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After the Founder’s Day Showcase, remain in the Nutt Theatre for a special presentation of the Homecoming Choir in honor of retiring Director of Choral Activities, Stacey Wilner, after more than 20 years of dedicated service to Maryville College and its students.
This extended choral event will feature alumni and students joined together in song once again for such favorites as “Sing Me to Heaven,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” and the traditional Lutkin and Alma Mater to end the evening.
Stacey Wilner will direct the Homecoming Choir in honor of her final Homecoming. Learn more about the Homecoming Choir and sign up to participate at this link.
Stacey Murphy Wilner, director of the Concert Choir, Off Kilter, and the Lassies, serves as Director of Choral Activities at Maryville College. A graduate of Concord College and the University of Tennessee, Wilner has degrees in music education and choral conducting and is a member of the American Choral Directors Association. In 2007, Wilner received Maryville College’s Administrator of the Year Award. She served as President of the TN-ACDA from 1997-99 and as the Regional Repertoire and Standards Chair for colleges and universities. She has recently served as a collegiate chair for the East TN Vocal Association and is active as a guest conductor and clinician at festivals in the South. Wilner was nominated for an Athena Award Leadership Award in 2016, selected for Leadership Blount in 2020, and was a recipient of the MC Spirit of the Covenant Award in 2024.