The Down Town Glee Club, now in its 91st year of showcasing male choral singing with live musical accompaniment, presents its annual winter concert at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 240 E. 31st Street, NYC on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 7:30PM. Conductor and musical director Grant Mech will lead the men in Young at Heart for the Holidays, tapping into the child in all of us – that joy and happiness we experience with youthful wonder and abandon at Holiday time. Helping to spread the seasonal spirit are the singers of the Most Precious Blood Youth Choir, a young women’s chorus who will add their voices to the all-male glee. The group will sing several works from their repertoire as well as join the men for mixed choir selections.
Highlighted in Young at Heart for the Holidays will be the music of Johnny Marks, Sammy Cahn and Vince Guaraldi, plus tunes from those unforgettable animated holiday television specials produced by Rankin/Bass, such as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” ”The Little Drummer Boy,” “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” and “Jack Frost.” Not to be forgotten are beautiful traditional pieces such as “Ose Shalom,” “Ring Bells” and “Ave Maria.”
The Most Precious Blood Youth Choir, under the direction of Parish Music Director Cynthia Macias, is part of the young adult music ministry of The Most Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church in Astoria, Queens. The choir’s mission is fellowship and praise through song. Instrumentalists are also welcome in the program, which features participation in a special monthly Mass.
The Down Town Glee Club represents a diverse range of ages, ethnicities and professional backgrounds. Contrary to its name, the group has always been far-reaching, performing at Carnegie Hall, the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, the Roosevelt Hotel and more. The group continues to advocate the art form of male choral singing, with its special two-tenor, two-bass musical format, as a vibrantly popular entertainment in the cultural history of the nation.
Young at Heart for the Holidays, Thursday, December 13 at 7:30 PM at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 240 E. 31st Street, NYC.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. A complimentary reception follows. For tickets, call 917-524-8534, email TheDownTownGleeClub@gmail.com or visit www.downtowngleeclub.org
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