The highly acclaimed Fairfield University Glee Club will perform their final concert of the season on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.
Under the direction of Michael A. Ciavaglia ’04, DMA, the Fairfield University Glee Club will present GLEE2K, a high-energy pops concert featuring hits and hidden gems from 1990-2010, with chorus and audience favorites that include selections from Billy Joel, The Killers, the Goo Goo Dolls, and more.
Attendees will enjoy performances from the Glee Club and student soloists and small groups, as well as the Bensonians, Sweet Harmony, and a senior send-off song, with the Pops band rocking the Quick Center.
“The Pops concert is a great way to end the semester, and for the students to show their musical talent and creativity in a big way,” said Dr. Ciavaglia. “For many of our students, it’s their favorite concert of the year!"
Learn more and purchase tickets at fairfield.edu/quickcenter.
The Fairfield University Glee Club
The Fairfield University Glee Club, at the time under the direction of Fr. John Murray, S.J., and musical director Simon Harak, became the first student organization formed by the first ever incoming class of Fairfield University in 1947. Today under the direction of Michael A. Ciavaglia ’04, DMA, the Fairfield University Glee Club is a mixed chorus of almost 100 undergraduate and graduate singers at Fairfield University.
The Glee Club has performed in churches, schools, and recital and concert halls throughout Europe, singing from Galway to Rome and Florence to London. The choir has performed at Carnegie Hall, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Westminster Cathedral in London, the Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican, and the U.S. military academies at West Point and Annapolis. The Glee Club performs a varied repertoire of early, classical, and contemporary music in numerous engagements with other choruses, and with festival and symphonic Orchestras.
The mixed chorus is the parent organization of three additional ensembles: the Chamber Singers, the Bensonians (formerly the Men’s Ensemble), and Sweet Harmony.
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
The mission of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is to create a dynamic and inclusive visual and performing arts center for the whole community that inspires intellectual curiosity, broadens perspectives and transforms the way we see the world and how we interact with one another.
Through high caliber artistic programs that each invite inquiry, experimentation, and reflection, the Quick Center for the Arts aims to collaborate with dynamic performers, artists, and experts to inspire, engage, and involve audience members to enter into conversations with, journey with, and even co-create the artistic experience.
