When we featured Elizabeth as a guest soloist in our Spring Concert set, we were blown away with her incredible performance on stage. She stole the show for a brief two minutes, striding elegantly through our ranks to the tune of the classic “Lida Rose” from the Music Man. Her …
Going Back to Our Roots
Bonjour! I’m Michael Moss, a rising junior from Shoreview, MN studying Political Science and Philosophy. Besides singing in the Glee Club, I spend most of my time trying to teach God Quad’s squirrels how to paint. It’s my pleasure to tell you about our brief stay in Le Mans, France. …
Dijon…Did I Miss Something?
If I was only granted one word to describe our tour through Europe, I know exactly which word I would pick: unforgettable. Those 26 days will likely never leave my mind, as long as I live; because each memory I made is one that I will treasure for years and …
Notre Dame Across the World
After a year of serving as both Tour Manager and Vice President of Glee Club, nothing could have felt better after graduation than a long, relaxing trip through Europe, singing with my brothers in song. We had an incredible assortment of experiences, many of which you’ve already read about, but …
Julie Andrews, German Beer, and So Much More…
After leaving Vienna, we drove to Munich, but before we arrived, we had a pit stop to make. You see, when you tour Europe with more than 50 music-loving college men, you get used to some strange things. One such thing is the bus’s tendency to spontaneously break into song. …
Glee Club in the Service: A Tribute to Our Military on Independence Day
We’re taking a break from our series of posts about our European Tour to bring the focus back to the U.S. in honor of its 239th birthday. Earlier this week, our President, Stuart Streit, got a chance to sit down with rising sophomore Kieran Kelly, a Midshipman in the Navy …
A Musical Paradise
“When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?” -Billy Joel, Vienna. As our bus inched closer and closer to our destination, these lyrics from Billy Joel’s iconic tribute to Austria’s capital sounded again and again in my mind. It was fitting, I suppose. In the song, he paints Vienna as a …
Budapest: A Tale of Two Cities…
… divided for centuries by the Danube river into Buda (the city of the west) and Pest (the city of the east). As a brother who shared a room for fourteen years of his life, I can only imagine the amount of medieval carnage exchanged between those two cities. Eventually, …
Ljubljana…Where is that, exactly?
For those of you reading this who have never heard of Ljubljana or its parent nation, Slovenia, we should probably start off with a few facts about the two: Ljubljana (lyoo-BLYAH-nah) is the capital city of Slovenia. Ljubljana’s population is only a little less than 283,000; meaning it is approximately …
An Italian Immersion
My first visit to Bologna occurred during the fall semester of my junior year—a semester I spent studying abroad in Rome. It was a gloomy, overcast Sunday in October, and almost all of the famous Bolognese eateries were closed for the day of rest. I left the provincial capital of …