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120 Years of Harmony: Glee Club Anniversary Concert & Reception

Celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend with The Occidental College Glee Club! Reception to follow in the Academic Quad.

3 Oct
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Add to Calendar 2026-10-03 16:00:00 2026-10-03 17:00:00 120 Years of Harmony: Glee Club Anniversary Concert & Reception Celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend with The Occidental College Glee Club! Reception to follow in the Academic Quad. Herrick Chapel Occidental College info@kwallcompany.com America/Los_Angeles public
Location: Herrick Chapel
Event Date: Oct. 3, 2026

Celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Occidental College Glee Club at this special Homecoming event honoring one of the College’s most cherished traditions. Enjoy performances by the world-renowned Glee Club and Eagle Rock Chorale, Occidental’s alumni choir, then join fellow singers, alumni, and friends for a reception on the Quad celebrating more than a century of musical excellence, community, and harmony.

Program: 

Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes - Georg Philipp Telemann 

Ubi caritas - Maurice Duruflé 

Hold On! - Traditional spiritual, by arranged Jester Hairston

Shelby Kernisant, soloist

Laudate Dominum - Giovanni Pitoni 

Stomp on the Fire - Andrea Ramsey

Amazing Grace - traditional American hymn, arranged by Daniel Brinsmead

Elijah Rock - traditional spiritual, arranged by Moses Hogan

We Shall Not Be Moved - traditional American, arranged by the Podd Brothers

Oxy Songbook Medley - traditional Oxy songs, arranged by Jeffrey Bernstein

Occidental Fair - W.D. Ward

William Schmidt, piano

       William Schmidt & Will Appleton, rehearsal pianists

 

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Glee Club Photo in courtyard

GLEE CLUB MEMBERS

SOPRANOS

Amelia Allen-Seely ’27 DWA

Mia Bananis ’29 Music

Indie Becker ’29 CSLC/MAC

Caroline Cole ’27 Theatre

Opal Derr ’29 Psychology

Maya Garcia ’30 Undeclared

Anna Pruyn ’27 CSLC

Prisha Purohit *’28 Biology

Olivia Walum ’28 Cognitive Science

Jessica Zinn ’28 History/Theater

 

BASSES

Dante Asimow ’28 Computer Science

Noé Barraza *+ ’27 Music

Rodric Boatner ’29 Music

Giovanni Cozic ’28 DWA

Luke McAdams ’27 Sociology 

Oliver Prado ’28 UEP

Nikash Shah ’30 Cognitive Science

Liam Smith ’29 Music

Andrés Urzua ’30 DWA

Franklin Zhang ’28 Music/Psychology

 

* Section Leader

** Manager

+ Librarian

UEP = Urban & Environmental Policy

DWA = Diplomacy & World Affairs

CSLC = Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

CTSJ = Critical Theory & Social Justice

MAC = Media Arts and Culture

ALTOS

Marley Akin-Olugbade ’30 Undeclared 

Lee Chaloemtiaran ’27 CTSJ

Greta Fick-Furlotte ’30 Politics

Renny Flannigan ’28 Art History

Elena Han ’28 CSLC

Mikatrin Heynen ’28 Biology/Geology 

Shelby Kernistant ’27 Theatre

Avery Lidge ’27 Music

Sadie Maguire ’30 Music

Molly Malin ** ’27 MAC/Economics

Irene Papageorgio ’30 Undeclared

Zoe Pedvis ’27 CSLC

Faai Srisuponvanit ’27 Psychology

Alyssa Wu *’27 Economics/Chinese Studies

 

TENORS

Drey Chan *’28 CSLC

Andy Laughlin*’28 CSLC

Toby Quilty ’30 Undeclared

Owen Wilson-Black ’29 Undeclared