List of Collegiate Glee Clubs

This article contains a list of collegiate glee clubs located in the United States.

Name Year established College or University Gender
Harvard Glee Club 1858 Harvard University Male
University of Michigan Men's Glee Club 1859 / 1876* University of Michigan Male
Yale Glee Club 1861 Yale University Coed
The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club 1862 University of Pennsylvania Male
Amherst College Glee Club 1865 Amherst College Male
Cornell University Glee Club 1868 Cornell University Male
Union College Men's Glee Club 1869 Union College Male
Virginia Glee Club 1871 University of Virginia Male
Rutgers Glee Club 1872 Rutgers University Male
Princeton Glee Club 1874 Princeton University Coed
Purdue Varsity Glee Club 1893 Purdue University Male
Texas A&M Singing Cadets 1894 Texas A&M University Male
Georgia Tech Glee Club 1906 Georgia Tech Male
Wheaton College Men's Glee Club 1907 Wheaton College Male
Miami University Glee Club 1907 Miami University Male
Morehouse College Glee Club 1911 Morehouse College Male
Notre Dame Glee Club 1915 University of Notre Dame Male
Fairfield University Glee Club 1947 Fairfield University Coed


  • * From 1859 to 1876, there were glee clubs for each graduating class at the University of Michigan. In 1876, these individual groups combined to form the University Glee Club.
  • ** Now known as the Wheaton College Women's Chorale.

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