Morehouse College Glee Club - Intercollegiate Men`s Choruses

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Morehouse College
830 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30314
ntercollegiate Men’s Choruses INC.
45th National Seminar
2012
April 12th – 14th 2012
Hosted By
The Morehouse College Glee Club
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Greetings!
Following our 100th anniversary celebration, The Morehouse College Glee Club is
thrilled to host the 45th biennial National Seminar of Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses,
Inc. (IMC). We are grateful to have some of our country’s greatest male choruses for
three days of incredible music making. This year’s seminar features a “Georgia Night”
with performances by male choruses from around the state of Georgia, and on our
final concert the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus will be featured. We will have a reading
session of the most recent male chorus scores by Dr. W. James Abbington, executive
editor of the African American Church Music Series by GIA Publications
(Chicago). In addition to five concerts, the seminar sessions also feature a choral
arranging session by Dr. William Powell of Auburn University, an IMC Library reading
session by Dr. Clayton Parr, panel discussions, and other interest sessions that we hope
will be helpful to directors and students.
The officers and members of the Morehouse College Glee welcome all of you and
stand ready to help to make your experience at this conference a great one. On behalf
of the Officers and Board of the IMC, Inc. we are grateful for your presence and hope
you enjoy the 2012 National Seminar!
Sincerely,
David Morrow
Director, Morehouse College Glee Club
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Thursday, April 12 th , 2012
5:30 PM
Registration
Student Office Room 125
Music Academic Building –RCPAC
8 PM
Concert I
Emma & Joe Adams Concert Hall
Miami University Men’s Glee Club
Bowling Green State University Men’s Chorus
Morehouse College Glee Club
Friday, April 13 th , 2012
9 AM
Registration
Student Office Room 125
Music Academic Building – RCPAC
10 AM
Opening Session
Emma & Joe Adams Concert Hall
10:30 AM Session II
Re – Voicing for TTBB Music
Presenter Dr. William Powell
Room 107
Music Academic Building – RCPAC
12 PM
Board Luncheon
3 PM
Concert II
Fairfield Country Day School Choir
Saint Ignatius High School Men’s Chorus
8 PM
Concert III – “Georgia Night”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Morehouse College Glee Club
International Chapel
The University of Georgia’s Men’s Glee Club
Georgia Tech Men’s Glee Club
Georgia State University Men’s Chorus
The Sons of Lafayette Male Choir
10:30 PM Sing – ON Social
Emma & Joe Adams Concert Hall
Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel
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Saturday, April 14 th , 2012
9 AM
Registration
Student Office Room 125
Music Academic Building – RCPAC
9:30 AM Session III
Performance Practices of
African – American Choral Music
Presenter: Dr. Uzee Brown
Room 226
Music Academic Building – RCPAC
11 AM
Session IV – Reading Session
` IMC Library & GIA Male Chorus Series
IMC Presenter: Dr. Clayton Parr
GIA Presenter: Dr. James Abbington
Room 107
Music Academic Building – RCPAC
12 PM
Membership Luncheon
1:30 PM
Session V (for conductors and students)
Panel Discussion: Glee vs. Glee
Room 107
Music Academic Building – RCPAC
3 PM
Concert IV
The Ball State Statesmen
Wright State Men’s Chorale
Emma & Joe Adams Concert Hall
8 PM
Concert V
Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club
Morehouse College Glee Club
Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus
Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel
10:30 PM All Conference Party
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the Miami University Men’s Glee Club
Miami University
Directed by Dr. Jeremy Jones
Founded in 1907 by Raymond Burke, the composer of Miami’s Fight Song and Alma Mater, the
Miami Men’s Glee Club has maintained a tradition of excellence throughout its storied history. The
Glee Club’s repertoire encompasses everything from Gregorian Chant and Renaissance motets to
modern popular music, folksongs, and spirituals. The Glee Club is among the oldest and largest
groups of its kind in the nation. In 1927, the group made its first European tour, and since that
time, the Glee Club has toured Europe on numerous occasions. Most recently the group embarked
on a tour to Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and Luxembourgh in May 2011. In 2003 members of
the Glee Club participated in Miami’s first musical tour to Russia, Estonia, and Finland where they
performed with professional orchestras in St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall and Moscow’s
Tchaikovsky Hall, and in 2008 the Glee Club made its first tour to China where they performed at a
pre – Olympic Arts Festival. The Glee Club has appeared regularly at National Seminars: 2004,
2006, 2008, and 2010. The 2010 conference was hosted by the Glee Club at Miami University.
El Yivneh Hagalil
arr. Peter Sozio
Spasenive sodelal, Op.25. No.5
Pavel Chesnokov
arr. Vladimir Morosan
Ramkali
Indian Raga
arr. Ethan Sperry
Night, Veiled Night
Anthony J. Maglione
Demon In My View
Jeffrey T. Horvath
Dance from “Invocation and Dance”
David Conte
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Thursday, April 12,
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Bowling Green State University Men’s Chorus
Bowling Green State University
Directed by Dr. Timothy Cloeter
Founded in 1923 as the Men’s Glee Club, the young touring ensemble disbanded at the time of
World War II, reunited after the war under James Paul Kennedy, and fell dormant again in 1953. In
1971, Richard D. Mathey revived the group as the BGSU Men’s Chorus and established the strong
tradition that still exists today. Mathey retired in 2000 after 28 years at the helm; William Skoog
served until 2009, and Timothy Cloeter has directed the Chorus since 2009. An auditioned large
ensemble open to all male students at Bowling Green State University, the Men’s Chorus
encompasses students from a wide variety of majors; over half are non-music majors, representing all
seven colleges of the University. The Chorus typically presents two tours each academic year—a
shorter, regional fall tour and a longer, national spring tour. Past tours have taken the men to
Colorado, Florida, South Carolina, Boston, New York City, Washington D.C., and Toronto. The
Chorus has produced a number of CDs and has performed with distinction at regional and national
ACDA, MENC, and IMC conferences. The Chorus has also commissioned new works by
composers such as Dave Brubeck, Timothy Takach, Michael Cox, and Steven Sametz.
Khorumi
Mamia Khatelishvili
Two motets
O vos omnes
Seigneur, je vous en prie
No.3 of Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assisse
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Francis Poulenc
In Remembrance
In Flanders Fields
Reconciliation
Sweet Rivers
Stephen Chatman
arr. Reginald Unterseher
Blue Skies
arr. Clayton Hine
Folksongs from the British Isles
Loch Lomond
Danny Boy
Scarborough Fair
arr. Jonathan Quick
arr. Tim Cloeter
arr. Stan Engebretson
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the Morehouse College Glee Club
Morehouse College
Directed by Dr. David Morrow
Kaedron Hall, Student Conductor
Elijah McDavid & Jeremy Johnson, Accompanist
All Breathing Life
(from Motet Sing to the Lord)
Johann S. Bach
arr. Wendell Whalum
Alleluia
Randall Thompson
Zion’s Walls
Kaedron Hall, Conductor
Aaron Copland
arr. Glenn Kopone
Zachary and the Scaly Bark Tree
Solo: Xavier Durden, Tenor
Bill Lee
Baby in a Guinea Blue Gown (African American Folksong)
Solo: Jarett Smith, Baritone
arr. David Morrow
You May Bury Me in the East
Solo: Sherman Modeste, Tenor
arr. John W. Work
I’m Buildin’ Me a Home
Solo: Antoine Griggs, Baritone
arr. Uzee Brown
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Concert II
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April 13th, 2012 3pm
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Fairfield Country Day School Choir
FAIRFIELD Country Day School
Directed by Ms. Mary Nelson and Mr.James Balmer
Fairfield Country Day School was founded in 1936 in Fairfield, Connecticut to provide an
educational community dedicated to the personal growth and intellectual development of boys.
