Press Release

USNA WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB TO PERFORM WITH DANA POINT SYMPHONY IN DANA POINT, CALIF.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The internationally-acclaimed U.S. Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club will appear as guest artists with the Dana Point Symphony Orchestra in Dana Point, Calif. Friday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. on the first stop of their ten-day spring break performing tour.

Under the direction of Conductor Dean Anderson, the concert will feature music by Mendelssohn. The performance will be held at St. Edwards Church, located at 33926 Calle La Primavera, Dana Point, Calif. 92629. Tickets ($12 and $8 for seniors and military) are available in advance online at http://www.danapointsymphony.com or at the door the evening of performance. Additional information for this concert at 301-832-0388.

The Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club, under the direction of Ms. Cindy Bauchspies, regularly travels around the country representing the Naval Academy. The glee club has received national acclaim for public appearances in Phoenix, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; and most recently, a national television broadcast of the Veteran’s Day Ceremony in New York City. A 10-day visit to Brazil in 2010 garnered international acclaim for the club from both ambassadors and state department officials.

“We are excited about the opportunity to perform with the Dana Point Symphony and to bring one of America’s premier women’s choral ensembles to California. The selection of music and the addition of the Women’s Glee Club will thrill the audience at this performance,” said Bauchspies.

In addition to the symphony performance, the glee club will provide the music for the Sunday Worship Service at 10:20 a.m. at St. Edwards Church and an evening concert at Wintersburg Presbyterian Church in Santa Ana March 11, visit several area high schools, and perform an evening concert Monday, March 12 at the Northpark Community Church in Santa Clarita, Calif.

Founded in 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy today is a prestigious four-year service academy that prepares midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to be professional officers in the naval service. More than 4,400 men and women representing every state in the U.S. and several foreign countries make up the student body, known as the Brigade of Midshipmen. Midshipmen learn from military and civilian instructors and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities. They also study subjects like small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, leadership, ethics and military law. Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a tax-payer funded Bachelor of Science degree in a choice of 23 different subject majors and go on to serve at least five years of exciting and rewarding service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.

For more information about the Naval Academy, please visit www.usna.edu or our Facebook page. For more information on the USNA Women's Glee Club, please visit www.usna.edu/music.

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