Founded in 1906, the Occidental Glee Club has played a central role in the life of the College, drawing students of the highest caliber and giving voice to our college spirit.
The Glee Club’s reputation for excellence has also carried the banners of Occidental College far into the musical world through national and international tours. The Occidental Glee Club is dedicated to superb music making and to fostering ties that unite generations of singers. A full list of the Glee Club's recent concert repertoire is below.
Follow us on social media! We are on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube!
Tour 2024 Repertoire: Italy
Cantate Domino – Giusepe Pitoni
Champa Battambang – Cambodian, arr. Darita Seth
Daniel, Daniel – spiritual, arr. Undine S. Moore
Dixit Dominus & Donec ponam – Antonio Vivaldi
Hosanna in Excelsis – Brent Pierce
I Love You/What a Wonderful World – arr. Craig Hella Johnson
Justorum Animae – Orlando di Lasso
Leron, Leron Sinta – traditional Filipino song, arr. Saunder Choi
Light of a Clear Blue Morning – Dolly Parton
O! What a Beautiful City – traditional spriritual, arr. Shawn Kirchner
Odecha ki anitani – Salomone Rossi
The Reapers All with Their Sharp Sickles – traditional American, arr. Seth Houston
This is the Day –
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – traditional American
Pops 2024 Concert Repertoire
Magic To Do (from Pippin) – Stephen Schwartz
Changes – David Bowie
I’m Tired – McKenzie/Levinson/Zendaya
Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder
What Was I Made For? – Billie Eilish
End of the Road – Backstreet Boys
Opening Up (from Waitress) – Sara Bareilles
Life Could Be A Dream – The Chords
You Learn – Alanis Morissette
These Days – Jackson Browne
Don’t Lose Sight – Lawrence
January Repertoire 2023
Afternoon on a Hill – Eric Barnum (b. 1979)
Cantate Domino – Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Der Gang zum Liebchen , op. 31, no. 3 – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Hands – Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980)
Hold On! – traditional American, arr. Jester Hairston (1901-2000)
It’s Gonna Be Alright – Raymond Wise (b. 1969)
Laudate Jehovam omnes gentes – George Phillip Telemann (1681-1767)
Light in the Hallway – Mae/Hoying/Grassi
MLK – U2, arr. Bob Chilcott
Precious Lord – Thomas Dorsey (1899-1993), arr. Arnold Sevier
Son Mercedes – Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
TāReKiTa – Reena Esmail (b.1983)
Total Praise – Richard Smallwood (b. 1948)
Ubi caritas (from Quatre Motets) – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Pops 2023 Concert Repertoire
Abbey – Mitski
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (from Hair )
Dreams – The Cranberries
Godspeed – Frank Ocean
Haven’t Met You Yet – Michael Bublé
Killing Me Softly with His Song – Fox/Gimbel opb Roberta Flack
Lift Me Up – Rihanna
Love’s in Need of Love – Stevie Wonder
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) – Billy Joel
Misbehavin’ – Pentatonix
Sweet Creature – Harry Styles
Things We Do for Love – 10CC
Glee Club 2021-2022 Repertoire
Alleluia – Elaine Hagenberg
Ave Maria – Jacob Arcadelt
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas and the Papas
Canción sin miedo – Vivir Quintana
Fix You – Coldplay
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Hold On! – trad. Spiritual, arr. Jester Hairston
I Will Follow You into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie
If It’s Magic – Stevie Wonder
Lighthouse Keeper – Sam Smith
Musica animam tangens – Joshua Shank
Sicut Cervus – Giovanni da Palestrina
Solitude – Ellington/De Lange/Mills
Sure on This Shining Night – Morten Lauridsen
The 23rd Psalm – Bobby McFerrin
To Sit and Dream – Rosephanye Powell
