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The Cornell University Glee Club (CUGC) is the oldest student organization at Cornell University, having been organized shortly after the first students arrived on campus in 1868. The CUGC is a sixty-member chorus for male voices, with repertoire including classical, folk, 20th-century music, and traditional Cornell songs. The Glee Club also performs major works with the Cornell University Chorus such as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Messiah, and Bach's Mass in B Minor. ==Achievements== *Performances at two American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conventions as an auditioned choir: the 2008 ACDA Eastern Division Convention in Hartford, CT, and the 2009 ACDA National Convention in Oklahoma City, OK. *First American collegiate ensemble to tour the Soviet Union, traveled to the Soviet Union and England from December 1960 to January 1961.:126 *Performed for national television and radio on such networks as Television Moscow, BBC, Educational Television Network, Radio Leningrad, Frankfurt Radio Network, Television Singapura, PBS, NBC, and others. Notable appearances include:〔 the Kate Smith TV Hour (1951),〔 〕 The Perry Como Show (1954),〔 Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion (1997),〔(Prairie Home Companion Episode Guide )〕 and The Price Is Right (1999).〔(View the Glee Club on The Price Is Right )〕 *Frequent domestic and international tours have traveled to over thirty-five states and nearly thirty countries across four continents. *First group to bring the Franz Biebl ''Ave Maria'' from Germany to the United States after meeting the composer during a recording session on the 1970 tour of Germany.〔(Program notes by Dr. Wilbur Skeels detailing the Ave Maria's history )〕 *Three month tour through East Asia in 1966 on an all-expense paid tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department.〔("1966 Cornell Glee Club alumni celebrate historic Asian tour with Homecoming performance" )〕 *1989 tour of China was the focus of the PBS documentary ''Geographical Fugue''.〔(Link to the bio of writer/producer/director Dan Booth )〕 *First published history of an American collegiate choral ensemble, ''Songs from the Hill: A History of the Cornell University Glee Club'' by Michael Slon, Class of 1992, was published in 1998.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cornell University Glee Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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