{"id":13961,"date":"2013-02-09T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=13961"},"modified":"2013-02-09T13:05:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T19:05:55","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-chamber-singers-to-tour-nashville-and-east-tennessee-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/02\/09\/austin-peay-state-university-chamber-singers-to-tour-nashville-and-east-tennessee-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University Chamber Singers to tour Nashville and East Tennessee in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/>Clarksville, TN &#8211; This March, Austin Peay State University\u2019s premiere choral ensemble \u2013 the Chamber Singers \u2013 will showcase their talents in east Tennessee during their 2013 recruiting tour. The group will visit local high schools during the day, and they will perform free concerts each night for members of these local communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to recruit Tennessee\u2019s finest by showing them the excellent choral singing we have here at Austin Peay,\u201d Dr. Korre Foster, director of choral activities at APSU, said. \u201cNot only will we perform for them, but the high schoolers will get to interact with our students, asking them questions about Clarksville, our campus and college life.\u201d<!--more-->The tour will kick off with a concert at 7:00pm on March 7th in the APSU Music\/Mass Communication Building\u2019s Mabry Concert Hall. The Chamber Singers will then head to Nashville for a performance at Congregation Micah\u2019s Friday evening Shabbat service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chamber Singers will provide the choral music for that service, and the three pieces will be in Hebrew,\u201d Foster said. \u201cThis offers a worldly experience for our students. They have experienced singing in churches and at Sunday morning services, but the majority have never visited a synagogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program for the other concerts on the tour will include pieces sung in Latin, Swedish, Greek, German, Czech and Russian. Those concerts, which are free and open to the public, will take place at the following locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March 9th<\/strong> \u2013 Hixson United Methodist Church in Hixson, TN.<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 10th<\/strong> \u2013 Reformation Lutheran Church in Greenville.<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 11th<\/strong> \u2013 First United Methodist Church in Jefferson City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on these events or for a list of schools the Chamber Singers will be visiting, contact Foster at <a href=\"mailto:fosterk@apsu.edu\">fosterk@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; This March, Austin Peay State University\u2019s premiere choral ensemble \u2013 the Chamber Singers \u2013 will showcase their talents in east Tennessee during their 2013 recruiting tour. 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