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MC Community Chorus to present fall concert Nov. 2

Oct. 20, 2021

Poster for Community Chorus Concert

The Maryville College Community Chorus, under the direction of Alan Eleazer, will present a fall concert on Tues., Nov. 2, 2021.

The concert, which will begin at 7 p.m. in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall, is titled “The Mystical and the Music.” The main repertoire is “The Five Mystical Songs” by Ralph Vaughan-Williams, featuring the poetry of George Herbert.

The choir will be accompanied by Peggy Rogers, organist for New Providence Presbyterian Church, on the pipe organ. Jordan McCullough ’18, MC alumnus and senior enrollment counselor in MC’s Office of Admissions, will serve as the featured soloist. Dr. Sam Overstreet, chair of MC’s Division of Languages and Literature, professor of English and the Ralph S. Collins Professor in the Humanities, will be a featured guest to present a reading of the five poems in the cycle.

The event is free and open to the public, although a printed ticket is required for admission. Tickets are limited and available on a first come, first-served basis. For tickets, please contact the Clayton Center Box Office at 865-981-8590 or visit claytonartscenter.com. Please note that masks are required in all indoor campus spaces.

“Audiences will be inspired by the mystical magic of the inspired metaphysical, descriptive poetry of Herbert, paired with the beautiful music of Vaughan-Williams,” Eleazer said.

Maryville College is a nationally-ranked institution of higher learning and one of America’s oldest colleges. For more than 200 years we’ve educated students to be giving citizens and gifted leaders, to study everything, so that they are prepared for anything — to address any problem, engage with any audience and launch successful careers right away. Located in Maryville, Tennessee, between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the city of Knoxville, Maryville College offers nearly 1,200  students from around the world both the beauty of a rural setting and the advantages of an urban center, as well as more than 60 majors, seven pre-professional programs and career preparation from their first day on campus to their last. Today, our 10,000 alumni are living life strong of mind and brave of heart and are prepared, in the words of our Presbyterian founder, to “do good on the largest possible scale.”