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Morehouse College Glee Club 2025: Where the Magic of the Night Unfolds, Wed 9/10, 3:00-4:00pm

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Published September 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM EDT

When it comes to music and the Black experience in America, HBCUs, or historically black colleges and universities, have a long tradition of cultural expression. For more than 150 years, HBCUs have produced classically-trained musicians, from composers like William Grant Still, to divas like Leontyne Price and Jessye Norman. But that tradition also includes marching bands, gospel choirs, orchestras, and, of course, glee clubs.

Morehouse College Glee Club at Asbury First

In March 2025 the Morehouse College Glee Club presented a tour concert at Rochester’s Asbury First United Methodist Church for an audience of nearly 600. Rochester is the home of Director, Dr. David Morrow and the Eastman School of Music, so it seemed appropriate to begin the concert with a special presentation by Eastman School graduate and 2025 William Warfield Scholarship recipient, baritone Holden Turner.

Mayor Malik Evans presenting Dr. David Morrow with the Key to the City

Just before the program began, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans presented Dr. David Morrow with a Key to the City.

PROGRAM:

Follow Me by R. Nathaniel Dett - Holden Turner, baritone
The Lord's Prayer by Albert H. Malotte - Lesh'In Edwards, tenor soloist
First Psalm by Frank LaForge
Great and Glorious by Franz Joseph Haydy/arr. Joseph Daltry - Lee Wright, piano

Alleluia by Randall Thompson
Hehlehlooyuh (A Joyful Expression by James Furman

To Sit and Dream by Rosephanye Powell - Lee Wright, piano (based on poetry of Langston Hughes)

Intermission with the Morehouse College Quartet: seniors Lesh’In Edwards, Desmond Thompson and Jordan Stewart, and junior Chantz Robinson.
Good News, Chariot's a-Comin by Moses Hogan
Rigoletto Quartet by Raymond Michael Hebel

The full choir returns with what has become one of their signature pieces:
Betelehemu by Michael Babatunde Olatunji

Holy Unto the Lord by Frederick Hall
Rockin' Jerusalem arr. Damon Dandridge
My everything by Carlos Simon - Langston Bassett, baritone; Lee Wright, piano

As is tradition, the concert concluded with alumni being invited to join hands and voices with the Glee Club.
The Morehouse College Hymn by J.O.B. Moseley

This concert was presented in partnership with Asbury First United Methodist Church and the Eta Rho Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Special thanks to pianist Lee Wright, Baritone Holden Turner, and Carl Pultz of Alembic Productions for recording the program. Producer, Mona Seghatoleslami, with scripting assistance from Holden Turner and Ruth Phinney. Mona Isler, host.