FCDS has a student population of 260 boys in grades Pre-Kindergarten through the Ninth Grade.
Mary Nelson and James Balmer have been the Music Directors since 1996 and 1998, respectively.
The fifty-one voice Chamber Choir is a subset of the one hundred and two member Concert Choir.
Other musical ensembles at FCDS include the Pinstripes, the 5th and 6th Grade Choir, the Bell
Choir and a String Ensemble. In addition to concerts, FCDS presents an annual full-length
musical. Most recently these productions have included South Pacific, Grease, Music Man, Seussical
and Beauty and the Beast. Choir members have also performed with the American Choral Directors
Honors Choirs and as soloists at Carnegie Hall with Mid-America Productions. The Chamber
Choir has also toured France and Italy in 2007 and 2010. Highlights of the tours included singing
Mass at the Cathedral at Chartres, St. Mark’s in Venice, and, at the Vatican in Rome
Sesere eeye
Traditional song from
the Torres Strait Islnads
Alleluia (from Cantata 142)
Johann Sebastian Bach
He Never Failed Me Yet
Robert Ray
Some Folks
Stephen Collins Foster
arr. J.W. Jenkins
Al Shlosha D’Varim
Allan E. Naplan
I Am But A Small Voice
Odina Batnag and
Roger Whittaker
Gate, Gate
Brian Tate
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Saint Ignatius High School Men’s Chorus
Saint Ignatius High School – Cleveland, Ohio
Directed by Mr.Jason R. Falkofsky
The Saint Ignatius High School Choral Program is recognized as one of the premiere choral
programs in the state of Ohio. Our choral ensembles consistently earn high ratings at local, state,
national and international festivals and adjudications and have performed in such prestigious
venues such as Holy Name Cathedral (Chicago), Madonna della Strada Chapel (on the campus of
Loyola University - Chicago), the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Cleveland), St. Patrick
Church (Cleveland), Riverside Church (New York City), Cathedral of St. James (Orlando) and the
Basilica of St. Paul (Daytona Beach). The Choral program at Saint Ignatius offers Men’s Chorus
(grades 10 – 12) and Freshman Chorus as fully credited courses through the Fine Arts Department.
Both of these ensembles are non – auditioned and consist of students representing a wide diversity
of the student body, including National Merit Scholars, varsity athletes, and student government
leaders. Additionally, the choral program includes two popular extra – curricular ensembles, the
Cat - o’- Tonics, an auditioned a cappella ensemble specializing in doo – wop, barbershop
harmony, and male glee club favorites, and the a cappella Ensemble which is open to all Saint
Ignatius students without audition.
Tshotsholoza
Soloist: De’Shaun Adair, ’14
Traditional South African
arr. Jeffrey L. Ames
Come Travel With Me
Scott Farthing
Salmo 150
Ernani Aguiar
arr. Alberto Grau
Laudamus
William Owen
arr. Daniel Protheroe
Loch Lomond
Soloist: Tom Kooplikkattu, ’12
Traditional Scottish
arr. Johnathan Quick
Somebody’s Knockin’ At Your Door
Soloist: Kevin Gibbons, ’12
Traditional Spiritual
arr. Kevin S. Foster
Bui Doi from “Miss Saigon”
Claude-Michael Schönberg
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the Morehouse College Glee Club
Morehouse College
Directed by Dr. David Morrow
I am In Need of Music
David Brunner
the University of Georgia Men’s Glee Club
University of Georgia
The UGA Men's Glee Club, the oldest musical ensemble at the University of Georgia, is
celebrating its 120th anniversary season in 2011-2012. The 60-voice ensemble is home to students
of all academic majors across the UGA campus, and performs literature for male voices from all
periods of music history, sacred and secular, serious and light.
For 120 years, a large and passionate campus-wide membership in the UGA Men's Glee Club has
continued to be a vital indicator of UGA school spirit, fraternal conviviality, and refined male
choral artistry. Having flourished under the beloved and esteemed leadership of Pierce Arant and
Allen Crowell who served successively as Directors of Choral Activities between 1966 and 2009,
the ensemble continues to attract men whose participation in the choir is an integral and fun part
of their academic, artistic and social lives while on campus.
The Last Words of David
Randall Thompson
I Carry Your Heart With Me
David Dickau
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
arr. Howard Helvey
Hallelujah from Mount of Olives
Ludwig van Beethoven /
Fenno Heath
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Georgia Tech Men’s Glee club
Georgia Institute of Technology
Directed by Dr. Jerry Ulrich and Timothy Hsu
The Georgia Tech Glee Club is the oldest student organization on the Georgia Tech campus and
one of the oldest such groups in the country. Founded in 1906, it has a rich tradition of singing that
includes numerous national and international tours, as well as radio broadcasts and recordings. It
was one of the first college organizations to record its fight song, making Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia
Tech one of the most famous college fight songs in the country. The group has appeared twice on
the Ed Sullivan show and has entertained audiences around the world. The Georgia Tech Glee
Club is the oldest student organization on the Georgia Tech campus and one of the oldest such
groups in the country. Founded in 1906, it has a rich tradition of singing that includes numerous
national and international tours, as well as radio broadcasts and recordings. It was one of the first
college organizations to record its fight song, making Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech one of the
most famous college fight songs in the country. The group has appeared twice on the Ed Sullivan
show and has entertained audiences around the world.
Celebrate
Rare Earth/arr. Jerry Ulrich
Sixteen Tons
Merle Travis/arr. Ulrich
This Little Light of Mine
Timothy Miller, Soloist
Traditional/arr. Ulrich
Nothing Like a Dame
Rodgers and Hammerstein/arr. Ulrich
You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon/arr. Ulrich
Believer
Neil Diamond/arr. Ulrich
Ramblin’ Wreck
Roman/Greenblatt/Ives arr. Ulrich
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Georgia State University Men’s Chorus
Georgia State University
Directed by Dr. Patrick Freer
The choral music program at Georgia State University boasts a history of excellence in performance
with a number of nationally and internationally known conductors. The Men’s Chorus works
diligently to maintain and enhance this tradition. Participating singers have the opportunity to
experience fine male choral repertoire from a variety of genres, styles, and historical periods. Focus
is on the study of this repertoire, resulting in performances that are rewarding and engaging for
both singers and a diversity of audiences. The Men’s Chorus is designed to provide each singer with
experiences that will cultivate personal musicianship, clarify professional goals, and enhance overall
music education. Membership is open to all Georgia State University men without audition.
