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European tour with the Glee Club highlighted performances in Bach's church in Leipzig, the Kaiser Wilheim Memorial Cathedral in Berlin, and in the Filedelfia Church in Stockholm. The Glee Club collaborated with the Women's Chorale in several pops concerts, most recently in the spring of 2001, as well as in performances of West Side Story in 1992 and The Pirates of Penzance in 1993.
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Roebuck station in Chicago." Later, the Glee Club was heard on the same station in 1961 when it sang on the College's "Chapel on the Campus" summer programs on Sundays.
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