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Morehouse College

April 12th – 14th 2012

The Morehouse College Glee Club

I ntercollegiate Men’s Choruses INC. 45th National Seminar

2012

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WELCOME

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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MASTER SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 12th, 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 13th, 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 Room 107 Re – Voicing for TTBB Music Music Academic Building – RCPAC Presenter Dr. William Powell

12 PM Board Luncheon

3 PM Concert II Emma & Joe Adams Concert Hall 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 Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel


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MASTER SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 14th, 2012 9 AM Registration Student Office Room 125 Music Academic Building – RCPAC

9:30 AM Session III Room 226 Performance Practices of Music Academic Building – RCPAC

African – American Choral Music Presenter: Dr. Uzee Brown

11 AM Session IV – Reading Session Room 107 ` IMC Library & GIA Male Chorus Series Music Academic Building – RCPAC IMC Presenter: Dr. Clayton Parr

GIA Presenter: Dr. James Abbington 12 PM Membership Luncheon

1:30 PM Session V (for conductors and students) Room 107 Panel Discussion: Glee vs. Glee Music Academic Building – RCPAC

3 PM Concert IV Emma & Joe Adams Concert Hall The Ball State Statesmen

Wright State Men’s Chorale 8 PM Concert V Martin Luther King Jr. Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club International Chapel Morehouse College Glee Club

Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus 10:30 PM All Conference Party


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Concert i Thursday, April 12, 2012 8pm

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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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 Tomas Luis de Victoria Seigneur, je vous en prie Francis Poulenc No.3 of Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assisse In Remembrance In Flanders Fields Stephen Chatman Reconciliation Sweet Rivers arr. Reginald Unterseher Blue Skies arr. Clayton Hine Folksongs from the Brit i sh Is les Loch Lomond arr. Jonathan Quick Danny Boy arr. Tim Cloeter Scarborough Fair arr. Stan Engebretson

Concert I Thursday, April 12, 2012 8pm

Bowling Green State University Men’s Chorus Bowling Green State University

Directed by Dr. Timothy Cloeter


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Concert I Thursday, April 12, 2012 8pm

the Morehouse College Glee Club Morehouse College

Directed by Dr. David Morrow Kaedron Hall, Student Conductor

Elijah McDavid & Jeremy Johnson, Accompanist

All Breathing Life Johann S. Bach (from Motet Sing to the Lord) arr. Wendell Whalum Alleluia Randall Thompson Zion’s Walls Aaron Copland

Kaedron Hall, Conductor arr. Glenn Kopone

Zachary and the Scaly Bark Tree Bill Lee Solo: Xavier Durden, Tenor

Baby in a Guinea Blue Gown (African American Folksong) arr. David Morrow Solo: Jarett Smith, Baritone You May Bury Me in the East arr. John W. Work Solo: Sherman Modeste, Tenor I’m Buildin’ Me a Home arr. Uzee Brown Solo: Antoine Griggs, Baritone


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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

Concert II Friday, April 13th, 2012 3pm

Fairfield Country Day School Choir FAIRFIELD Country Day School

Directed by Ms. Mary Nelson and Mr.James Balmer

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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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 Traditional South African Soloist: De’Shaun Adair, ’14 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 Traditional Scottish Soloist: Tom Kooplikkattu, ’12 arr. Johnathan Quick Somebody’s Knockin’ At Your Door Traditional Spiritual Soloist: Kevin Gibbons, ’12 arr. Kevin S. Foster Bui Doi from “Miss Saigon” Claude-Michael Schönberg

Concert II Friday, April 13th, 2012 3pm

Saint Ignatius High School Men’s Chorus Saint Ignatius High School – Cleveland, Ohio

Directed by Mr.Jason R. Falkofsky


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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

Concert III -“Georgia Night” Friday, April 13th, 2012 8pm

the University of Georgia Men’s Glee Club University of Georgia

I am In Need of Music David Brunner


Directed by Dr. David Morrow


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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 Traditional/arr. Ulrich Timothy Miller, Soloist 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


Georgia Tech Men’s Glee club Georgia Institute of Technology

Directed by Dr. Jerry Ulrich and Timothy Hsu


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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) Edvard Greig

