in Europe with music, talks
Although July 4 is a celebration of American independence, some 400 members of the Yale Alumni Chorus will spend the early days of July honoring the University's indebtedness to the United Kingdom and its people -- one in particular.
On July 3, the Alumni Chorus will be in Llangollen, Wales, to present the opening concert of the International Musical Eisteddfod. The next day, the chorus will take part in a memorial concert at the gravesite of the University's early benefactor and namesake, Elihu Yale, a merchant whose initial gift of £1,162 in 1718 was the largest donation made to the college in its first 122 years. Yale, a Welshman who was born in America, is buried at St. Giles' Church in Wrexham, Wales. Before his death in 1721, he made additional gifts of money, artwork and books to the college that now bears his name.
Following the memorial concert, the Alumni Chorus will participate in a July 4 "Dependence Day" picnic for members of St. Giles' Church and for the townspeople of Wrexham.
On July 6, members of the Yale Alumni Chorus will travel to St. Paul's Cathedral in London, where they will present a concert in celebration of Yale's Tercentennial and in tribute to England and Wales. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will join the group for the performance, which will be followed by a gala reception at the British Royal Courts of Justice.
The chorus, which began its travels abroad in celebration of Yale's 300th birthday with concerts in Russia and Finland, will offer a grand finale performance at a "Singing Dinner Tercentennial Bash" in London, to which all alumni in Europe are invited.
As part of the European celebration of Yale's heritage, the Association of Yale Alumni has planned faculty talks and tours in London in conjunction with the Alumni Chorus' visit there. Among the faculty who will present talks or tours are Brian Allen, professor (adjunct) of history of art; Murray Biggs, associate professor (adjunct) of English and theater studies; Richard Brodhead, the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of English and American Studies and dean of Yale College; David Bromwich, the Bird White Housum Professor of English; John Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History; Harvey Goldblatt, professor of Slavic languages and literatures and master of Pierson College; Susan Hockfield, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and professor of neurobiology; Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History; and Steve Parissien, assistant director of studies at the Paul Mellon Centre. Alumni and others will be the guests of tours of the Mellon Centre and the Kenwood House, and will participate in excursions to Henley, Oxford and Cambridge.
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