Sisterhood, Song, and Strength
About Us
The University of Michigan Women’s Glee Club is a choral ensemble representing undergraduate and graduate women from diverse fields across the U of M campus. Composed primarily of non-music majors, WGC gives female students the opportunity to express their love of music through performance, community outreach, and travel.
As a club, WGC allows students to meet a wide variety of friends who share a common interest in music. Founded in 1893, the Women’s Glee Club has a long history of enriching the university community and the lives of our hundreds of alumnae. As we look to the past for inspiration, the members of the Women’s Glee Club focus on the future and strive to become an enduring tradition at the University of Michigan.
History
The primary mission of the Women’s Glee Club has remained consistent throughout its long history—to provide an opportunity for women at the University of Michigan to keep music in their lives regardless of their academic backgrounds. The club has taken many shapes and forms over the years, but our hundreds of fond alumnae can attest to the success of this philosophy. From the beginning, excellence in performance and community outreach have been the vehicles for our accomplishments.
Follow this link to learn more about UMWGC’s legacy on campus.
Tours
Women’s Glee Club just returned from their summer 2018 Italy tour, where they spent their time performing in various venues in Florence, Rome, and Venice. WGC also had the privilege of being able to perform during Holy Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
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Alumnae
For over 125 years, Women’s Glee has been providing a community for women on the University of Michigan’s campus, but that community only expands after graduation. With over 700 active alumnae, alumnae relations is vital in maintaining our community. Alumnae relations is building community and maintaining sisterhood through communication, performance opportunities, and a biannual newsletter.
Check out our most recent Yearbook below to keep up with all the events that Women’s Glee Club has participated in this past year!
Outreach
One of the aspects of the University of Michigan Women’s Glee Club is our motivation to support and positively impact our surrounding communities. WGC continuously tries to reach out to organizations and groups in order to support philanthropic ventures.
Learn more about Women’s Glee Club’s involvement in the community or having WGC perform at an event.
Midnight Blue
In 2006, a vocal jazz octet (later to be named “Midnight Blue”) was formed in the University of Michigan Women’s Glee Club. The octet underwent drastic changes in 2009, expanding its repertoire to include pop, doo-wop, hip-hop, be-bop, doo-wop, tragic ballads, and side-splitting parodies. Since joining the Michigan A Cappella Council in 2010, Midnight Blue earned a stellar reputation around campus, being described as “kind of funny” and lovingly referred to as “that one group, I think they were girls who sang about dating a GSI.” Starting again in 2018 after a short break in 2017, the new Midnight Blue brings a new sound and an increase to 10 members!
The new Midnight Blue shares a passion for female empowerment and performing all kinds of music together. When they’re not performing, you can probably catch them arguing about the technicalities of food categories (are Pop Tarts ravioli? Is cereal a soup? Still up for debate) or spending too much money at Pizza House!
