2010 Choir Tour includes performance at Biltmore

Feb. 12, 2010

The Carolinas will be the destination for the 2010 Maryville College Concert Choir Tour, and one highlight of the six-day trip will be a performance at Biltmore House and Gardens in Asheville, N.C.

As part of his retirement celebration, MC President Dr. Gerald Gibson will be present for the festivities.

The choir is scheduled to perform in the estate's Winter Garden at 1 p.m., March 13 following an 11:30 a.m. luncheon in the Sable Cafe. A $50 per-person fee covers the price of admission to the Biltmore estate, the concert and the midday meal. A $30 per-person fee covers only the concert and admission to the estate.

Reservations are required and may be made by contacting Stacey Wilner, coordinator of choral music, at stacey.wilner@maryvillecollege.edu or 865.981.8151 by March 5.

The 2010 tour begins March 11 with a mini-concert scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in the grand foyer of the new Clayton Center for the Arts (CCA).

Other performances along the tour are scheduled for:

First Presbyterian Church of Greeneville, Tenn., (7:30 p.m., March 11)
Black Mountain Presbyterian Church of Black Mountain, N.C. (7 p.m., March 12)
1st Presbyterian Church of Burlington, N.C. (8:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. services; noon concert, March 14)
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Columbia, S.C. (7 p.m. service, March 14)
Trinity Presbyterian Church of Surfside Beach, S.C. (7 p.m., March 15)
Sardis Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, N.C. (7:30 p.m., March 16).

Local performances are also scheduled for Second Presbyterian Church of Knoxville (11 a.m. service, Feb. 28), New Providence Presbyterian Church of Maryville (11 a.m. service, April 11) and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of Maryville (7:30 p.m., May 7).

The choir's annual Homecoming Concert is scheduled for 8 p.m., March 25, and will usher in the Grand Opening weekend of the CCA.

Maryville College is ideally situated in Maryville, Tenn., between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Knoxville, the state‘s third largest city. Founded in 1819, it is the 12th oldest institution of higher learning in the South and maintains an affiliation with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Known for its academic rigor and its focus on the liberal arts, Maryville is where students come to stretch their minds, stretch themselves and learn how to make a difference in the world. Total enrollment for the fall 2011 semester was 1,078.