The internationally acclaimed U.S. Naval Academy Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs will appear as guest artists with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in Indianapolis to celebrate Veterans Day.
Performances will be at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11; 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13. All performances will be at the Hilbert Circle Theatre on Monument Circle.
Tickets are available online at IndianapolisSymphony.org and by calling the Box Office at (317) 639-4300.
The concert theme will be “A Veterans Day Salute” including patriotic Pops music from Broadway, and choir classics. Also appearing with the Glee Clubs and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will be the USNA Pipes and Drums Corps.
The USNA Glee Club comprises 85 singers and includes members of the Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs. The Men’s Glee Club has achieved international prominence as one of the world’s premier men’s choruses, and the Women’s Glee Club is the only all-female military choral ensemble in the world. Appearances on network television include The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS), The Today Show (NBC), and several nationwide broadcasts featuring the National Anthem.
The Glee Clubs annually perform choral-orchestral works collaborating with the nation’s leading symphonic organizations. Recent orchestral collaborations include performances as guest artists with the Minnesota Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony and the Rochester Philharmonic. In the past decade alone, the Glee Clubs have performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad to include concert tours to Great Britain, Chile, Italy, Argentina, and Brazil.
“We are excited to be able to bring this acclaimed Glee Club to perform in Indianapolis with the world-renowned Indianapolis Symphony and their widely-acclaimed Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly,” Glee Club Director Dr. Aaron Smith said.
The Glee Club includes several midshipmen from Indiana, including Midshipman 4/C (Freshman) Grace Sullivan from Carmel.
“I am looking forward to coming home to Indiana with my good friends in the Glee Club to perform before my family and friends,” Sullivan said.