Halling (Album für Männergesang, Op. 30)
Edvard Grieg
Impromptu (EG 175)
Edvard Grieg
Text: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Landerkennung (Op. 31)
Conducted by: Jayson Maynard
Edvard Greig
Text: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
When I Fall in Love
Annelise McCurley – Horn
Victor Young
arr. Mulholland
Solstice
Tim Sarsany
Keary D. Mobley, Jr. - Flute
David Ducharme, Corey C. Lawson, Scott Leavitt, John-Paul Gagnon-Barry - Percussion
III. Medicine Wheel
IV. Songs from the Ancient Lodge
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the Sons of Lafayette Male Choir
Directed by Mr. Loren Pinkerman
The Sons of Lafayette Male Choir was organized in January 2001 at LaGrange, Georgia. Truly a
community choir, there are no paid singers and membership is open through audition to all men
in the West Georgia and East Alabama area. Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings at First
Presbyterian Church in LaGrange. During the past eleven years over 100 men from LaGrange and
the surrounding area have sung in the choir. Singing a wide variety of literature for the male
chorus, the Sons of Lafayette Male Choir has enjoyed success at home as well as in out-of-town
concerts. In April 2011 the Sons of Lafayette was the only American choir to participate in the
Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival in Cornwall, England. The choir has
performed with the Auburn University Men’s Glee Club; the Piedmont Men’s Chorus; the
Morehouse College Men’s Glee Club; the Portadown Male Choir from Craigavon, Northern
Ireland; and the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra. In addition to performing at the Intercollegiate
Men’s Chorus Seminar at Morehouse College, the Sons of Lafayette will sing at Peachtree
Presbyterian in Atlanta on April 15, and will host the University of Georgia Men’s Glee Club in a
joint concert on Saturday evening, April 21, in LaGrange, Georgia.
Recently the founder and conductor of the choir, Loren Pinkerman, announced his retirement as
artistic director of the Sons of Lafayette. Mr. Pinkerman will continue on a half-time basis while a
search for his replacement is undertaken. Gerald Becham has also announced his retirement as
accompanist.
All that hath Life and Breath, Praise Ye the Lord
Mervyn Chapman, Tenor Soloist
Rene Clausen
arr. Scholz
Lacrymosa (from Requiem)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
How Can I Keep from Singing?
arr. Scott Farthing
Steal Away
Spiritual
arr. Marshall Bartholomew
Down by the Riverside
Spiritual
arr. Brant Adams
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the Ball State Statesmen
Ball State University
Directed by Dt. Andrew Crow and Mr. Christopher Ellis
Ball State University has boasted a male choir since its inception in 1918 as Indiana’s State Normal
School, Eastern Division. Much has changed through the ensuing years, but the essence remains as the
first yearbook claimed of our predecessors’ purpose: “the interpretation and appreciation of good music
through quality, not quantity.” Like many of our peer institutions, the ensemble grew from a handful
of students called the Boys Glee Club to a full ensemble, which today includes 75 men. Representing a
wide variety of academic disciplines, they join the Statesmen without audition to enjoy song, study,
service, and the unique fraternal bond of male choirs everywhere. Just as our ensemble and university
have changed names several times, leadership has also changed hands frequently. In that sense, the
Statesmen today with director Andrew Crow, endeavor to build a lasting legacy through a new chapter.
In recent years, we have collaborated with several other male choirs – Measure for Measure, Magic City
Music Men, The Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club – and offered a rare American performance of
Bohuslav Martinu’s Polni Mse (Field Mass) with the Ball State Symphony Orchestra. We are grateful
to our hosts, the Morehouse College Glee Club for inspiring us with excellence and for including us at
this event as our participation marks the widest exposure of the Ball State Statesmen to date.
Fraternity
Anton Bruckner
ext: Christopher Ellis
Gloria, from “Messe für Männerchor und Orgel”
Franz Liszt
Shenandoah
Conducted by: Christopher Ellis
arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Tiger! Tiger!
Virgil Thomson
Little Innocent Lamb
collected and arr. Marshall Bartholomew
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Wright State Men’s chorale
Wright State University
Directed by Dt. James Tipps
Wright State Men’s Chorale began in the Fall term of 1995 and have been selected to perform at
Ohio Music Education professional conference, Central Division Convention of the American
Choral Directors Association, and the National Seminar for Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses. They
have worked with guest conductors including Charlene Archibeque, Simon Carrington, Jefferson
Johnson, R. D. Mathey, Jerry Blackstone, and James Gallagher, as well as workshops with Cantus
and Ensemble Amarcord.
Star – Spangled Banner
arr. Patrick Rose
Cantate Domino
Hans Leo Hassler
All That Hath Life and Breath Praise Ye the Lord!
René Clausen
The Last Words of David
Randall Thompson
Omittamus Studia (Student Song)
From Carmina Juventutis (Songs of Youth)
David Conte
Hvalite imia Ghospodne
Alexandre Gretchaninoff
We Rise Again
arr. Stephen Smith
Wana Baraka
arr. Shawn Kirchner
Bui Doi from “Miss Saigon”
Claude-Michel Schönberg
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Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club
Ohio State University
Directed by Dt. Robert Ward
The Men’s Glee Club of The Ohio State University was organized in 1875 and has enjoyed a long
tradition of choral excellence. Conducted by Robert J. Ward (appointed 2004), the Men’s Glee Club
is one of five major choral organizations in the School of Music. The auditioned membership, with
81% non-music majors, represents virtually every college and academic discipline in the University.
The purpose of the Men’s Glee Club is to promote participation in choral music, to create awareness
of healthy vocal technique, and to provide an opportunity to experience and perform outstanding
choral literature written or arranged for male voices. In addition to the wide variety of sacred and
secular music performed, the Men’s Glee Club also combines with other university choruses and
orchestras to perform major works. During the tenure of Professor James Gallagher the Men’s Glee
Club was invited to perform at two national conventions and four divisional conventions of the
American Choral Directors Association. Recent conventions appearances include the Ohio Music
Educator’s Association (2012), Central Division ACDA (2010), Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Inc.
(2006, 2009, 2012) the International Kodaly Association (2007) and The Ohio Choral Directors
Association (2007). The Men’s Glee Club frequently represents The Ohio State University at civic
and corporate functions throughout Ohio.
Musica!
Brant Adams
Symphoniae Sacre I
Buccinate in nemenia tuba
Jubilate Deo
Heinrich Schütz
Benedicamus Domino
Krzystof Penderecki
Invictus
Nancy Hill Cobb
Text: William Ernest Henley
Send in the Clowns from “A Little Night Music”
S. Sondheim
arr. Michael G. Martin
Cibola!
Philip White Hawk
arr. J. Berkey
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the Morehouse College Glee Club
Morehouse College
Directed by Dr. David Morrow
Seek Ye First
Marques Garrett
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
R. Bryant Braxton
Ritmo
Dan Davison
Impossible Dream
Solo: Darian Clonts, Tenor
Mitch Leigh
arr. Rufus Hill
You Better Run
Solo: Tracy Johnson, Bass
Kaedron Hall, Conductor
arr. Wendell Whalum
Who’ll Join?
