Message from the president

Hello Everyone! I am Vincent Brown, the Pitt Men’s Glee Club President for the 2026-2027 academic year. This is my third year singing with the ensemble, and I am so excited for what is to come! This year will feature new set lists as always, and has me waiting for some of my personal favorites in the Spring with a Disney-themed finale. Best of all, our tour this year takes us to my home town of Irwin, Pennsylvania, along with other destinations stretching to Cleveland, Ohio!

For anyone curious about what we do, the Pitt Men’s Glee Club is an all male-voiced, acapella choir. We sing a large variety of music, often ranging drastically between styles within the same concert! Classical, Jazz, Folk, and Pop are some of our favorites, but our group has sung in virtually any genre you can think of! Besides just the music, our group makes the most of our time together with lots of social events. Our Spring tour offers us the opportunity to explore the world together—shopping, seeing sights, and tasting new food! During the rest of the season, we often get together for all sorts of on- and off-campus events, and I am especially excited to announce the return of a group camping weekend this fall!

Finally, I would like to say a quick thank you to the amazing E Board Officers we have this year! Everything we do is because of them, and truly this year we have an amazing crew of invested and hard-working guys who are getting us ready for an awesome year to come. Thank you as well to our director, Richard Teaster, who is continually the cornerstone of everything we do. Beyond just his excellence in music and music education, he is dedicated to making the Glee Club a place for members to connect and enjoy themselves.

You do not want to miss out on what we have in store for the 2026-2027 Glee season! Glee isn’t just a place to sing, but it is a community of musicians with all sorts of different backgrounds, interests, and talents, so come find your glee this year by signing up for your auditions below! Auditions will be held during the week of August 24th, so sign up soon!

Stay Gleeful!

Vincent Brown

Club Leaders

Director

Richard Teaster

Student Board

President:	Vincent Brown
Vice President:	Patrick Francis
Business Manager:	Mar Stevenson
Secretary:	Ethan De Los Santos
Social & Outreach Chair:	Ryan O'Connor

Officers

Fundraising Chair:	Nolan Blaze Vincent Caminneci
Merchandise Chair:	Henry Leavitt
Librarian:	Yodahe Fasil Derek Haeussler
Historian:	John Logue
Tour Manager:	Dylan Garagozzo
Social Media Chair	Henry Leavitt
Greenhorn Chair:	Ethan De Los Santos Cooper Kuchma

Members

As of Spring 2026

Nolan Blaze †
Carter Brown
Vincent Caminneci
Aries Cepeda
John Fosbenner
S. Gonzales-Trelles
Henry Leavitt
Aaron Little
Conner Smith
Saadir Sommers
Ethan Taylor
† Section Leader
Luke Bailey
Evan Carroll
Yodahe Fasil
Glenn Ferry
Dylan Garagozzo
Jack Gilmartin
John Gordynskiy
Evan Knott
Cooper Kuchma
Ethan Kwon
Ryan O'Connor †
Luke Sandusky
David Shi
Ian Whitaker
CJ Wrightson
Zachary Zinderman
† Section Leader

Vincent Brown
Gavin Connor
Ethan De Los Santos
Quinn Figley
Adam Glicker
Nicholas Goepel
Derek Haeussler
Jacob Klinedinst
John Logue
Jacob Shinder †
Isa Siddiqi
Mar Stevenson
Natividad Torres
Derin Uyar
† Section Leader
Anthony Arshoun
Luca Assandri
Owen Bauer
Owen Bearman
Braydon Cohen
Paris Doherty
Patrick Francis
Nate Ginck
Garet Hill
Christopher Lozano
Logan Mellor
Christopher Noah
Xavier Ramírez †
Yoki Salcedo Hernandez
Nick Sobolewski
† Section Leader

Help Us Fight Back!

At the beginning of April, all part-time employees in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music received letters of nonrenewal on their contracts. This decision was not made within the Department of Music, but the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Our director Richard Teaster is one of the faculty members affected, along with the director of our sister group, the Treble Choral Ensemble. We are actively searching for ways to combat this decision, and we would appreciate your support in spreading the word, filing complaints, and sending emails to decisionmakers.

Last Updated 7/31/26

Thankfully, the faculty union stepped in to help bring contract renewals to most of the part-time faculty, including Richard and Lorraine. However, these contracts came with huge cuts to their allowed course loads, limiting their number of private music lessons across the board. Richard’s course Class Voice was also limited to a single section, so his overall courses have been cut by half. This is a huge loss in income for all of the part-time faculty, and while we are happy to have them back, we still worry for their livelihoods. It is unclear if this decision will span past the coming school year or if we will have to fight for renewals again afterward. However, it is clear that this will have massive effects on the Music Department and its students. We wish the Department and all impacted faculty the best of luck in finding supplemental opportunities for now, and we thank you for sticking through this unfortunate decision. Thank you to everyone who remained vigilant on this matter despite all of the uncertainty. Let us keep supporting our students, peers, and mentors through troubling times, and pass the hope of a better future through our music.

  Auditions
  For fall 2026

Auditions will be held during the first week of classes, from Monday, August 24 to Wednesday, August 28, from 7 - 9:30pm.

They will be 10 minutes long and generally consist of scales, pitch matching, and minimal sight-reading. You do NOT have to prepare a piece to sing. Auditions will be held in room 115 of the Music Building. Schedule a time slot below!

Brothers in song

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.