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The Pomona College Glee Club, under the leadership of Donna M. Di Grazia, comes to Oak Park and Chicago, Illinois from Claremont, CA for their 2025 concert tour. The ensemble will present a radiant offering of unaccompanied choral music, from charming 16th-century French chansons to the exquisite setting of Langston Hughes’ poem April Rain Song by Robert Harris. The program also includes works by Maurice Duruflé, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Frank Ticheli, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others. All the concerts are free of charge. The public is welcome.
Tour Program:
Duruflé – Tu es Petrus
Mäntyjärvi – Ave Maria d’Aosta
Raczyński – Gaudeamus omnes
Sermisy – Tant que vivray
Passereau – Il est bel et bon
Poulenc – La belle se sied au pied de la tour
Certon – La, la, la je ne l’ose dire
Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare Songs
Runestad – Let My Love Be Heard
Harris – April Rain Song
Ravel – Trois Chansons
Ticheli – Earth Song
Elder – The Heart’s Reflection
arr. Hogan – Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
Oak Park, IL • 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301
Chicago, IL • 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 22, 2025
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Donna M. Di Grazia, the ensemble’s current conductor, holds the David J. Baldwin Professorship in Music and has been a member of the Pomona College faculty since 1998. She is also an active musicologist and has been an active choral musician throughout her career. For more information, visit: pomona.edu/directory/people/donna-m-di-grazia.
All concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets required.
FMI: 909-621-8155 or www.pomona.edu/glee-tour