Verbum caro factum est – Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Wade in the Water – trad. spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
Waterfalls – TLC
Where’d All the Time Go? – Dr Dog
Work Song – Hozier
Fall 2019 and Tour 2020 Repertoire
Jerusalem – McGlynn
Let the River Run – Carly Simon
Exultate Justi – Hakenberger
Beati Quorum via – Stanford
The Waking – Conte
A New Psalm – Berg
Son de la Vida – Galván
Mo-Li-Hua – trad. Chinese folk song
Loch Lomond – trad. Scottish folksong
Let my Love Be Heard – Runestad
True Colors – Steinberg/Kelly
Seasons of Love (from Rent)
O! What a Beautiful City – trad. African American
Pops 2019 Concert Repertoire
Sunday (from Sunday in the Park with George)
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Bad Romance/Toxic mashup – Lady Gaga/B Spears
Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland/Kamakawiwo'ole
Make it Holy – The Staves
Angel from Montgomery – Bonnie Raitt
Queen medley
Send Me on my Way (from Ice Age)
Florence & the Machine mashup
Fall 2018 and Tour 2019 Repertoire
San’Bonani – trad Zulu greeting
Non nobis, Domine – Powell
Set me as a Seal – Clausen
Ecco Mormorar l’Onde – Monteverdi
Vita de la mia Vita – Hawley
We Have Come – Betinis
La Llorona – trad. Mexican folksong
Muusika – Uusberg
Across the Vast Eternal Sky – Gjeilo
City Called Heaven – trad. African American
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor – Berlin
I Love You/ What a Wonderful World – arr. C.H. Johnson
Pops 2018 Concert Repertoire
Song of Purple Summer (from Spring Awakening)
River – Leon Bridges
A Quiet Place – Take Six
Just my Imagination – The Temptations
Circle Game – Joni Mitchell
End of Time – Beyonce
Don’t You Worry bout a Thing – Stevie Wonder
I Lived – One Republic
Time Warp (from Rocky Horror Show)
You Will Be Found (from Dear Evan Hansen)
Fall 2017 and Tour 2018
Dixit Dominus – Mozart
Dixit Maria – Hassler
Dies Irae – Lukáš
O Nata Lux – Lauridsen
Kyrie – Schubert
Tui Nati Vulnerati – Dvorak
Amazing Grace – trad. American
Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord – trad. African American
I’ve been in the Storm so Long – trad. African American
Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – trad. American
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
Pops 2017 Concert Repertoire
Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Scarborough Fair/Sound of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel
Mad World/Madness – Tears for Fears/Muse
Woods – Bon Iver
Hummed Low – Odessa
I Won't Give Up – Jason Mraz
Edge of Night – from The Lord of the Rings
Misty Mountains – from The Hobbit
Skyrim – Jeremy Soule
You've Got a Friend – Carole King
To Make You Feel my Love – Bob Dylan
Heroes – David Bowie
Freedom 90 – George Michael
Purple Rain – Prince
Somebody to Love – Queen
Tour 2017 Repertoire
Your Voices Tune – Handel
Jesus bleibet meine Freude – J.S. Bach
Selig sind die Toten – Schütz
Rytmus – Hrušovský
Os justi – Bruckner
Adinu – Sufi Melody
Salut Printemps – Debussy
Son de Camaguey – Cuban, arr. Hatfield
Te Quiero – Favero
The Parting Glass – Irish, arr. Sametz
Balleilakka – Rahman, arr. Sperry
Bright Morning Stars – American, arr. Kirchner
2016 Winter Concert celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Herrick Chapel organ
Christmas Hymn (While by my Sheep) – traditional
Jesus bleibet meine Freude – J. S. Bach
Sir Christèmas – William Mathias
Ding Dong! Merrily on High – traditional French, arr. David Willcocks
Ma'oz tsur (Rock of Ages) – traditional Hanukkah Hymn, arr. Samuel Adler
Shalom, Friends – Lee Kesselman
Bidi Bom – David Eddleman
Winter Wonderland
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
White Christmas
Carol of the Bells