Glee Clubs and Organizations

Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society.

Dedicated to the extension of Male Chorus Singing, Enjoyment, Fellowship and Service in North America - Established 1924.

"The Columbia Glee Club will give a concert consisting of warbles, merry college songs, and glees" was written back in 1873 announcing the first concert by a newly formed singing group.

In the fall of 1868, little more than a month after Cornell University opened its doors, students banded together to form the Orpheus Glee Club, the first home to student singing at Cornell.

Founded in 1858, the sixty-voice Harvard Glee Club is Harvard's traditional men's chorus and the oldest college chorus in America.

The UGC was one of the founding fathers for the IMC. Since its foundation in 1915, the Intercollegiate Men's Choruses, Inc. strives to promote quality men's chorus singing and music.

Organized in 1875, The Ohio State University Men's Glee Club has enjoyed a long tradition of choral excellence.

The Penn Glee Club's world-renowned and tradition-rich history began modestly in 1862 when eight undergraduate men formed the Club, making the Penn Glee Club the oldest performing arts group at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Princeton University Glee Club is the oldest singing group in existence at Princeton. It was founded in 1874 by Andrew Fleming West '74, who later became the first Dean of the Graduate College.

Tracing its roots back to 1872, the Rutgers Glee Club has been among the nation's premier collegiate choirs for over a hundred and twenty-five years.

Founded in 1859, The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club is the second oldest collegiate chorus in the United States and the oldest continually-run student organization on the Michigan campus.

The Virginia Glee Club is the oldest musical organization at the University of Virginia.

Founded in 1859, the Wabash College Glee Club is a singing group for men whose love for singing transcends time.

The Yale Glee Club began as thirteen men of the class of 1863, singing folk and school songs at local concerts and on tour with the accompaniment of banjos and guitars.