Synopsis "Brothers, Sing On! My Half-Century Around the World With the Penn Glee Club"
Brothers, Sing On! My Half-Century Around the World with the Penn Glee Club Bruce Montgomery While youre reading this book, you will find yourself enjoying a wonderful man.--Bill Cosby As a Penn alum (class of 48), and someone who has known Bruce Montgomery for many years, I was happy to read of his adventures, training and shepherding the Penn Glee Club. It is often funny, earnest, and always interesting.--Hal Prince Monty is a treasure--and so is his book.--Marciarose Shestack In 1862, a group of undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania put the Universitys colors of red and blue in their buttonholes and gave the first performance of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club. Ninety-four years later, in 1956, Bruce Montgomery became the Glee Clubs director and brought the Club to new heights of musicianship and international acclaim. In his forty-four-year tenure, Monty made the Glee Club the premier musical voice of the University and brought Penn and the spirit of Philadelphia to audiences around the world. The Glee Club has performed on five continents in thirty countries and countless times in Philadelphia. In Brothers, Sing On! Monty shares his stories and experiences. From an impromptu photo op on a Wisconsin highway during a blizzard in 1977 to singing for U.S. presidents, this exhilarating memoir is filled with the Glee Clubs farflung adventures. Backstage anecdotes let the reader step behind the scenes of such performances at home, abroad, and on worldwide television. A reflection of Montys boundless energy and flair for showmanship, this volume also includes stories of the students with whom the Glee Club director worked in other clubs--the Penn Singers, the Marching Band, the Penn Players, and the Mask & Wig Club, to name a few. Throughout his memoir, Montgomery reflects fondly on the development of the Glee Club. It is a testament to his immeasurable contribution to its success and renown. Bruce Montgomery is former director
