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30 years ago this month: PVGC Centennial

Thirty years ago this month (Saturday, April 3rd to be exact), the Glee Club celebrated its centennial with a special performance at Elliott Hall of music, featuring performers from prior eras, combined voices of PMO, and special remarks by President Beering. Continue reading

on: 4/18/2023, by: Paul L., 0 comments

Let there be…video

After graduating from Purdue I set out to make a documentary about the Glee Club. The PVGC was singing at Carnegie hall that year, and I met a Purdue grad and filmmaker (forgot his name) who gave me some suggestions for camera techniques, lighting, interviewing, and style. The goal was to be a first-person overview of the Glee Club as an organization, supported by interviews, concert and rehearsal footage, as well as bus-loading, sirs meetings, backstage antics, etc. Continue reading

on: 5/23/2022, by: Paul L., 2 comments

Support for the Ukrainian People

In this recording from First Nighter 1978, Glee Clubber and Ukrainian-American Andrew Werbiansky sang a [popular folk song](https://pvgcdb.com/songs/entry/78-eos-15-ukranian-folk.mp3) from his… Continue reading

on: 3/5/2022, by: Paul L., 0 comments

Introducing PMODB, the PMO database

PMODB, as you might guess, is modeled after PVGCDB with a goal of expanding searchable content to all PMO eras and ensembles. For now, though, it's all Christmas Show music and playlists. I'll add… Continue reading

on: 12/11/2021, by: Paul L., 0 comments

Reflections on 1,000 Songs

Some observations about how (and from where) the site is being used.

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on: 9/10/2021, by: Paul L., 1 comment

Welcome!

The PVGCDB began as a way to enjoy the archival recordings that were distributed at the 125th weekend. It now serves as a fun way to browse and interact with material from all decades, using a… Continue reading

on: 8/6/2021, by: Paul L., 6 comments

First 45 rpm Vinyl digitized

Just in from eBay, a late 50s 45 rpm with 3 tracks. Listen to the result! Continue reading

on: 3/9/2021, by: Paul L., 3 comments

Give me your tapes, your LPs, your buried recordings yearning to be free

Give me your tapes, your LPs, your buried recordings yearning to be free. Just bought a DIGITNOW Turntable for Cassette/Vinyl to MP3 conversion. I suppose it would be better if it saved to a lossless… Continue reading

on: 3/8/2021, by: Paul L., 0 comments