Vatican City, 2016
The Glee Club has represented Pomona College throughout the United States for over 100 years; since 1999, it has broadened its outreach to include international as well as domestic destinations. One of the goals of these concert tours is to bring a part of the College to our alumni, family, friends, and prospective students throughout the country and the world; equally important, however, is the opportunity to connect with members of the local community. We are especially cognizant of how musical ensembles can serve an ambassadorial role, reinforcing the shared humanity of peoples from around the world through the shared experience of music. Similarly, we understand how the gift of music can have a powerful impact on the lives of others; for this reason, we have made a special commitment to senior citizens, who are so often unable to get out an experience the joy that live music can bring.
We hope you will enjoy seeing where we have traveled (since 1999).
2023 Tour
England and Scotland
St. James’s Church Piccadilly (Benefit concert for the Otakar Kraus Music Trust)
London, England
Trinity College Chapel (Morning Eucharist)
Cambridge, England
St. Michael Le Belfrey (Benefit concert for “Restore York”)
York, England
Durham Cathedral (Benefit concert for County Durham Community Foundation “Poverty Hurts” )
Durham, England
Holy Trinity Church (with St. Andrews University Madrigal Group)
St. Andrews, Scotland
St. Giles Cathedral
Edinburgh, Scotland
2022 Tour
Southern California
The Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
The Getty Center (pop-up concert)
Los Angeles, California
Benton Museum of Art,
Pomona College
Claremont, California
The Artists Council's Artists Center at the Galen
Palm Desert, California
2021 Tour
Claremont, CA
The first time the ensemble performed in the same space together during the semester due to COVID-19.
Recorded while singing on the outdoor steps of Frary Dining Hall and Bridges Hall of Music on the Pomona College Campus.
Watch the 2021 tour performance
Read the 2021 tour program
2020 Tour
Spain
(Granada, Jaén, Seville, Cáceres, Salamanca, Madrid)
Canceled due to COVID-19
Jaén Cathedral, Jaén, Spain
Special Virtual Concert
Listen (2020 Tour)
2019 Tour
New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Virginia
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
New York, New York
St. David’s Episcopal Church
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Church of the Holy Trinity,
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Washington National Cathedral (Prelude Concert for Sunday Evensong)
Washington, D.C.
Bruton Parish Episcopal Church
Williamsburg, Virginia
Messiah United Methodist Church
Springfield, Virginia
2018 Tour
Southern California Community Outreach
Trinity Episcopal Church (fire and mudslide relief benefit concert)
Santa Barbara, California
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (fire and mudslide relief benefit concert)
Ventura, California
The Midnight Mission
(volunteer service, followed by “Music with a Mission” exchange)
Los Angeles, California
St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral (fire and mudslide relief benefit concert)
Los Angeles, California
2017 Tour
Oregon
Hood River Middle School
(choral exchange with the Chamber Choir)
Hood River, Oregon
Riverside Community Church
Hood River, Oregon
South Eugene High School
(choral exchange with the Concert Choir)
Eugene, Oregon
South Medford High School (choral exchange with the E! Choir and Chamber Choir)
Medford, Oregon
Medford Congregational United Church of Christ
Medford, Oregon
Capital Manor Retirement Community
Salem, Oregon
South Salem High School (choral exchange with the Symphonic Choir)
Salem, Oregon
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Salem, Oregon
2016 Tour
Northern and Central Italy
Basilica di San Nicolò
Lecco (Lake Como region), Italy
Chiesa di San Salvador
Venice, Italy
Basilica di San Marco
(Mass featured choir)
Venice, Italy
Chiesa di Santa Caterina d’Alessandria,
(UNESCO-sponsored concert) Pisa, Italy
Basilica di Santa Trinità
Florence, Italy
Chiesa San Marcello al Corso
Rome, Italy
Basilica di San Pietro (Mass featured choir)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
2015 Tour
Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, New York
Haverford High School
(choral exchange with the High School Chamber Choir)
Havertown, Pennsylvania
Church of the Holy Trinity,
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
St. Columba’s Episcopal Church
Washington, D.C.
Washington National Cathedral
(Prelude Concert for Sunday Evensong)
Washington, D.C.
