19, 1974 Burl Ives - October 25, 1975 Arthur Fiedler - October 23, 1976 Risë Stevens - October 22, 1977 Leonard De Paur - October 28, 1978 Paul Hume - October 20, 1979 Robert Merrill - February 16, 1981 Bruce Montgomery - February 21, 1981 Vincent Persichetti - May 19, 1984 Sheldon Harnick - May 16, 1992 Honorary members Over the years, certain individuals have shown particular devotion to and support of the Glee Club well beyond the norm. When such exceptional fealty is repeatedly demonstrated, the Club occasionally recognizes such support with Honorary Membership. 1968 - E. Brooks Lilly 1968 - Charles H. Cox III 1969 - Santiago Friele 1976 - Edward F. Lane 1978 - Stepen Goff 1983 - Michael T. Huber 1987 - William Kelley 1987 - Steven Aurand 1990 - Nicholas Constan 1990 - E. Craig Sweeten 1990 - Claude White 1991 - Ray Evans 1991 - Jay Livingston 1995 - Rev. Stanley Johnson 1995 - Timothy J. Alston 2004 - Paul Liou 2012 - Elizabeth Thomas & Nick Thomas The Penn Pipers The Penn Pipers, a subset of the Glee Club, formed in 1950, making it by far the oldest existing a cappella group at the University of Pennsylvania. Its founding student leaders created unique arrangements emulating the close, contemporary harmonies of a popular, jazz-oriented quartet called The Hi-Los. The Pipers' most popular tune of the time—a lush setting of Brahm's Lullaby arranged by member Bill Tost—became its standard closing number for many years. The group has always been a subset of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club and serves as an opportunity for some of the Glee Club's singers to perform music of a lighter and more popular style. The group performs barbershop music and doo-wop,. Its current repertoire encompasses popular music from the 1890s through to the present day. The Penn Glee Club Band The Penn Glee Club Band is the Glee Club's pit band. As its own ensemble, the band performs on its own as well. The band was formed in 2012 as an integral part of the larger Club's annual fall and spring shows. In addition to performing in the fall and spring shows, the Penn Glee Club Band also performs its own gigs, both on campus and around the city. Despite being only a few years old, the Penn Glee Club Band has already made a name for itself. It