All local alums are invited to a reception for Meg on Sunday, April 23, 3:30-5 PM at the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub (in the basement of Memorial Hall), 45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA. Please spread the word about the reception and thank you materials to other RCS/Harvard Choruses alums—let’s give Meg the sendoff she deserves!
We encourage alums who sang under Meg’s tenure or who otherwise wish to express their gratitude to submit a video or note thanking her:
The Holden Voice Program spring recital is a wonderful opportunity to hear students from RCS, HGC and HRCM present a wide range of solo pieces. These events create an exciting capstone on the year-long work in the voice studios. Check out the recital program!
Get excited! Our biannual HISTORY TEA is coming up next weekend! Check out some cool RCS history from the archives, and get to know current RCSers, as well as alums! Of course, snacks and beverages (tea) will be provided.
Sunday, April 16th, 3-5pm. Cabot Hall Cabot Living Room (E-entry) (in the quad)
Even if you can’t make it for the full 2 hours, come for part! Get excited for this RCS LOVEFEST. Oh, and be ready for some light singing!
Can’t wait to see you then!
Liv, RCS Historian
Saturday 10am-12pm EDT Sunday 3-5pm EDT
Members of the Radcliffe Choral Society and local RCSF Board members will be gathering this weekend in the RCS office to call you to ask for your financial support and to share the exciting events that have taken place and are planned for this year. Please look out for their call (which will come from their personal cellphones)!
RCS has had a wonderful season already with the fall concert and the Harvard-Yale concert in November, the Bach Christmas Oratorio in December and the spring concert featuring a world premier by Korean-American composer, Sin Young Park. They are preparing for the Verdi Requiem with the Harvard Glee Club, Collegium and Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra on April 30 and will perform a Farewell to Cambridge concert with Collegium on Sunday, May 21, before heading off on their 2-week Summer Tour to South Korea.
The Radcliffe Choral Society and Harvard Glee Club are excited to present A March Into Spring. This semester is particularly exciting as both ensembles will be touring – HGC will be traveling to the Dominican Republic during spring break and RCS will be traveling to South Korea at the end of May. This performance celebrates an eclectic and exciting array of choral repertoire including both beloved favorites as well as the world premieres of The Things We Dare Not Tell by Sin Young Park, Salve Regina by Dan Locklair, and I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing by Andrew Courtney ’24.
Join RCS on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 8:00pm in Sanders Theatre.
General admission $10, students with ID $5.
A livestream link will be provided at www.singatharvard.com for those unable to attend in person.
All RCS Alumnae are invited
Our Annual General Meeting is set for Sunday 6 November 3 – 4 p.m (ET).
Join us in the Cabot Living Room or via Zoom to catch up with how our foundation makes things happen for past, current, and future RCSers.
Come, virtually or in-person, for a special presentation by the RCS International Tour Team. Come interface with the old and the new.
Register here to receive further information and materials for the meeting at the end of October.
We can’t wait to see you soon!
The Radcliffe Choral Society performs in their first Harvard-Yale Football Concert – Celebrate with a Harvard Choruses Tailgate!
Harvard-Yale Football Concert
Friday, November 22, 2019 | 7:30pm
Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street
Highlights from this concert archived here
The Harvard Glee Club, Yale Glee Club, and Radcliffe Choral Society continue the long tradition of a joint concert on the evening before The Game at Yale University. This will be RCS’s first appearance at this historic concert.
To coordinate with members of RCSF before the concert on socializing and seating, please RSVP here to be contacted with more information.
If you are interested in hosting a remote livestream viewing party, please RSVP here and we will be in touch.
RCSF at The Game: Harvard-Yale 2019
Saturday, November 23, 2019 | 10:00am
Landers/Dore Residence
Join Renée Landers, RCSF board member, at the annual Landers/Dore Tailgate hosted by her sister, at her home a 10-20 minute walk to the Yale Bowl. Game tickets not required! Renée writes:
“My sister has been having this tailgate since my son was a Harvard undergraduate and in the HGC. Thus, his friends from HGC, RCS, and HRCM attended and the invitation was extended to all in the groups. The HGC contingent always performed a medley of football songs at the tailgate.
If you would like to sing, learning the songs BEFORE the concert is imperative. Everyone has heard them a thousand times. so really it is a matter of reviewing the words and perhaps some parts.” Please see below for more info about sheet music
Please RSVP to the tailgate here for details. Bringing a beverage is appreciated, but not required.
New This Year – SATB Harvard and Radcliffe Fight Songs!
In advance of The Game, RCS Manager Samantha Hung writes, “We’ve expanded on the typical Glee Club medley and brought in some of our own songs, and I’m very excited about it. Consolidated, the medley is:
Please share the PDF with as many alumni as you can reach! We’re also hoping to have one-page lyric sheets that we can hand out on stage during the concert, and Radcliffe, Now We Rise to Greet Thee is being added to the singing of the almae matres at the end of the concert.”
The sheet music for this new medley can be found here. If you are interested in singing at the concert or tailgate, please take a look before Friday!
UPDATE: the starting location for this year’s History Tea has been updated. Please see below.
Two exciting things coming up next weekend in Cambridge – details below! Stay tuned for more info on alum activities for this year’s Harvard-Yale weekend around RCS’s first appearance in the H-Y Concert.
Chords of Might
Friday, November 1, 2019 | 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Enjoy an assortment of musical selections that span centuries of choral excellence, featuring the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum.
To stream this concert remotely, please click here!
RCS History Tea
Saturday, November 2, 2019 | 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Knafel Center, Room 105
18 Mason St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Begin at the Knafel Center for tea, treats, and a special tour announcement before exploring the RCS archives of Schlesinger Library with the Historians of RCS as well as current students! The event will end in Knafel with a group discussion. If you have not already, please RSVP here.
For details on this year’s concert calendar, please check out
https://www.singatharvard.com/concerts–events.html, which has the latest details on RCS and Harvard Choruses concerts and events!
RCS shirts are available! Order online by clicking here!
