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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Voices of the Mountains performs at Carnegie Hall

An ensemble from the Symphony of the Mountains chorus, Voice of the Mountains,

Performs at Carnegie Hall in New York City

 

Symphony of the Mountains chorus, Voices of the Mountains, recently sent an ensemble to perform in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, one of the most revered concert venues in the world.   A group of 25 singers from Voices of the Mountains was part of a 150-voice choir in a Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute concert in Carnegie Hall on January 15, 2006.  The concert, directed by Dr. Timothy Sharp of Rhodes College, Memphis TN, included Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom and a selection of spirituals arranged by Michael Tippett. 

 

The Voices of the Mountains is directed by Dr. Patrick Flannagan, who accompanied the ensemble to New York City.  Chorus members from the greater Tri-Cities TN and Southwest VA area who participated in the concert were: Nancy Barrow, Richard Berg, Terry Coclough, Ellen Corbett, Jeri Countiss, Larry DeYonge, Judy Fischer, Diane Flannagan, Anna Gamble, Bill Gamble, Lisa Gardner, Beth Geno, David James, Lynetta Johnson, Ruth Leonard, Cathy Maine, Roy Maine, Ann Mathews, Bruce Mathews, Katie Mitchell, Larry Pierce, Florence Powell, Anne Pratt-Proctor, Betty Ringley, and Cheri Wine.

 

This spring, Voices of the Mountains will be in concert with Symphony of the Mountains performing La Boheme, on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 3:00 PM in the Southwest VA Higher Education Center in Abingdon VA.  They will perform four movements of Brahms’ Vier Quartette at The Paramount Center in Bristol on Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 PM.  Symphony of the Mountains with Voices of the Mountains will perform Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem at the Reid Eastman Employee Center Auditorium in Kingsport on March 25 at 8:00 pm; and selections from the Carnegie Hall concert on Saturday, May 6 at 7:30 pm at First Presbyterian Church, Bristol TN.

 

For more information about the chorus, please contact Beth Geno (423) 245-3790 and 354-1383 or Pat Flannagan (423) 652-4846.  For tickets to future performances, call the Symphony of the Mountains office at (423)392-8423.

 

 

 

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