--- 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 ## Video: Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song [Watch (HLS stream): Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8) (1:15)  _Published 2015-02-06. 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/"},"headline":"Watch This Train Conductor Try His Hand at Conducting the Yale Glee Club","datePublished":"2015-12-08T15:50:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:53.831Z","description":"Holiday cheer for all to hear","url":"https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","Train","Yale"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/","name":"Watch This Train Conductor Try His Hand at Conducting the Yale Glee Club"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song","description":"At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J4PWndMR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T22:07:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4140286/train-conductor-conducts-yale-glee-club/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```