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76th Winter Holiday Concert |
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Date: Sunday, December 15,
2019; 3 pm
Location: Church on the Hill, 168th Street and
35th Avenue, Flushing, Queens
Tickets: $10 suggested voluntary donation
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see details below |
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See Us on NY1 |
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The Bayside Glee Club was featured on
cable station NY1 on June 11, 2018.
Click here to view. |
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Hear Us Sing |
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title
Can't Help
Falling in Love With You
River in Judea
Old Man Noah
The Little
Drummer Boy-Peace on Earth |
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About
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Founded in 1944, the Bayside Glee Club is
this year celebrating its Diamond Jubilee -- 75 years of
continuous performances. Since its inception as a male chorus, the
BGC has been making a
unique contribution to
Bayside and the larger community. Each year the club (which is nondenominational
and welcomes men of all faiths) presents two formal
concerts and from time to time performs for the benefit of area churches,
nursing homes, hospitals,
 and various organizations.
Although the club is centered in the
Flushing/Bayside area, singers and audiences come from all parts of Queens, Long
Island, and the Metropolitan area.
With over 1,600 selections in its growing
library, the club (currently with more than two dozen singing members) works hard to bring its audiences fresh, challenging, and
varied
programs.
Upcoming
performance:
76th Winter Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 15, 2019
The theme of the
concert is BGC at the Movies, and there will be seasonal
music as well. In addition, our accompanist, Joseph Liccardo,
will perform a few selections.
Program
Gloria in Excelsis
Deo
Count Your Blessings
(Instead of Sheep)
The best of doo-wop,
including
Duke of Earl; The
Book of Love; Get a Job; and Goodnight, Sweetheart,
Goodnight
Music of the Night
(from (Phantom of the Opera)
Tonight (from
West Side Story)
We Need a Little
Christmas
Over the Rainbow
(from The Wizard of Oz)
Just Jolson
(medley)
The Majesty and
Glory of Your Name
O Sanctissima
Sicilian folk song
As Time Goes By
(from Casablanca)
Goodbye Yellow Brick
Road
Light One Candle
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Membership |
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The club's roster includes
men of all ages and reflects the wonderful ethnic
diversity of our community. The club welcomes associate
(nonsinging) members -- men and women -- who help us in
incalculable ways.
We extend a sincere and cordial
welcome to any man over 18 who would like to sing and enjoy an evening of fun
and fellowship once a week. No previous experience is required and ability to
read music is not necessary. Continuing education is a priority and in the
interest of ever improving our performances, we provide choral and musical
training. Transportation to rehearsals may be available if needed. The club
publishes a quarterly newsletter to keep members updated about activities and
goings on.
Yearly dues are $110, payable
$55 each winter and spring.
Social activities
The club holds occasional gatherings throughout the year,
including an Associates Night, usually in the spring, and an annual picnic
during the summer. Members, family, friends, associates, and prospective members
are welcome. After each concert there is a reception at which refreshments are
served; there is also a raffle drawing. |
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About the
Conductor |
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Henry McDonagh III has served as the conductor of the
Bayside Glee Club since 2006. He has held the position of youth music
director for Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church in Jamaica, New York.
There he was responsible for liturgical and parish events, concerts, and
religious services.
In addition to his work with Bayside, Mr. McDonagh
has been performing in various bands and genres both nationally and
internationally for more than twenty years. His work as a
bassist/vocalist with the original band CLOSENUF earned him a Grammy
nomination for best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist in
2006, 2010, 2011, and 2013.
For the last decade he has conducted the chorus and
orchestra as well as instructing music classes and directing
performances at Walter H. Crowley Intermediate School 5 in Elmhurst.
Mr. McDonagh has served as
music director to various productions, including Archbishop
Stepinac’s alumni production of Footloose in Mamaroneck; All
Shook Up for Maggie’s Little Theater in Middle Village; Annie, Jr. at Walter H. Crowley Intermediate School 5 as well as
that school's upcoming production of Into the Woods, Jr.
Mr. McDonagh holds both a bachelor of arts degree in
music and a masters in music education from
the Aaron Copeland School at Queens College, and has received training
from Lawrence Eisman, award-winning composer Bruce Saylor, and jazz
legend Sir Roland Hanna.
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About the
Accompanist |
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Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long
Island, Joseph Liccardo holds a master's degree in piano
performance from Juilliard, where he was the recipient of
the Joseph Fidelman and the P & A Shaffer scholarships. Even
before receiving a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman
School of Music in 2006, he excelled both as a chamber
performer and as a soloist.
In his first
undergraduate year, he performed Rachmaninoff's
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Eastman
Philharmonia, and as a senior he won first prize (and a
Steinway grand piano) in the young artist division of the
Music Teachers National Association Piano Competition. While
a student he also won the John Celentano Award for
excellence in chamber music, took first prize in the Jessie
Kneisel Lieder competition for piano accompaniment, and
performed frequently with his piano trio on campus and in
the community.
A year after receiving his degree he
began a collaboration with the renowned Chinese pipa player
Zhang Hongyan. (The pipa is a short-necked fretted lute.)
The duo have performed at Carnegie Hall and at Boston's
Jordan Hall and appeared in concerts in numerous cities in
China.
Mr. Liccardo, who maintains a private studio,
currently performs as a freelance musician and teaches piano
privately at both the Lawrence Eisman Center for Preparatory
Studies in Music at Queens College (where he studied for 12
years with Dr. Donald Pirone prior to college) and the St.
Andrew Avellino School in Flushing.
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Contact Us
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Email (click on name):
Jim Jefts or
Joe Ambrosino
Telephone: Gary Carella, 718-353-0423 |
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This project is made possible
with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant
program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the
support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State
Legislature and administered by the Queens Council on the
Arts. |
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