"What I saw that evening were young men in the act of expressing themselves through an art-form, energized to the fullness of their powers. You were all alive and vibrant to the roots of your beings. The air tingled. Everything in you that is most gracious and beautiful, from religious worship to the laughter of high animal spirits, was set flowing. It flowed through you into the audience and sent us home happy and invigorated."
--Lucien Price, Amphion's Lyre


About Us

Founded in 1858, the Harvard Glee Club is the oldest college choir in America, and is considered by many to be the premier collegiate men's chorus in the country. We are a close-knit group of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students bound together by friendship, a shared love of music, and a passion for singing for diverse audiences at Harvard, across the United States, and around the world.

In addition to the main chorus, the Glee Club features a smaller subset ensemble, HGC Lite, which performs lighter a cappella works.



HGC in Sanders


Contact Us

For any questions about the Harvard Glee Club, contact our manager, Jason Varnell at

Concert Schedule 2009-2010

* Tickets for any of our Cambridge concerts may be purchased from the Harvard Box Office online or in the Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA or at (617) 496-2222. Ticket information for other concerts will be posted as it becomes available. Please note that dates and times listed are subject to change. Harvard-Princeton Football Concert Friday, October 23rd, 2009, 8:00 PM Sanders Theater, Harvard University The annual concert with the Princeton Glee Club the night before the Harvard-Princeton football game. Harvard-Yale Football Concert Friday, November 20th, 2009, 8:00 PM Woolsey Hall, Yale University The annual concert with the Yale Glee Club the night before the Harvard-Yale football game. Christmas Holiday Concert Saturday, December 5th, 2009, 8:00 PM Sanders Theater, Harvard University Christmas Concert with the women of the Radcliffe Choral Society. Junior Parents' Weekend Concert Saturday, March 6th, 2010, 8:00 PM Sanders Theater, Harvard University Annual performance for Junior Parents' Weekend featuring HGC and RCS. 2010 Spring Tour to the Midwest and Canada From March 12-20, 2010, the Harvard Glee Club will be taking its annual tour- this time to the Upper Midwest and Canada! The tour will include stops in Kitchener, Ontario, Ann Arbor, MI, Midland, MI, Cleveland, OH, Charleston, WV, Cincinnati, OH and Oxford, OH. Tickets will be available at the door or prior to each concert- for continually updated information, see our website. Below is the complete list of concerts:
  • Friday, March 12: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Church of St. John the Evangelist 23 Water St. N. 8-10pm. Tickets: C$20 (C$10 for students) available here.
  • Saturday, March 13: Ann Arbor, MI Celebrating 301 Years of Song (with the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club) St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church 530 Elizabeth Street 8-10pm. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students available at the door or online via the Michigan Men’s Glee Club website: www.ummgc.org
  • Sunday, March 14: Midland, MI First United Methodist Church 315 W. Larkin Street 7-9pm. Admission is free.
  • Tuesday, March 16: Cleveland Ohio Case Western Reserve University With the Case Western Reserve Concert Choir, Early Music Society, and Men’s Glee Club Harkness Chapel 11200 Bellflower Road 7:30-9:30pm Tickets: $10 general public, $5 students. Available at the door and in advance at the CWRU Music Department office in Haydn Hall
  • Wednesday, March 17: Charleston, WV Charleston Baptist Temple Corner of Morris and Quarier Streets 7:30-9:30pm Tickets: $10 at the door. For student and group sales, contact 304-344-1060 or 304-346-3700
  • Friday, March 19: Cincinnati, OH Christ Church Cathedral 318 East Fourth Street 8-10pm. Admission is free.
  • Saturday, March 20: Oxford, OH Concert at the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National Seminar, Miami University 8-10pm. For more information, please see www.mugleeclub.org/imc.
Young Men's Choral Festival Saturday, April 10th, 2010, 7:30 PM First Church, Cambridge A Celebration of the Career of Dr. Jameson Marvin Friday, April 30th, 2010, 8:00 PM Sanders Theatre, Harvard University HGC joins with Radcliffe Choral Society, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, a professional orchestra and professional soloists to celebrate the career of our conductor, Dr. Jameson Marvin.