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Gabriel Bailey, Connor Cowart to present joint senior recital on Feb. 16

Jan. 27, 2023

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Gabriel Bailey

Maryville College seniors Gabriel Bailey ’23 and Connor Cowart ’23 will present a joint senior recital titled “A Tribute to The Arts” at 6 p.m. Feb. 16.

The recital, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall of the Clayton Center for the Arts on the MC campus. A reception will follow the performance.

The program will include the following selections: “Dolente immagine di Fille mia” by Bellini; “The Boatman’s Dance” by Copland; “Ich liebe dich” by Liszt, “Amorosi miei giorni” by Donaudy; and selections from Brahms, Finzi, Purcell, Schumann, Britten, Hahn, Wolf, Menken, Strauss, Scarlatti, Fauré and Miranda. Chase Hatmaker ’14 will collaborate on the piano.

“Throughout my time here as a music major, these songs have been deeply inspiring for my taste in music and desire to perfect my craft,” Bailey said. 

Photo of Connor Cowart
Connor Cowart

“These songs have been so important for me through my musical journey at Maryville College,” Cowart added. “They have been the inspiration to work on new and better techniques for my voice and to learn about the history and culture of that style of music. These are the pieces that I have worked on since I got here, and I’m so excited to get to share them with you.”

Both seniors expressed gratitude to their voice instructors, Noelle Brundige and Marjorie Bennett Stephens, for their mentorship over the course of their college music careers.

Bailey, a Vocal Music Education major with Licensure from Maryville, is a 2019 graduate of Heritage High School. Cowart, a Vocal Music Education major with Licensure from Knoxville, is a 2019 graduate of Bearden High School.

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.”