Ave Maria - Cornell Glee Club

Cornell University Glee Club sings Biebl's Ave Maria at Homecoming concert. Directed by Scott Tucker. Glee Club will tour China in March 2008.

[@JPSaxMan]

The Mansfield University Men's Chorus will be singing this with the Penn State Glee Club at a concert later this October. I'm so looking forward to it!

[@AmarKelkar]

i just uploaded a version of this from shanghai ... not the whole group, but it was such an emotional peak for me that i had to upload it

[@3technique]

My God - I am welling up. Thank you for what you do. And thank you CJW for posting

[@pt13421]

i sang with these guys once. My high school went to a workshop where we rehearse all day and put on a concert and they are excellent

[@cugct2]

I agree, and that's been the one consistent problem when we perform this piece. In all honesty it's specifically 2 people from our section. Most of it is do to the passion that the whole group feels when singing this song. The arrangement is a masterpiece, and one very close to our hearts since the CU Glee Club brought it back to the US in 1970. We had the pleasure of performing the Biebl twice at this year's National ACDA Convention.

[@neurorads]

awesome job guys! such great memories... I had the honor of singing this under Prof. Sokol. thanks for posting this, my all time favorite Glee Club piece. (alum '95)

[@DVSLEO]

That was gorgeous. I just sang this during X-mas time what a masterpiece. Beautifully done, nice round tone and dynamics. Bravo!

[@dkraaf]

WOW!! I am so glad I ran across this. Beautiful piece, incredible phrasing, haven't heard it quite that way before, tonality spot on, this is a chillbump rendition.

[@Lloyd090]

Wow. Go CUGC. This is probably the best preformance of this piece I've heard on youtube. Thanks for sharing! And keep singing with that awesome sound!!!! :)

[@yakata79]

Spectacular...

[@Wallace1234567890]

if you are talking about the Fox show Glee, their perception of a HS Glee Club is what people would actually call an a cappella group. Many major collegiate glee clubs nowadays sing in this setting, possibly with choreography only occasionally.

[@yamataku78]

great!!! from japan

[@4mithrandir]

Simply excellent! Yes, the director does set a fast tempo at the 1st entrance; did no one hear/detect his slowing of the tempo at the 2nd entrance at 1:42 where he also scales back the dynamics in preparation for the ending?

[@e.chapman3298]

You guys Rock !!!!!🍻😉

[@Solstaro]

sweet to my ears!!

[@BIEDS4U]

This version isn't bad. The song is designed to have a small choir sing the echo, and this choir didn't have it. They just didn't have a distinct difference between verses in dynamics. If you want to hear a great version, look for UW-Eau Claire's Singing Statesmen's version of this song. It is truly beautiful. You can hear the change in dynamics and tempo changes. In fact, one member used this song as his audition to get into Chanticleer. Yes, he was the high tenor in the trio.

[@gollysmolly]

Oh man!!! I Love this version of Ave Maria, my choir did it once but nowhere near as good :)

[@gabeuop79]

Superb !

[@steam116]

This is a staple piece for my UNI Glee Club :). The timing is meant to be flexible in those sections because it's chant.

[@plosh23]

Not bad at all....i agree that that Tenor 1's are a little strong...I heard the Rutgers Glee Club do this a IMC 2008..i put this version by Cornell just under that one...that performance at IMC by Rutgers was incredible..the entire audience got up and sang it with them..breathtaking...but this version is still good!

[@NickBarber325]

Does anyone else hear a possible intonation problem on the ascending line around 2:25? Otherwise, great sound. I agree with everyone else that the basses could be a little more prominent, the whole piece a bit slower with some more feeling.

[@TheTradge]

you missed out the first bass solo! other than that it's gorgeous, although I think that the last turn on the E by the tenors is a bit too shouty

[@Robibi84]

Not bad...I only wish you guys would have given a few more decibels where it counted...namely the final chord!

[@ThyHoneyNut]

I thought the director was moving too fast for this angelic song

[@asrfdfgh]

haha i agree. Tenor 1's are strong but theres some bass sound that lacks. Its beautiful otherwise

[@bigwavedave619]

much better with all men...go cornell lax

[@BrannBergenBy]

Impressive, missing some serious bass though,specially after every solo. Need some ground shaking there. Apart from that, nice version, havent heard that one before.

[@singboy4]

the tempo is WAY rushed. The guys did a GREAT job .. but the diresctor rushed thru the piece

[@romanticcancer]

Very beautifully sang.. good work.