Inwood Academy for Leadership
(450-student Assembly)
New York City (Washington Heights),
New York
Atria Assisted Living and Retirement Community
Stamford, Connecticut
First Presbyterian Church
Stamford, Connecticut
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
New York City, New York
2014 Tour
Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri
Glenview Community Church
Glenview, Illinois
Good Shepherd Parish at St. James Church
Madison, Wisconsin
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
(music for the evening Mass)
St. Louis, Missouri
Laclede Groves Senior Retirement Community
Webster Groves, Missouri
Christ Church Cathedral
St. Louis, Missouri
2013 Tour
Oregon, Washington
The Grotto – The National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother
Portland, Oregon
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Port Townsend, Washington
Bellevue Presbyterian Church
Bellevue, Washington
Gethsemane Lutheran Church (benefit concert for the Hope Center homeless outreach program)
Seattle, Washington
2012 Tour
England, Poland, and Germany
St. James’s Church Piccadilly
London, England
St. Mary’s Church (benefit concert)
Chesham, England
Centrum Kultury
Grodzisku Mazowieckim (Warsaw), Poland
St. Catherine’s Church (Kościół św. Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej i św. Małgorzaty)
Kraków, Poland
Elementary School Concert at Szkoła Podstawowa nr 155
Nowa Huta (near Kraków), Poland
The Evangelical Church
(Parafia Ewangelicko-Luterańska Opratrzności Bożej we Wrocławiu)
Mass Participation and Evening Concert
Wrocław, Poland
Berliner Dom
after Mittagsandacht
Berlin, Germany
Pfarrkirche Weißensee
Weißensee (Berlin), Germany
2011 Tour
Carmel and San Francisco Bay Area
Carmel Mission Basilica
Carmel, California
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
San Francisco, California
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Oakland, California
Channing House Retirement Community
Palo Alto, California
Braun Music Center, Stanford University (exchange with Stanford Chamber Chorale)
Palo Alto, California
Memorial Church, Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
2010 Tour
Washington D.C., Virginia, and New York City
The Georgetown Retirement Community
Washington, D.C.
Bruton Parish Church
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
Burke United Methodist Church
Burke, Virginia
Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Washington, D.C.
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Yorkville
New York City, New York
2009 Tour
Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Honolulu, Hawai’i
First Presbyterian of Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California
Punahou Academy
(exchange with Punahou choirs)
Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i
Arcadia Retirement Community
Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i
‘Iolani School (exchange with ‘Iolani choirs)
Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i
Kahala Nui Senior Living Community
Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i
The Cathedral Church of St. Andrews
Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i
2008 Tour
Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada
Eliot Hall Chapel, Reed College
Portland, Oregon
Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon (exchange with University of Oregon University Singers and Chamber Choir)
Eugene, Oregon
The O’Keefe Retirement Community
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Christ Church Cathedral
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Grace Episcopal Church
Bainbridge Island, Washington
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Medina, Washington
2007 Tour
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois
Concert Hall, Carlton College (exchange with Carleton College Choir)
Northfield, Minnesota
Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College
St. Paul, Minnesota
Kenwood United Methodist Church
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Park, Illinois
2006 Tour
Germany and Prague
Frauenkirche (Stadtkirche)
Meiningen, Germany
Nikolaikirche (benefit concert for the 13th-century church' restoration)
Wettin, Germany
Thomaskirche
Leipzig, Germany
Dom
Meissen, Germany
Emauzy Monastery
Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Tour
Northern California
Grace Cathedral
San Francisco, California
First United Methodist Church
Sacramento, California
The Church of St. Leo the Great
Oakland, California
Piedmont High School
Piedmont, California
Memorial Church, Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Braun Music Center, Stanford University (exchange with Stanford University Chamber Chorale)
Palo Alto, California
2004 Tour
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Payson Park Church
Belmont, Massachusetts
First Lutheran Church of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
Christ Church Greenwich
Greenwich, Connecticut
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Yorkville
New York City, New York
2003 Tour
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.
Tabernacle United Church
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cokesbury Village Retirement Community
Hockessin, Delaware
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
St. Columba’s Episcopal Church
Washington, D.C.
2002 Tour
Pacific Northwest
First United Methodist Church
Portland, Oregon
Trinity Episcopal Church (concert with Ashland High School Chamber Singers)
Ashland, Oregon
Ashland High School
Ashland, Oregon
Anderson Island Community Club House
Anderson Island, Washington
Anderson Island Community Church
Anderson Island, Washington
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Bainbridge Island, Washington
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Medina, Washington
2001 Tour
Southern California
Alexander Hamilton Senior High School Academy of Music
Los Angeles, California
Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church
San Luis Obispo, California
Trinity Episcopal Church
Santa Barbara, California
Pacific Basin United Methodist Church
San Diego, California
2000 Tour
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York
Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
Worcester Academy (concert with Worchester Academy Choir)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Faulkner Recital Hall – Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
Christ & St. Stephen’s Church
New York City, New York
Newton North High School (concert and choral exchange with Newton North High School Choir)
Newton, Massachusetts
1999 Tour
Seattle Metropolitan Area
Roselie Whyel Museum of Doll Art
Bellevue, Washington
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church
Mercer Island, Washington
St. James Cathedral
Seattle, Washington