Solo: Antoine Griggs, Baritone
arr. David Morrow
Betelehemu
Olatunji/Whalum
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Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus
Directed by Dt. Kevin Robison
The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus, now in it’s 31st season, aspires to be recognized as one of the finest
male choral ensembles on the globe as well as a leader in the realm of social change and the
betterment of all people. These goals are evidenced by the presentation of empowering
performances in the Atlanta community, the state of Georgia, the Southeastern U.S. and countries
abroad, where it presents the finest of musical performances and delivers powerful messages of
equality for humankind. The 100---voice chorus has shared the stage with such notables as Leslie
Jordan, Maya Angelou, The Atlanta Opera, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Ballet,
Turtle Creek Chorale, the International Gay Men’s Chorus of Paris, and many more. The AGMC
and its select ensemble, Panache, have been proud to perform at benefits for the Elton John AIDS
Foundation, the Metropolitan Atlanta Community Food Bank, AIDS Athens, as well as numerous
national conventions that address issues relevant to the chorus mission. AGMC is proud to make
its first--- ever appearance on the campus of Morehouse College and at the 2010 IMC National
Seminar with this evening’s performance.
Gaudeamus igitur
Trad./ Harm. Brahms
Glee
Eric Lane Barnes
The Whiffenpoof Song
Minnigerode / Galloway
A House Is Not A Home
Featuring Vocal Ensemble Panache
Timothy Garrett, Solo
David / Bacharach
arr. Huff
Teenage Dream
Gottwalt / Martin / Levin / McKee / Perry
Featuring Vocal Ensemble Panache
arr. Anders / Davis / Huff
Christopher Repotski and Nathaniel Hodges, Duet
Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal
Trad./ arr. Parker
Student March Song
Romberg / arr. Nance
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Miami University Men’s Glee Club
Jeremy D. Jones, Assistant Professor of Music at Miami University, conducts the Men’s Glee
Club and Collegiate Chorale, teaches courses in music education, and supervises student teachers.
Prior to his appointment at Miami University, Jones completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. At CCM, he served as
the conductor of the UC Men’s Chorus from 2007-2010. His research on male collegiate glee clubs
led to publications in the Choral Journal, an upcoming entry in the Encyclopedia of American Music
and Culture, and a presentation at the 2008 Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National Seminar entitled
Men’s Glee Clubs – A Brief History. Dr. Jones also holds the MM degree in choral conducting from
East Carolina University, where he studied with Dr. Daniel Bara, and the BM degree in vocal music
education from Middle Tennessee State University.
Bowling Green State University Men’s Chorus
In his third year at BGSU, Timothy Cloeter conducts the Collegiate Chorale and the Men’s
Chorus, and teaches conducting and choral literature. In 2011 his Men’s Chorus was chosen from a
field of 150 applicants to perform at the MENC North Central Division Conference, and in 2005 Mr.
Cloeter was one of five conductors chosen by national audition to conduct Robert Levin’s completion
of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a Carnegie Hall masterclass with
Helmuth Rilling. Complementing his talents as conductor and teacher is his considerable experience
as a singer. As a professional chorister, Mr. Cloeter has sung in the Aspen Chamber Choir, the Santa
Fe Desert Chorale, the Bachakademie Stuttgart, and the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus. Mr. Cloeter
also performed as a chorister with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra under
Robert Shaw, Kurt Masur, Helmuth Rilling, and Ricardo Muti, and he spent multiple seasons in the
opera chorus at the Spoleto Festivals in both Spoleto, Italy, and Charleston, South Carolina.
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Fairfield Country Day School Choir
James Balmer, a native of Pennsylvania is one of the two music directors at Fairfield Country
Day School. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Choate Rosemary Hall School in
Wallingford, Connecticut. At Choate, James serves as the Co- Director of Choirs, Musical Director
for the annual musical and Co-Director of the Summer Theatre Arts Program. Mr. Balmer has a
Bachelor of Music Degree from the College Misericordia in Pennsylvania and a Masters Degree in
Music Education with a Choral Emphasis form the Hartt School of Music In Harford, Connecticut.
He is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois in Champaign and has done additional
graduate work at the Laudinella Institute in St. Moritz, Switzerland; the Julliard School; and
Westminster Choir College in Princeton New Jersey. Mr. Balmer has also been on the faculties of
the Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut and the Belmont Hill School in Boston, Massachusetts.
As a conductor, Mr. Balmer was the assistant conductor of the University of Illinois Varsity Men’s
Glee Club while in Champaign. He has also been a conducting intern in New York City with
Dennis Keens and the Voices of Ascension. With the ACDA, he has also served as a conductor and
clinician. Mr. Balmer currently serves as the Choir Director for the Rutgers Presbyterian Church of
New York City. In July, Mr. Balmer will travel to Australia as a member of the Consortium for
Technological (Music) Research with the International Boys’ Schools Coalition.
Mary Nelson, a Minnesota native, is one of the two music directors at Fairfield Country Day
School. She is also an adjunct faculty member of the Choate Rosemary Hall School. Ms. Nelson
serves as Co-Director of the Choirs and annual Musical. She is also the director of the Bell Choir,
school organist and Co-Director of the Summer Theatre Institute. Ms. Nelson holds a Bachelor of
Science Degree for the University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Musical Arts Degree from the Hartt
School of Music In Harford, Connecticut. She has done additional graduate work at the Laudinella
Institute in St. Moritz, Switzerland; the Julliard School; and Westminster Choir College in Princeton
New Jersey. Ms. Nelson has previously taught in Minnesota and Illinois and at the Avon Old Farms
School in Avon, Connecticut. Ms. Nelson is a former member of the Board of Directors for both
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers and the Connecticut American Choral Directors’
Association. Currently, she is a member of the National Board of Directors for the Intercollegiate
Male Choruses’ Minnesota and Illinois and at the Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut.
Ms. Nelson is a former member of the Board of Directors for both American Guild of English
Handbell Ringers and the Connecticut American Choral Directors’ Association. Currently, she is a
member of the National Board of Directors for the Intercollegiate Male Choruses’.
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Saint Ignatius High School Men’s Chorus
Jason Falkofsky is in his fifth year as Director of Choral & Liturgical Music at Saint Ignatius
High School. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and a
Master of Music in Music Education Degree from Kent State University. Jason also serves as director
for the Off-Center Troupe, the school’s one act drama troupe and is active both on and off stage, in
community and professional theatre programs throughout the Northeast Ohio area. Jason has been
listed twice in Who’s Who in American Education and is named in the first edition of Who’s Who
of Emerging Leaders. Additionally, Jason is Music Director at Holy Martyrs Church in Medina, OH.
The University of Georgia Men’s Glee Club
Daniel Bara joined the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Goergia as
Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music in fall of 2010, having served as Associate
Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North
Carolina. While at ECU, his university choirs were invited to perform for state, regional, and
national conventions of ACDA and MENC, and the ECU Chamber Singers completed two
professional recordings for the Gothic Records label (Greater Love, 2007; Eternal Light, 2010). His
conducting students have consistently advanced into the live rounds of the ACDA National
Conducting Competition, and several of his former MM conducting students now hold collegiate
conducting appointments at New England Conservatory, Miami University of Ohio, University of
Idaho, and William Jewell College. Dr. Bara is Past-President of NC-ACDA, has held the Artistic
Directorship of the New York State Summer School of the Arts – School of Choral Studies (20072009), and has served as conductor of the World Youth Honor Choir at Interlochen Arts Camp
(2004-2006). He is in increasing demand as a guest conductor and clinician, with recent or
upcoming engagements with all-state, regional honor choirs, and conference appearances in Texas,
California, Colorado, Louisiana, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia. Dr.
