Word: rcs
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...groups find a following among students and alumni alike. A following so sizeable that last spring's Missa Solemnis, a joint concert between The Harvard Glee Club, The Radcliffe Choral Society (RCS), and the Collegium Musicum, played to a full Sanders Theater. The Collegium sold out its St. Matthew's Passion performance well in advance. And Glee Club members say they expect a full house of school-spirited students and nostalgic alumni at their traditional Yale Game concert next week...
...three groups collectively known as the "Holden Chapel Choirs" hold the highest position in the traditional choral hierarchy. The Glee Club, Collegium and RCS are named for the building behind Hollis and Stoughton Halls where they customarily meet. Their prestigious alliance extends beyond geography; they hold auditions together every fall. The Glee Club and Collegium even share a director, Senior Lecturer in Music Jameson Marvin. Beverly Taylor, associate director of choral activities, oversees RCS...
...organic whole. Like so many antiquarian Harvard organizations, the Glee Club is all-male. Established in the early 1800s, they still view themselves as keepers of the Crimson flame, singing the traditional Harvard Fight songs at concerts, games and alumni functions. Established half a century later, the all-female RCS "carries on the Radcliffe songs," says RCS President Melissa Haber '91. The newer Collegium, performing mostly early Renaissance music, claims the only co-ed spot in the Holden group...
...choirs do not exist without an uneasy competitiveness. Like the a cappella groups, there is a perceived hierarchy among the Holden groups. Susmita Pati '92, a member of the Collegium, says that traditionally women have opted to join Collegium over the RCS. This year, Pati says, Marvin told her that many men chose to join Collegium rather than the Glee Club. In the past, Glee Club has received the most respect of campus choral groups, being the oldest university choir in America...