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Catskill Glee Club
Catskill, New York
FOUNDED IN 1927
Love to Sing?
New Members are Welcome
Join Us!
 
Men (age 16 and up) are invited to attend our Monday evening rehearsals at the Community Life Church in Catskill (7 pm), where you will find harmony with a great bunch of guys.

Please contact us (see below) if you have any questions.

Music Director
 
Michael Wright
Accompanist 
Wendy Shelburne
 
Officers
President 
Marty Wallace

Vice President 
Jack Willoughby
 
Secretary 
Allen Krom

Treasurer 
Joe Scheuermann
 
Librarian
Bob Gaus
 
Ticket Chairman
John Moreton

 
Rehearsals
Day and time:
Mondays, 7 to 9:15 pm
Location:
Community Life Church, 20 West Main Street, Catskill

Schedule:
September to mid-December, and January to mid-May
 
 
Links
about the Conductors Club
Bayside Glee Club
Mendelssohn Club of Kingston
Northeast Men's
Summer Chorus
Down Town Glee Club
Mendelssohn Club of Albany
Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York City
Conductors Club concert calendar
Northeast Men's
Summer Chorus
 
 
 
 

please join us for our
 

2024 Annual
Spring Concert

 

SATURDAY MAY 18  7:30 PM


guest artists

Hair of the Dog
 

location

First Reformed Church, 310 Main Street, Catskill
 

tickets

$10 (suggested donation) at the door

 

 
visit our facebook page to learn more about our upcoming concerts
 

 

About Us
 
The Catskill Glee Club (male chorus) was organized in 1927. During the first concert, on May 1, 1928, a fire broke out in a nearby business district. Two members of the club, who also happened to be firefighters, responded and were overcome by smoke. The concert went on as scheduled but without the two men. 

Since its founding, the Catskill Glee Club has had five conductors, ten accompanists, and five assistant accompanists. Sixteen members served in the Armed Forces and one member, who was awarded the Bronze Star, was killed in France in 1944. There have been 134 spring and winter concerts and over 650 road performances.

We sing in a variety of musical styles -- from Renaissance to rock -- including folk and popular songs, classical pieces, spirituals, sacred music, and show tunes.

The Club performs a winter concert in December and a spring concert in May on Saturday evening. Occasional road concerts are scheduled in  the winter and spring. Concert dress is a tuxedo, but a black suit will do in a pinch.

The Club participated in the Massed Concert of the Mohawk Hudson Male Chorus Association (April 2018) in Rensselaer, New York, hosted by the Mendelssohn Club of Albany. Also joining us was the Mendelssohn Club of Kingston.

In April 2016, the Catskill Glee Club hosted the 57th annual massed concert of the Mohawk Hudson Male Chorus Association.

The Club's 25 members, ranging in age from 21 to 85, come from Columbia, Greene, and Ulster counties and from the Capitol District.

Dues are $30 per year.

 

About the Conductor
 

Michael Wright joined the Catskill Glee Club as conductor in January 2014.

He has been a singing member of the Mendelssohn Club of Albany for over 20 years and is currently that club’s assistant conductor. He also served, since 2012, as co-conductor of the Yankee Male Chorus for its annual four-day summer tour in New England.

Mr. Wright received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from Indiana University, where he was a pupil of the late Cuban-born pianist Jorge Bolet. While at Indiana, he also studied conducting, participated in conducting ensembles, and sang under the baton of such notables as Robert Shaw, John Nelson, Helmut Rilling, and Margaret Hillis.

He is president of the Conductors Club of New York and conducts for the Northeast Men's Summer Chorus in August.

 
Contact Us
 
Robert Gaus
email: CatskillGleeClub@gmail.com
phone: 845-389-1503
 
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