Bara holds the DMA degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, organ and conducting
degrees from the University of Michigan, and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. At UGA
he conducts the UGA Hodgson Singers and Men's Glee Club, and oversees the graduate choral
conducting program.
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Georgia Tech Mwn’s Glee Club
ASCAP award-winning arranger/composer Jerry Ulrich is originally from Illinois, where he
received his early training in music and developed an interest in songwriting. His compositions and
arrangements are in the catalogs of six publishers in the US and abroad. His music has been performed
at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and on national radio and television, as well as throughout Europe,
Asia, and Australia. He has composed commissioned works for professional choirs and orchestras,
including the Grammy-award winning Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and has written music for colleges and
universities throughout the United States. Dr. Ulrich is currently Director of Choral Activities at the
Georgia Institute of Technology, where he directs two mixed choirs and the all-male Georgia Tech Glee
Club. Dr. Ulrich came to Atlanta from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
(the Fame school) in New York City, where his choirs were featured in all major NYC concert venues
and on national and international television and radio. Dr. Ulrich's prior teaching experience includes
university positions in Ohio and New York. During 1990-1991 he was Visiting Fulbright Professor of Music
at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. His early training included
four years singing with legendary conductor Robert Shaw in the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and
Chamber Chorus.
Georgia State University Men’s Chorus
Patrick K. Freer is associate professor of choral music education at Georgia State University in
Atlanta where he conducts the University Men’s Chorus. He holds degrees from Westminster Choir
College and Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Freer is a frequent guest conductor for all-state
choruses and has made over 85 presentations at regional, national and international conferences. He
has guest conducted or presented in 34 states, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, and Spain. Dr. Freer conducts annual Memorial Day
concerts in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. During spring 2012, Dr. Freer headlines the ACDA
National Conference on Middle School & Junior High Choral Music and the Texas Music Educators
Association conference, the Southwest Division of the ACDA and the Kentucky MEA. He will also
present for the 3rd International Reflective Conservatoire Conference at the Guildhall School (London,
England). Dr. Freer is Academic Editor and Chair of the Editorial Board for Music Educators Journal,
the most widely circulated music education journal in the world. Publications include Getting Started
with Middle School Chorus (named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice) and the DVD series Success for
Adolescent Singers.
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He has published over 70 articles in most of the field’s leading national and international
journals. His 2012 publications include a chapter in the book “Perspectives on Males and
Singing,” articles in Choral Journal, Middle Grades Research Journal, Arts Education Policy Review, and
Philosophy of Music Education Review, and guest editing two issues of Choral Journal focused on male
singing from middle school through college.
The Sons of Lafayette Male Choir
Loren L. Pinkerman is the founder and conductor of the Sons of Lafayette Male Choir.
Mr. Pinkerman holds degrees in voice and choral music from Westmar College and Colorado
State University, and a master’s degree in library science from Indiana University. Additional
study has been at the Rene Clausen Choral School and at the International Choral Conductor’s
Worshop in Varna, Bulgaria. Currently the director of the Lewis Library at LaGrange College,
Mr. Pinkerman has also had a career teaching choral music and voice at the secondary and college
levels. His high school choir received a superior rating at the Festival of Choirs in Kansas City,
and he twice conducted the Mid-America Chorus on Eurpean tours. Loren has been married 46
years to the former Patricia Anderson. He and Pat have four children and six grand children
living in Georgia and in the Carolinas.
The Ball State Statesmen
Dr. Andrew Crow joined the Ball State University faculty as Assistant Director of Choral
Activities in 2009. In addition to the Statesmen, he leads the Concert Choir and University
Choral Union and also teaches courses in conducting and choral literature. A native of Indiana,
he holds graduate degrees from Temple University and the University of Minnesota. As an
undergraduate at The Ohio State University, he toured widely with the renowned Men's Glee
Club under the direction of James Gallagher and performed frequently with Robert Shaw –
seminal influences for a life in choral music. Dr. Crow taught previously at Rutgers University in
Camden, New Jersey, and has led male choirs in Philadelphia and Minneapolis. He is also an
experienced singer, orchestral conductor, piano technician, and church musician.
Mr. Christopher Ellis is currently pursuing the degree Doctor of Arts in Choral
Conducting at Ball State University. He earned a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting
from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, in 2009. He also holds a Master of Arts
degree in Biblical Studies from Faith Baptist Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa, and a
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Bachelor of Arts degree in Sacred Music from Faith Baptist Bible College. Mr. Ellis studied
conducting under Dr. R. Irving Van Hooser and Dr. Lee Nelson.
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He has taught as adjunct faculty at Des Moines Area Community College and Faith Baptist Bible
College.
Wright State Men’s Chorale
James W. Tipps is Associate Professor of Music Education and Conductor of the Wright State
University Men’s Chorale. Active as a choral clinician and researcher, Tipps has presented workshops
in regional, national, and international venues. He has served as advisor for the Ohio Collegiate
Music Education Association, and is currently on the editorial board of the Contributions to Music
Education. He holds degrees from Tennessee Technological University, Georgia Southern
University, and Florida State University. Prior to his appointment at Wright State in 1992, he taught
elementary general and high school choral music in Georgia, and has worked extensively in church
music as a conductor, pianist, and consultant in the mid-west and southeastern United States. He
also conducts Cappella, a regional college preparatory ensemble that is part of the Kettering
Children’s Choir organization. Choirs under his direction have toured Germany, Austria, Italy,
China, and are looking forward to a summer 2012 tour to France.
Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club
Robert J. Ward serves as Director of Choral Activities at The Ohio State University where he
conducts the Men’s Glee Club and Chorale. He also teaches courses in graduate courses in
conducting and choral literature. Prior to his appointment at Ohio State, Dr. Ward was for sixteen
years a member of the music faculty at Oklahoma State University. He has been honored with
invitations to present concerts and lectures for National ACDA, National Collegiate Choral
Organization. North Central Division ACDA, Central Division ACDA, International Kodaly
Educators, Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas
Choral Directors Association, as well as Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Utah,
Arkansas, Louisiana, and West Virginia Choral Directors Associations. He is currently the editor of a
children’s choral music series and a men’s choral series published by Santa Barbara Music Publishers.
In 2001 Dr. Ward was awarded the Director of Distinction Award by the Oklahoma Choral Directors
Association and in 1997 he was presented with the Amoco Outstanding Faculty Award at Oklahoma
State University for outstanding undergraduate teaching. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
from Michigan State University.
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Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus
Artistic Director Kevin Robison took the baton of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus in 2007
after having served for three years as assistant conductor of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.
