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Andrew Brittain ’22 to present senior recital Nov. 23

Oct. 27, 2021

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Maryville College senior Andrew Brittain ’22 will present a recital, titled “Sacred Songs and Vocal Classics,” on Tues., Nov. 23, 2021 at 6 p.m. in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall.

The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for admission. Please note that 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. Masks are required in all indoor campus spaces. 

The program will include the following selections: Three works from Dvorak’s Op. 99 Biblical Songs, as well as works by Beethoven, Schubert, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Aaron Copeland and Benjamin Britten.

Chase Hatmaker ’14 will serve as the accompanist.

“Throughout college, these pieces have spoken to me on a deep level and impacted the way in which I view music,” Brittain said.

Brittain, a music education major from Oak Ridge, Tenn., is a 2018 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. He is the son of Ray and Teresa Brittain of Oak Ridge, Tenn.

“I would like to thank my voice teacher, Alan Eleazer, for all his work throughout this process and over the past four years,” Brittain added.

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.”