West Point Glee Club

press release:

The Wisconsin West Point Parents Association is proud to host the West Point Glee Club on April 13, 2018 at 7:00pm at the Sun Prairie Performing Arts Center. The West Point Glee Club is one of the U.S. Military Academy’s most visible cadet organizations. The Glee Club currently has three members from Wisconsin, including Nathan Smith a 2017 graduate of Sun Prairie High School. Tickets for the concert are $12 for adults, $9 for seniors, $7 for students, and Veterans/Active Military are free. Tickets can be purchased online at www.SPPerformingarts.org, or at the door.

For over one hundred years, the West Point Glee Club has touched audiences around the world through live performances in the nation’s finest concert halls, national network and feature film appearances, and CD and DVD recordings. The Glee Club enhances life at West Point through its traditional ceremonial duties, and represents West Point and the U.S. Army at official events. Under the direction of Constance Chase since 1999, the Glee Club has performed in recent years at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Tanglewood, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Grand Ole Opry, and Ground Zero on the first anniversary of the World Trade Center tragedy. It has appeared with the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, given scores of concerts throughout the United States, and produced numerous recordings.

Upon graduation from the Academy, cadets are commissioned as Second Lieutenants and begin their service to the nation as officers in the United States Army. Many former Glee Club members return to the West Point Alumni Glee Club after their years in the Army. The camaraderie enjoyed by Glee Club members in their pursuit of performance excellence is best summed-up in the club’s time-honored motto: "No fun without music, no music without fun!"  

The Wisconsin West Point Parents Association (WWPPA) is an 501c 3 organization of parents of current and past Cadet's who support each other as their family joins and lives with the "long gray line" of West Point family.  The WWPPA interacts with the USMA staff at West Point as well as the Association of Graduates of West Point for support of the families and academics.