{"id":23882,"date":"2017-03-01T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=23882"},"modified":"2017-02-28T23:35:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T05:35:20","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-chamber-singers-to-embark-on-march-tour-of-tennessee-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2017\/03\/01\/austin-peay-state-university-chamber-singers-to-embark-on-march-tour-of-tennessee-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University Chamber Singers to embark on March tour of Tennessee, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Austin Peay State University\u2019s premiere choral ensemble \u2013 the Chamber Singers \u2013 will showcase their talents in Tennessee and Georgia during their 2017 tour this March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Chamber Singers have been preparing for this tour since the first day of classes back in August of 2016,\u201d Dr. Korre Foster, director of choral activities at Austin Peay, said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_374871\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-APSU-Chamber-Singers.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374871\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-374871\" title=\"2017 Austin Peay State University Chamber Singers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2017-APSU-Chamber-Singers-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"2017 Austin Peay State University Chamber Singers\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-374871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2017 Austin Peay State University Chamber Singers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the time they spend (preparing for the tour), the choir really comes together not only technically, but socially and spiritually,\u201d stated Foster.<\/p>\n<p>A number of pieces will be performed at each concert, including a diverse selection of contemporary and classic compositions.<\/p>\n<h4>These concerts, which are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted, will take place at the following locations:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March&nbsp; 4th<\/strong> \u2013 Madison Street United Methodist Church in Clarksville (7:00pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March&nbsp; 5th<\/strong> \u2013 Dickson United Methodist Church in Dickson (2:00pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March&nbsp; 6th<\/strong> \u2013 McMinnville First United Methodist Church in McMinnville, Tennessee. (7:00pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March&nbsp; 7th<\/strong> \u2013 Governors Gathering Alumni Event in Atlanta, Georgia. (Contact APSU Alumni Association)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March&nbsp; 8th<\/strong> \u2013 Northminster Presbyterian Church in Roswell, Georgia. (7:30pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March&nbsp; 9th<\/strong> \u2013 First United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee. (7:00pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 10th<\/strong> \u2013 First United Methodist Church in Crossville, Tennessee. (7:00pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 11th<\/strong> \u2013 Performance at APSU Candlelight Ball in Nashville (Contact APSU Alumni Association)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Selected pieces to be performed include \u201cF\u00e8t Chanp\u00e8t,\u201d a piece composed by Haitian-American composer Sydney Guillaume for the APSU Chamber Singers, Ilyas Iliya\u2019s \u201cAvoonan dbishmayya,\u201d sung in Aramaic, choral canon standard \u201cBlue Bird\u201d from Charles V. Stanford and also the Daryl Runswick arrangement of The Beatles\u2019 classic \u201cBlackbird\u201d from their eponymous 1968 album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are headed throughout Tennessee, as well as Georgia and we always try to get to as many high schools as possible to show them our program at Austin Peay,\u201d Foster said. \u201cThe tour is an opportunity to up our recruiting efforts and, besides performing for them, the high schoolers will get to interact with our students, asking them questions about Clarksville, our campus and college life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later this spring, APSU Choral Activities will present The BIG SING. The event brings two high schools to campus to rehearse and perform with the APSU choral ensembles. This year, APSU is proud to welcome Mt. Juliet High School and Station Camp (Gallatin) High School. The event will culminate in a 5:30 p.m. concert, free of charge, on Tuesday, April 11.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on these events or for a list of schools the Chamber Singers will be visiting, contact Foster at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:fosterk@apsu.edu\">fosterk@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Austin Peay State University\u2019s premiere choral ensemble \u2013 the Chamber Singers \u2013 will showcase their talents in Tennessee and Georgia during their 2017 tour this March. \u201cOur Chamber Singers have been preparing for this tour since the first day of classes back in August of 2016,\u201d Dr. Korre Foster, director of choral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,17997,7936,6714,20995,7841,262,825,1476,11082,4973,1040,5592,245,16238,11248,4950,29822,1758,16579],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6dc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23883,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23882\/revisions\/23883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}