summer of 2009, the Club toured Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica. In 2021, following several years of discussion and nearly a year of careful deliberation, the Penn Glee Club voted to merge with its sister group, the Penn Sirens, and to remove the gender restriction on singing membership. The club now features an SATB choir, SSAA and TTBB chamber choirs, and two student-run a cappella groups, the Penn Pipers and Penn Sirens. Directors Daniel Carsello, 2018–Present Joshua Glassman, 2015–2018 C. Erik Nordgren, 2000–2015 Bruce Montgomery, 1956–2000 Robert Godsall, early 1950s Harl McDonald, 1940s. Burton True Scales, 1930s H. Alexander Matthews, 1920s Frederick Brooke Neilson, 1890–92 Joseph Spencer Brock, mid-1880s Hugh Alexander Clarke, c. 1880–mid-1880s Robert Neilson, c. 1869–c. 1871 Francis Ashhurst, c. 1865–c.1868 T.B. Bishop, c. 1862–c.1864 International tours For over five decades, the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club has made an international name for itself, having toured in over 45 countries and territories on 5 continents. The following is a complete list of the foreign lands to which the Glee Club has traveled: 1959: Puerto Rico 1968: Canada 1969: Ecuador, Peru, Panama 1971: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Finland, Netherlands, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia 1983: West Germany, Denmark 1984: Puerto Rico 1985: Greece 1986: England, Scotland 1987: Jamaica, Peru 1989: Mexico 1990: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Hungary 1992: Israel 1995: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia 1997: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco 1999: Guam, Japan 2001: Mexico 2002: Canada 2004: China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan 2005: Argentina, Uruguay 2007: Ireland, Northern Ireland 2009: Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica 2011: Sweden, Norway, Iceland 2012: Bermuda, Canada 2014: Qatar, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates 2015: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany 2017: Singapore, Thailand 2018: Canada 2019: China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan 2022: Spain, Monaco, France Award of Merit recipients Established in 1964 "to bring a declaration of appreciation to an individual each year that has made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression." Randall Thompson - May 2, 1964 Robert Shaw - February 26, 1965 Marshall Bartholomew - February 26, 1967 William L. Dawson - February 25, 1968 Leopold Stokowski - February 24, 1969 Elaine Brown - February 24, 1969 Gaylord P. Harnwell - May 15, 1970 Aaron Copland - December 5, 1970 Sol Hurok - December 4, 1971 Eugene Ormandy - December 15, 1972 Marian Anderson - October 20, 1973 Samuel Barber - October