The Glee Club performed for the high mass at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, on Sunday, May 18, 2008. It was a grey and rainy morning, but the Glee Club's spirits were high as they arrived by bus for the 11:00 am event.
The group climbed a spiral staircase to reach the choir loft, 60 feet below the massive sanctuary.
As parishners and visiting alumni listened from below, the men started the mass by singing "My Lord, what a Mornin'", followed by "Lux Aurumque".
St. Vitus' kappellmeister told the men that their singing was, "Very beautiful, very beautiful", and after hearing the Glee Club's first two pieces, asked that the group sing for the offertory, and after the service.
The kappellmeister played the massive pipe organ directly behind the assembled Glee Club. The small group, Camarata, also performed.
After the mass ended, the Glee Club performed several more works, including "Ave Maria", "Salvation is Created", and the spiritual "Soon I Will be Done", before a sizable audience.
The Glee Club took some time to talk to visitors, including the kappellmeister, who told the group via interpreter, "We are very pleased to have this fine University choir from Iowa sing for our mass. I was especially impressed the [the group] performed such music from memory. We hope that the young men enjoy the rest of their stay in Prague!"
"I could not be more proud of the UNI Varsity Men's Glee Club, than I am of you boys today," alumnus Paul Marlow told the group. "Your singing was exemplary, and you represented your country, and your university very well."
The group then headed by bus to the city of Krakow in Poland.

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