MC3Band to present pops concert Nov. 15 

Nov. 4, 2019

The MC3 Band, under the direction of Dr. Eric Simpson, will present a concert of popular music on Fri., Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre.

The concert, titled “Pop Goes the Band,” is free and open to the public.

“This is the first ‘pops’ concert that the ensemble has played in at least five years,” said Simpson. “The music is easy to listen to, fun and well-suited for people who wouldn’t usually attend a classical music concert.”

The MC3 Band serves a dual purpose: to provide a means of artistic expression for all of its members (community and student) within the wind band medium, and to provide MC students with the opportunity to perform and learn within a large ensemble setting. Band members include working musicians, educators, college students, business professionals and retirees from throughout East Tennessee. Using a symphonic band instrumentation, the band performs repertoire from the entire scope of the wind band tradition.

For more information about the concert, please contact Simpson at eric.simpson@maryvillecollege.edu.

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.”