Message from the president

Thank you for visiting our site! My name is Nathaniel Ginck, and I am the President of the Pitt Men’s Glee Club for the 2023-2024 school year. Whatever brings you here, please enjoy learning about our club’s history and listening to us sing!

This Spring, we are touring Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. We will be performing at a variety of venues including the Washington National Cathedral. I hope to see you there!

Our last concert of the year will be alongside The University of Pittsburgh Treble Choral Ensemble on December 9th. We hope you will join us! Tickets can be purchased here. Students (of any college) are free with their ID.

Hail to Pitt!

Nathaniel Ginck

Club Leaders

Director

Richard Teaster

Student Board

President: Nathaniel Ginck

Vice President: Donovan Hoffman

Business Manager: Presley Gerena

Secretary: CJ Wrightson

Social & Outreach Chair: Carter Sabin

Officers

Fundraising Chair: Luke Sandusky

Merchandise Chair: Jo Zhang

Librarian: Yodahe Fasil

Historian: Aries Cepeda

Tour Manager: Zach Zinderman

Social Media Chair: Rory Kaplan

Greenhorn Chair: Xavier Ramirez

Audio-Visual Chair: Garrett Falkenstein

We are the oldest extra-curricular organization at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as its first collegiate musical ensemble.

The Club was founded in 1890 by Mr. John L. High. He was a graduate of Amherst College, MA. The group began as a mere octet, consisting of 2 first tenors, 2 second tenors, 2 baritones, and 2 basses. At the time, the school was known as the Western University of Pennsylvania.

In 1891, the University's name was changed to the present one, and the Glee Club Association was merged with the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs. Records show that in 1901, the Club was listed as "purely a student organization, consisting of members of the Glee Club and Mandolin Clubs-It's objective was to stimulate the musical interest among the undergraduates, to promote sociability, to develop the college spirit, and to promote the fair name of 'Old Uni.'" In 1922, the organization was still operating under the combined titles of musical clubs, but in 1923, the group's name was changed to the Glee Club and Ensemble.

In 1926, after performing for a short time with the Dental Chorus (comprised of students from Pitt's Dental School), the Glee Club evolved into the organization it is today. 

We faced some difficulties around the turn of the millennium, with the group almost being dissolved completely, but in 1999 our current director, Richard Teaster, took over, guiding the club back to greatness. Today, the Pitt Men’s Glee Club is respected both in the United States and internationally, with multiple concerts each year in Pittsburgh and tours in Atlanta, NYC, LA, Italy, Austria, and many more cities across the United States and Europe.