Conducted by: Jayson Maynard Text: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson When I Fall in Love Victor Young Annelise McCurley – Horn 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


Georgia State University Men’s Chorus Georgia State University

Directed by Dr. Patrick Freer


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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 Rene Clausen

Mervyn Chapman, Tenor Soloist 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 .


the Sons of Lafayette Male Choir Directed by Mr. Loren Pinkerman


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Concert IV Saturday, April 14th, 2012 3pm

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 arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw Conducted by: Christopher Ellis Tiger! Tiger! Virgil Thomson Little Innocent Lamb collected and arr. Marshall Bartholomew


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Concert IV Saturday, April 14th, 2012 3pm

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) David Conte From Carmina Juventutis (Songs of Youth) 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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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 Heinrich Schütz Buccinate in nemenia tuba Jubilate Deo 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

Concert V Saturday, April 14th, 2012 8pm

Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club Ohio State University

Directed by Dt. Robert Ward


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Seek Ye First Marques Garrett Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing R. Bryant Braxton Ritmo Dan Davison Impossible Dream Mitch Leigh

Solo: Darian Clonts, Tenor arr. Rufus Hill You Better Run arr. Wendell Whalum

Solo: Tracy Johnson, Bass Kaedron Hall, Conductor

Who’ll Join? arr. David Morrow Solo: Antoine Griggs, Baritone Betelehemu Olatunji/Whalum



Directed by Dr. David Morrow


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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 David / Bacharach

Featuring Vocal Ensemble Panache arr. Huff Timothy Garrett, Solo 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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Directors In order of appearance

M iami U niv e r s i t y M en’ s G l e e C lub 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.

B owl ing G re en S ta t e U niv e r s i t y M en’ s C horu s 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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Directors

F air f i e l d C oun t ry D ay S choo l C ho i r 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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S ain t I gna t i u s H igh S choo l M en’ s C horu s 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 U niv e r s i t y o f G eorg ia M en’ s G l e e C lub 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 (2007-2009), 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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G eorg ia Te ch M wn’ s G l e e C lub 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.

G eorg ia S ta t e U niv e r s i t y M en’ s C horu s 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 S ons o f L a fay e t t e M al e C ho i r 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 B al l S ta t e S ta t e smen 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 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.

W righ t S ta t e M en’ s C hora l e 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.

O hio S ta t e U niv e r s i t y M en’ s G l e e C lub 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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A tlan ta G ay M en’ s C horu s 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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Session Presenters In order of appearance

D r. W i l l i am P owe l l 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.

D r. U zee B rown 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.

D r. C lay t on P arr 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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D r. Jame s A bb ing t on 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 1998-2003, 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 2000-2010.


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Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Inc. Board of Directors

Frank Albinder, President Clayton Parr, Executive Secretary Ethan Sperry, Vice – President

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. Also the following regional winners: Lafayette College (Penn State Association), Washington University (Missouri Valley Association), Capitol University (Ohio State University),


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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 and Penn State 3rd. The climax of all previous activities of the IMC was to have come in 1933 with an International Festival of Student Singers 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 individual male glee clubs became members, the large Board of forty or more elected by the University Glee Club was reduced to seventeen, two being elected by the University Glee Club as the Founding Member and the others being elected by the member clubs. 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 UC-Santa 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 Executive Secretary, replacing Clarence Davies of the University Glee Club of New York.


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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. 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 board, with Oats Harvey and Bruce Trinkley serving with him. The Library was converted to CD-ROM format in 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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Host Organization 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 degree.


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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 XXVIII. They participated with Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan and Trisha Yearwood in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta. In February 2002, 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 Jeremey McCants – President Cameron Thomas – Vice President Tislam Swift – Secretary Daniel Dalpiaz – Assistant Secretary Tracy Johnson – Chaplain Johnathan Hall – Historian Darian Clonts – Librarian Antoine Griggs – Librarian Sherman Modeste –Tour Manager Kaedron Hall – Student Director William Harper – Stage Manager Darrion Swint – Stage Manager Alphonso Mills – Wardrobe Manager Elijah Bell-Clarke – Wardrobe Manager Keeyen Martin – PR 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

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

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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