With a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of North Alabama and a
Master of Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Nevada, Kevin also served as
Resident Director of Music for the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and on the faculties
of Cal--Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal--Poly Pomona, and Cal--State Fullerton. Also a noted composer and
arranger, Kevin has received commissions from some of the leading choruses in the nation, including
the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Seattle Men’s Chorus, Turtle Creek Chorale, San Francisco Gay Men’s
Chorus, and the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus; and his arrangements have been sung on stage by
Malcolm Gets, Lily Tomlin, Joanna Gleason, Susan Egan and many others. Most recently, Kevin was
named a member of the Fenuxe 50, recognizing his laudable contributions to Atlanta's arts and
LGBT communities.
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Dr. William Powell
Dr. William C. Powell, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities, holds
degrees from Alabama State University (B.M.E.), Westminster Choir College (M.M.E.), and Florida
State University (Ph.D.). Prior to his arrival at Auburn University in 2001 as assistant director of
choral activities, he was director of choral activities at Philander Smith College in Little Rock,
Arkansas, 1993-2001. At Auburn, Powell conducts the Chamber, Concert, Gospel and Men's Choirs,
and teaches choral-related undergraduate, graduate, and distance courses in conducting, choral
techniques, and choral arranging. Powell is in demand as a choral conductor and adjudicator. He has
guest conducted at, and has taken choirs to national landmarks such as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney
World, the Crystal Cathedral, Kennedy Center, Washington National Cathedral, and others. He is a
regular guest conductor for the annual Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World in Orlando,
Florida. In June 2011, he will serve as guest conductor and take members of the Auburn University
choirs to join singers from around the U.S. and other parts of the world in a performance tour of
Verdi's Requiem in Italy. Additionally, Powell has guest conducted for all-state choruses and several
other choral festivals and clinics around the country. An active member of the American Choral
Directors Association, Powell has served as the Repertoire and Standards Chair of the Committee on
Ethnic and Multicultural Perspectives for the both the southwestern division and the southern
division. He also holds memberships with the Music Educators Association and the American Society
of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP). He and his wife, Rosephanye, have two daughters: Camille
and Kaitlyn.
Dr. Uzee Brown
Uzee Brown, Jr. is chair of the Department of Music at Morehouse College. He has enjoyed a
diverse career in music, and the combination of his professional activities as singer/performer,
composer/arranger, educator and choir director has taken him to more than sixteen countries,
including Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Spain, several countries in Africa and
the Caribbean. He is former president of the National Association of Negro Musicians, former
director of the Church Choir at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and the founder and
director of the Uzee Brown Society of Choraliers, a professional chorus dedicated to performance of a
vast variety of sacred and secular music, most specifically diverse works from the African American
musical experience.He is the arranger of the musical prologue for Spike Lee’s School Daze, and has
subsequently collaborated with the highly acclaimed movie producer on other projects. Brown’s works
have received premier performances in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, The Martin
Luther King, Jr. International Memorial Chapel and the Kennedy Center.
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Included among Uzee Brown’s many performances in opera and oratorio are world premier
roles of Parson Alltalk in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 1972 world premier of Scott Joplin’s
Treemonisha and the Atlanta premier performance of Dr. Lomax in Carlyle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree
with the Atlanta Opera. In 2009 he was soloist in Ulysses Kay’s A Lincoln Letter in the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra’s annual King Concert. Brown has performed Porgy and Bess numerous
times, including sixteen performances as Frazier in Paris and Caen, France, and Granada, Spain with
the Atlanta Opera in 2008 and again in 2011. He also recorded the role on Decca Records with the
Nashville Symphony in 2006. Throughout Brown’s career he has engaged in research, arranging and
performing African and African American folk music. His CD, Great Day, is a compilation of
Brown’s solo spiritual settings, and includes some rare and seldom heard spiritual melodies of which
there are no known previous arrangements as solo works. He holds degrees from Morehouse College
(B.A.), Bowling Green State University (M.M. in Composition), and the University of Michigan
(M.M. and D.M.A. in performance). Brown is a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society, Pi Kappa
Lambda music honor society, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
professional music fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity and Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Clayton Parr
Clayton Parr has been Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at
DePaul since 1999. A native of Detroit, Dr. Parr graduated from Albion College with degrees in
music and physics, and taught in the public schools in Michigan and New York before earning his
MM and DMA at Michigan State University. Before his appointment at DePaul, he served on the
faculty at Miami University in Ohio. He is active as a performer in Chicago, with Music of the
Baroque, the Grant Park Music Festival and Bella Voce, and has appeared with the Cincinnati Opera,
Oregon Bach Festival, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble. His most
recent solo appearances have included Carmina Burana with the National Music Center Symphony
Orchestra in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is music director of Ensemble Alioni, a Chicago-based group
dedicated to the performance of Georgian folk song. His activity as guest conductor, lecturer,
adjudicator and performer has taken him to 23 states and 17 foreign countries, including the
Republic of Georgia, where he was a Fulbright scholar for the 2005-2006 academic year at the
Sarajishvili State Conservatoire.
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Dr. James Abbington
James Abbington is associate professor of church music and worship at Candler School of
Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Prior to coming to Candler he was a professor of
music in the Department of Fine Arts at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. From 19982003, he was associate professor of music at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, chairman
of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and director of the Shaw University Concert
Choir. He received the B.A. in music from Morehouse College in Atlanta, the M.Mus. and D.M.A.
in church music and organ from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. At Michigan, he was a
student of Marilyn Mason. He was minister of music and church organist of the Hartford Memorial
Baptist Church in Detroit, MI from 1983-1996 and National Music Director of the Progressive
National Baptist Convention, Inc. from 1990-1994. He has been conference organist, assistant
director of accompanying, lecturer, and clinician for the Hampton University Ministers’ and
Musicians’ Conference for over the past twenty years and served as co-director of music from 20002010.
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Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Inc.
Board of Directors
Frank Albinder, President
Clayton Parr, ExecutiveMorehouse
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Ethan Sperry, Vice – President
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Kerry Wilkerson, Secretary
Lewis Cisto, Treasurer
Harold W. Clousing
David Morrow
H. Ward Dorer – UGC Rep
Mary Nelson
Patrick Gardner
Francisco Nuñez – UGC Rep
Buddy James
Jonathan Palant
Erick Lichte
Gary Scwartzhoff
Steven Lorenz
Scott Tucker
Jameson Marvin
Robert Ward
A Bit of History
By Marshall Bartholomew
The usefulness and future promise of the Intercollegiate Musical Council are due to the idea of an
undergraduate at Harvard who in 1913 felt strongly that fields of intercollegiate competition other
than sports offered a great deal for the immediate participants and the public. During his senior
year, this man, Albert Pickernell, planned and held an intercollegiate glee club contest with
Harvard, Dartmouth, Columbia and Pennsylvania participating. Harvard, with Pickernell leading,
won the contest. When he graduated in 1914, he went to New York to work and joined the
University Glee Club of New York. This Club, founded in 1894, is made up of men who sang in
their college glee clubs and in its membership Pickernell found the kindred spirits to support him
in his ideas. A first intercollegiate glee club contest was held in 1914 and three additional contests
were held until the entry of the USA into World War I brought them to a close. In 1916 and
1917, Princeton, Amherst and Penn State joined the original four. The contests were resumed in
1921, with eight clubs participating, New York University having joined the group. The number
grew slowly. Then with funds from individuals and foundations, Harriet Steel Pickernell, an
experienced concert manager, took up her duties as Executive Secretary and later, Marshall
Bartholomew became part-time Executive Director. Through their efforts, the program was
expanded to cover the entire country. The printed program of the "15th Annual Intercollegiate
Glee Club Contest," held in Carnegie Hall, New York, March 14, 1931 mentions 67 Glee Clubs
competing in 11 Regional or State Contests. There were students from colleges in 24 states plus a
Metropolitan Region, which included Columbia, NYU, Fordham and Yale. George Washington
University participated in this 1931 Contest as winner of the National Finals in the previous year.
