” by Asa Goodwillie ’16. The Glee Club is conducted by director Mallorie Chernin and assistant director Jordan Hugh Sam ’14.The concert concludes with the traditional "Senior Song" by James S. Hamilton (Class of 1906) and the passing of the historic senior chalice.