About the Glee Club
Our Heritage
Founded by student Samuel Ward Perrott, whose auditions turned out twice the available spots, our 75-voice, all-male choral ensemble first took the stage in December 1915. You can almost see the audience leaving Washington Hall, their delighted conversation lifting swirls of breath into the crisp air. So began our enduring legend as the oldest glee club at a Catholic university.
The NDGC Today
From our four annual campus concerts to domestic and international tours, our voices carry around the world! We’ve partnered visiting artists, hosted joint concerts with other campus groups.
Join Us
We invite all male students with the gift of vocal talent to join us in carrying on the tradition of bringing song to our campus and to audiences worldwide. Your Glee Club campus experience, coupled with the opportunity for tour and travel, will be the experience of a lifetime – one that you’ll treasure long after your time here as a student has ended.
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Daniel Stowe
Director
Dan Stowe has been a member of the University of Notre Dame faculty since 1993. In addition to directing the Glee Club, he is also conductor of the Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra and the Notre Dame Collegium Musicum, and teaches conducting.
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Phil Lally
President
Phil Lally is a senior at Notre Dame majoring in English and FTT and minoring in History and Irish Studies. Originally from Bay Village, Ohio, he resides in St. Edward’s Hall and is a proud member of the Tenor 1 section in the Notre Dame Glee Club. It is the greatest honor and privilege of his Notre Dame experience to serve as the President of the Glee Club, and he looks forward to upholding the storied legacy of the group even amidst a most unusual year by seeking out opportunities for the group to both share its music and to foster community among its members.
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What does the University of Notre Dame Glee Club mean to its members? From being a welcomed refuge or life-saving league of friends to a unique college “hobby” – our members share all the reasons they couldn’t imagine life without Glee Club.
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