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Also the following regional winners: Lafayette College (Penn State Association), Washington
University (Missouri Valley Association), Capitol University (Ohio State University),
Williams College (New England Regional Association), Union College (New York State Association).
The first National Finals Contest to be held outside of New York City was in the Spring of 1932
when the ten winning Clubs of the Regional Contests met at St. Louis and Pomona College from
Southern California won the Prize Cup, with Yale 2nd andMorehouse
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upon which Harriet Pickernell and I had been working in collaboration with the Organizing
Committee of the Chicago Centennial World's Fair. Student Choruses were all set to come to
Chicago from 8 European countries. The deepening economic depression in the United States and
the rapidly increasing menace of the Nazi movement in Germany and the Fascisti in Italy combined
to defeat that project. In spite of the catastrophic sequence of disappointments mentioned in this "bit
of history" the IMC reached a peak of activity in 1933-34 with a membership of 139 college glee clubs
representing 19 Regional Associations.
The IMC in America remained active until World War II which made not only the former National
Finals, but even the Regional Festivals impossible, although a few of the better organized groups, such
as the Southern California and the New England Association remained active until the outbreak of
the War.
The International Student Musical Council was founded in Munich in 1931. Sponsored by the
Intercollegiate Musical Council and financed by Francis P. Garvan, a prominent New York
philanthropist, the moving spirits in this undertaking were Dr. Friedrich Beck of the University of
Munich and myself. Delegates from Student Choruses of Austria, Denmark, England, Germany,
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States participated. A
paralyzing blow to this movement was dealt when Friedrich Beck was murdered in the Nazi Blood
Purge of June 30, 1934. Before that tragic happening, however, the ISMC had met in Zurich (1932)
and in Copenhagen (1933). The concert tours in the United States by the Budapest University
Chorus (1936), Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat of Helsinki (1937) and NorskeStudentersangforening of
Oslo(1938) were sponsored by the IMC and the ISMC.
One more meeting of the International Council was held in Copenhagen in 1937 for the principal
purpose of laying plans for the Centennial celebration of the founding of the Danske Studenter
Sangforeningen which was to take place during the third week of September 1939 in Copenhagen. A
chorus of fifty singers from the UGC of New York planned to join forces in Copenhagen with
student choruses from ten European countries but the Nazi army invaded Poland September 1st of
that year, the Second World War got underway and that was the end of that well planned
international songfest.
From 1939 until 1952 the Council remained inactive. Then Frank H. Baxter, a former President of
the University Glee Club, became President of the Council and took the initiative to revitalize it. He
devoted his efforts and resources unstintingly to this end and in 1954 the first evidence of life was the
highly successful Seminar at Purdue University. Successful Seminars were held in order as listed
separately.
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As to its formal organization, the Intercollegiate Musical Council was incorporated in New York
State in 1920, the incorporators, officers and directors being members of the University Glee Club,
each representing his alma mater on the Board, each keeping in touch with his campus and
speaking for it in the deliberations of the Board. In 1957, the organization was changed so that
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When Frank H. Baxter died in 1958, his friends and business associates established the Baxter
Fund, which made possible the 1961 Prize Song Contest.
The historic past was fruitful. We have a great future!
A Bit More History
--- IMC since 1961
By Clayton Parr, 2008
As of 1961, the year in which Marshall Bartholomew wrote the history above, the Intercollegiate
Musical Council was sponsoring annual Seminars at member schools around the country (the 1961
Seminar, held at Columbia University, had delegates from 37 member colleges in attendance). The
1961 Prize Song contest, adjudicated by Robert Shaw, Wallace Woodworth and George Howerton,
was won by Leonard Kastle’s piece “Three Whale Songs from Moby Dick,” and was premiered at
the 1962 Seminar at Northwestern University. The contest was never repeated in that form, and
funds donated in memory of Frank Baxter remain with IMC to this day, with recent proceeds
supporting the Male Chorus Commissioning Consortium. Seminars in the 1960s included more
interest sessions than our more recent Seminars, with one or two concerts as part of the program.
IMC began publishing a newsletter in 1964, IMC News, renamed Quodlibet in 1970.
As of 1967, IM listed 63 member choruses (compared with 47 in 2008). Annual Seminars
continued through the 1970s. With the first West Coast Seminar hosted by Carl Zytowski at UCSanta Barbara in 1969. In 1968, then-President Fenno Heath wrote of the “ . . uncertainty of the
survival of the male choruses on many campuses, it is our most important responsibility to
encourage and support the activities of our member glee clubs wherever they may be, and to
demonstrate the significance of the contribution, which our groups can make to the musical life of
our institutions. As one who has grown up in this tradition, I can only say that the friendships
engendered and the benefits derived from this kind of association, which we have all enjoyed, are
too precious and enduring to cast aside. We are the inheritors and the custodians of an ongoing
pattern of musical activity which hopefully will enrich the lives of all who participated for years to
come.” Not long afterward, many previously all-male glee clubs, including Yale’s, went co-ed as the
climate for men’s choral music was affected by the many social changes sweeping the country at the
time. Later in the 1970s,. Father Richard Trame of Loyola Marymount University took over as 31
Executive Secretary, replacing Clarence Davies of the University Glee Club of New York.
After the passing of Marshall Bartholomew in 1978, the Marshall Bartholomew Award was
established to honor those who have made significant contributions to the field of male chorus
music.
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The IMC library, a collection of unpublished male choral music
for duplication
and
free use by IMC
member choruses, was established in 1972. Allen Crowell led the first editorial
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2003 and now includes over 100 compositions.
The 1980s brought a number of significant changes to IMC. With the growth of the ACDA
National Convention, IMC Seminars became biennial, held on the even-numbered years. In 1987,
the name of the organization was changed from Intercollegiate Musical Council to Intercollegiate
Men’s Choruses, the new name reflecting more precisely the organization’s purpose. In 1990, Jerry
Polich of Kansas State became Executive Secretary of IMC, serving with distinction until
2007. Through the 1990s, our Seminars began to broaden their performance scope, with adult,
community and professional male ensembles appearing alongside collegiate and secondary school
groups on Seminar concert programs.
Starting in 2000, membership in IMC was offered to these groups under the category of “affiliated
choruses.” In this way, IMC has come full circle. Its inception in 1914 was by collegiate alumni,
singing in the University Glee Club of New York, wishing to offer competitions for collegiate glee
clubs in order to raise their performance standards and foster interest in male choral singing as a
lifelong activity. Nearly 100 years later, IMC’s activities are focused on the same goals. As Marshall
Bartholomew said in 1961, our future is still bright ---- brothers, sing on!
