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| 68th Annual
Spring Concert |
Date: Sunday, May 20; 3 pm
Location: Church on the Hill, Flushing, Queens
Tickets: $10 suggested voluntary donation
see highlights
below |
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About
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Since its inception as a male chorus in 1944, the
Bayside Glee Club has been making a
unique contribution to
Bayside and the larger community. Each year the club 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 1,200 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.
68th Annual Spring Concert Highlights
Classic tunes by
great American songwriters will be prominent in BGC’s 2012 spring
program, but the club will also serve up some Mendelssohn and Mozart
and even add a touch of Gilbert and Sullivan.
2011-2012 Benefit Performances
2012
April 29, Ozanam Hall Nursing
Home, Bayside
May 4, SNAP Senior Center, Queens
Village
2011
May 6, Senior Center, Queens
Village
September 23, Knights of
Columbus (St. Ambrose Council), College Point (postponed, TBA)
October 14, CECR Rehab Center at
North Shore Hospital, Manhasset
October 15, Our Lady of Lourdes
Stewart Hall, Queens Village
December 2, SNAP Senior Center,
Queens Village
December 4, Ozanam Hall Nursing
Home, Bayside |
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Membership |
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The club's roster of almost
30
active members, together with its associate (nonsinging) members, includes men of all ages and reflects
the wonderful ethnic diversity of our community.
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 $50, payable
$25 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 earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in
music from the Aaron
Copeland School of Music at Queens College. For more than
fifteen years he has been performing in various bands and genres in the
tri-state area. His work as a bassist and vocalist with the band CLOSENUF earned
him Grammy nominations (Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist) in
2006 and in 2010.
He currently teaches music and conducts the chorus and
orchestra at Walter H. Crowley Intermediate School 5 in Elmhurst,
Queens.
Aside from
conducting the Bayside Glee Club, Henry has served as music
director for various productions, including Archbishop
Stepinac's alumni production of Footloose in Westchester
and All Shook Up for Maggie's Little Theater in Middle
Village. He is performing in the same capacity for the show
Annie Jr. at the Crowley Intermediate School 5.
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About the
Accompanist |
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Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Joseph
Liccardo holds a bachelor
of music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where --
even before
graduating 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. He is pursuing a master's
degree in piano performance at the Juilliard School
(beginning September 2010), having been the recipient of the
Joseph Fidelman and the P & A Shaffer scholarships.
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Contact Us
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Email:
JFJ001@aol.com
or chagg@verizon.net
Telephone: Henry McDonagh, 718-835-6166 |
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Bayside Glee Club's 2012
concerts are made possible (in part) by the Queens Council
on the Arts with public funding from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs. |
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This website is
sponsored by the Conductors Club.
To learn more about the organization,
click here. |
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2001-2012 Conductors Clubal Center |
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