About the Men's Glee Club
The United States Naval Academy MEN'S GLEE CLUB is the most active of the Naval Academy's musical organizations and has achieved national prominence as one of America's premier men's choral ensembles. Recent appearances on network television include The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS), The Today Show (NBC), The Early Show (CBS), Christmas in Washington (NBC and TNT) and Good Morning, America (ABC).
The Men's Glee Club performs masterpieces of the choral-orchestral literature annually with the Naval Academy Women's Glee Club and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the annually sold-out concerts of Handel's Messiah, which is also broadcast annually throughout this country and abroad, recent repertoire has included Orff's Carmina Burana, Requiems by Brahms, Mozart and Verdi, Haydn's Creation, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Ralph Vaughan-Williams' A Sea Symphony among many others. In the past decade alone, the Men's Glee Club has performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad including four European Tours with performances at St. Peters in the Vatican, cathedrals in Brussels, Wells, Winchester, Salisbury, and St. Paul's in London. Recent appearances include a performance with the Boston Pops Orchestra, concerts in San Diego's Copley Symphony Hall, New York's Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, and Washington's Kennedy Center.
The ensemble was featured on a two-concert series with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra during the 2002-2003 season. Highlights of the 2004-2005 season included two performances with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, a European Concert Tour to Italy and Great Britain, and a performance of Verdi's Requiem with the Annapolis Symphony. Highlights of the 2005-2006 season included a joint performance with the Notre Dame Glee Club and three performances with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. The 2006-2007 season included performances in Charleston and Hilton Head, South Carolina, Pinehurst, North Carolina, San Diego and Los Angeles, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii, as well as the annual performances of Handel's Messiah with the Annapolis Symphony.
Presenting evenings of fine music and entertainment, the Men's Glee Club, under the direction of Dr. Aaron Smith, represents the United States Navy and the Naval Academy with pride and distinction in the world's great cathedrals and concert halls.