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the Morehouse College Glee Club
Morehouse College
Directed by Dr. David Morrow
“The Morehouse College Glee Club is an eminent expression of brotherhood, a united
force of dedication and commitment, and an unselfish labor of love.”
Beginning with an Alumni Reunion concert and recording in February the Morehouse College
Glee Club celebrated 100 years of its musical legacy throughout the 2011 calendar year
culminating with a concert at Avery Fisher Hall in October. It has continued in this tradition
through the dedication and commitment of its members and the leadership that our directors
have provided throughout the years. Through its tradition the Glee Club has an impressive
history and seeks to secure its future through even greater accomplishments. It is the mission of
the Morehouse College Glee Club to maintain its standard of musical excellence.
In 1911, Morehouse College, which was then Atlanta Baptist College, had a music professor
named Georgia Starr. She served the College from 1903-1905 and again from 1908-1911. Mr.
Kemper Harreld assumed directorship and officially founded the Glee Club when he joined the
College's music faculty in the fall of 1911. Mr. Harreld became director of the Glee Club and
chairman of the Music Department. After faithfully serving for forty-two years, he retired in
1953. Mr. Harreld was responsible for initiating the Glee Club's strong tradition of excellence
and passing it on to its members.
Wendell Phillips Whalum, Sr., '52, took the helm as the Glee Club's second director. Dr.
Whalum was a prized student of Kemper Harreld and had served as Student Director during his
tenure in the Glee Club. Dr. Whalum, more commonly known as "Doc", served Morehouse
College and the Glee Club with the continued tradition of excellence until his passing on June
9, 1987. From 1961-1963 Albert T. Perkins served as interim Director while Dr. Whalum
finished coursework for the doctoral degree.
In the fall semester of 1987, David E. Morrow, '80, assumed directorship of the Glee Club.
David Morrow was a prized student of "Doc", just as "Doc" was of Kemper Harreld. He was also a
scholar at Morehouse College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1980 as Valedictorian. He earned
his Master's degree in 1981 and then returned to his alma mater as a part of the music faculty
and as Assistant Director of the Glee Club. During the 1992-1993 school year, Harding Epps,
'74, served as interim Director while Dr. Morrow finished the coursework for the doctoral
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degree.
On January 18, 1993, the Glee Club, as part of the Morehouse-Spelman Chorus, sang at Atlanta's
Symphony Hall with soprano Jessye Norman in a concert celebrating the Martin Luther King, Jr.
holiday. The Glee Club also performed the National Anthem with Natalie Cole for Super Bowl
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XXVIII. They participated with Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan and Trisha Yearwood in the Opening
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and Closing Ceremonies of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta.
In February
the Glee Club performed for the Witness Concert with the Plymouth Music Series and premiered
the work Of Dreams and Other Possibilities written by Patrice Rushen. In 2004, the Glee Club
performed with Take 6 at the Rialto Theater in Atlanta. In 2008 the Glee Club recorded the spiritual
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands for Spike Lee’s movie Miracle at St. Anna. Earlier that year
we performed with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves for the inaugural concert for Morehouse College
president Dr. Robert Franklin. For that occasion we also premiered the work And There Was Light
by Uzee Brown. In October 2009 the Glee Club, as part of the Morehouse-Spelman Chorus
performed with Aretha Franklin for the 88th Birthday Tribute to the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery. In
August 2011, the Glee Club performed for events leading to the dedication of the King Monument
on the National Mall. The Glee Club has also performed internationally in West Africa (1972),
Russia (1996), Poland (1998), Bermuda (2001), the Bahamas (2005), South Africa (2008) Canada
and Puerto Rico (2011).
The current members come from all over the United States and from places around the world. While
many are music majors, our singers come from majors in all divisions of The College. Even though
some members take Glee Club as a course for credit, many still sing as a labor of love and enjoy being
ambassadors for Morehouse College.
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MCGC Officers 2011-2012
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Jeremey McCants – President
Tislam Swift – Secretary
Tracy Johnson – Chaplain
Darian Clonts – Librarian
Sherman Modeste –Tour Manager
William Harper – Stage Manager
Alphonso Mills – Wardrobe Manager
Keeyen Martin – PR Manager
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Cameron Thomas – Vice President
Daniel Dalpiaz – Assistant Secretary
Johnathan Hall – Historian
Antoine Griggs – Librarian
Kaedron Hall – Student Director
Darrion Swint – Stage Manager
Elijah Bell-Clarke – Wardrobe Manager
James Lockhart – PR Manager
Quartet 2011-2012
Sherman Modeste, Tenor 1
Darian Clonts, Tenor 2
Andrew Cox, Baritone
Tracy Johnson, Bass
Section Leaders
Tislam Swift, Tenor 1
Kaedron Hall, Tenor 2
David Thomas, Baritone
Andrew Cox, Bass
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Director
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David Morrow is a native of Rochester, New York. He earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from
Morehouse College in 1980. While at Morehouse, he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa, was
awarded the Kemper Harreld Award for Excellence in Music, received departmental honors,
and graduated Valedictorian of his class. He received the Master of Music degree from the
University of Michigan in 1981 and was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda. He received the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in 1995.
He has studied conducting with Wendell Whalum, Thomas Hilbish, Elmer Thomas, John
Leman, Earl Rivers, Elizabeth Green, Teri Murai, Fiora Contino and Donald Neuen. He has
taken conducting master classes with Stephen Darlington, Jan Szyrocki, Dale Warland and Sir
David Willcocks
Dr. Morrow has been a member of the Music faculty at Morehouse College since 1981.
He served as Assistant Director of the Morehouse College Glee Club until 1987, when he
succeeded Dr. Wendell P. Whalum as Director of the Glee Club. He is also Director of the
Wendell P. Whalum Community Chorus, Co-Director of the Morehouse-Spelman Chorus, and
Artistic Director and Conductor of The Atlanta Singers.
Dr. Morrow is a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Musicians Association and is
President of the National Association of Negro Musicians. He also serves on the Board of
Directors of the Intercollegiate Men's Choruses, Inc. He is a member of the American Choral
Directors Association, Chorus America, the Georgia Music Educators Association, Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia and is a “Friend of the Arts” member of Sigma Alpha Iota. His choral
arrangements of spirituals and other African American folk music have been published by
Alfred Music Publishers, Hal Leonard Music, and Oxford University Press with music recently
accepted for publication by GIA Music Publishers.
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Special Thanks
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Dr. Robert Franklin, College President
Dr. William Bynum, Vice President of Student Services
Dr. Uzee Brown, Department of Music, Chair
Department of Music
Ms. Stephanie Whittaker, Department of Music, Administrative Assistant
Ms. Hana Chelikowsky, Morehouse College, Web Manager
Mr. Reginald Sargent
Mr. Sam Phillips
Office of Communications
Office of Campus Operations
Morehouse College Print Shop
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Xi Eta Chapter
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Host Hotel
2012 IMC Planning Team
Rodney Davis
Cameron Gachett
Kaedron Hall
Michael Jack
Jeremy McCants
Sherman Modeste
Cameron Thomas
All Artwork and Program Design by Michael Jack, member of the Morehouse College Glee Club
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