--- title: Train Conductor Tries His Hand at Conducting Yale Glee Club description: When a conductor realized he was carrying the Yale Glee Club on his train on Friday, he had a go at a different kind of conducting. canonical: https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-08T15:50:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:53.831Z og:title: Watch This Train Conductor Try His Hand at Conducting the Yale Glee Club og:description: Holiday cheer for all to hear og:url: https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Train Conductor Try His Hand at Conducting the Yale Glee Club twitter:description: Holiday cheer for all to hear twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Train Conductor Try His Hand at Conducting the Yale Glee Club > Sponsored content. 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At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 8, 2015 3:50 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 8, 2015 3:50 PM UTC When conductor Bob McDonough realized the Yale Glee Club was on his train on Friday, he decided to have a go at a different kind of conducting. The group was on a Metro-North train traveling to New Haven, Conn., when McDonough asked them to sing, according to [Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/07/yale-glee-club-serenades-train-while-conductor-conducts/). “I’m the conductor, let me conduct,” he says in the video recorded by a club member and posted on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/bob.mcdonough.56/videos/10206629696635431/?fref=nf). They broke into a rendition of “Carol of the Bells” while McDonough waved his arms in delight. The Glee Club also performed for passengers waiting for their trains at Grand Central Station, the conductor said. See the full video above. ## Transcript To be honest, [ MUSIC ] for me to get a chance to do a record at my age, that's a something you have to take. You cannot say no. [ MUSIC ] It's quite different. Now it's, it's all, every single now has a manager, a producer, a vocal producer which we never had. It's a lot of involvement of a lot of people for every song, so. And the, that's I think one of the reasons it takes so long, to, to, to record and to finish. I'd like to do hopefully perfect dance of songs. Maybe the next album if there is an album maybe if there's another sound or another direction. But for this one I definitely want to have some pop. The hook has to be great, the lyrics. The rhythm, the voice. [ MUSIC ] And then the timing, you know, to have a success, if the timing is wrong, it's almost impossible. 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