The Cornell University Glee Club will perform two concerts in the Los Angeles Area on Jan. 15 and 16. The 60-member male choir directed by Scott Tucker will be in the midst of a two-week tour of the West Coast.

Friday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m.
Chadwick School
26800 South Academy Drive
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
Donations Accepted

Saturday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m.
Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church
505 N. Rodeo Dr. at Santa Monica Blvd.
Admission: $10

The first half of each concert will consist of male choral music from a variety of cultures. The repertoire ranges from European Renaissance to folk music of the Americas. In the second half, the Hangovers, the a cappella group that is a subset of the Glee Club, will perform several original arrangements of popular music. The final portion of the concerts will be devoted to traditional Cornell songs including Give My Regards to Davy, the Evening Song, and the Cornell Alma Mater.

Highlights of the repertoire include Susa's Dirge from Cymbeline and Janacek's Ave Maria, both set to text by two of Britain's greatest poets. William Shakespeare provides the text for the Dirge, a reflection of two youths on the severity of life and the "quiet consummation"

of death. The text for Janacek's Ave Maria is a Czech translation of a poem by Lord Byron -- a meditation on nature and one's homeland, interwoven with the Ave Maria prayer.

The Cornell University Glee Club, founded in 1868, is one of the oldest groups of its kind in the country. The Glee Club has performed throughout the United States and in more than 20 countries, including the People's Republic of China, Germany, Great Britain, the former Soviet Union and Japan. The group also has performed live on NBC, CBS, PBS and the BBC. Recent accomplishments include Bach's St. John Passion under the direction of Peter Schreier and Verdi's Requiem with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. For more information visit http://gleeclub.cornell.edu.

Cornell University is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive institutions in the world. The Ivy League university has 13 schools and colleges and offers more than 75 undergraduate programs in such diverse fields as chemistry, hotel administration, English and landscape architecture. Cornell's graduate and professional schools include such areas as law, medicine, veterinary science and business management. About 19,000 students enroll each year on Cornell's Ithaca campus in central New York's Finger Lakes Region. The campus is often recognized as one of the most beautiful in the nation. Known for its rich history and rigorous academic standards, Cornell stands far above its peers in linking the excitement of undergraduate teaching to the discoveries of advanced research.

Additional contacts:

Nick Mandala, Tour Manager: (607) 255-3396, E-mail: glee.club@cornell.edu

Michael Eames: (607) 993-6542, E-mail: penmusic@earthlink.net