The Chattanooga Boys Choir and the Ladies of Lee women’s choir from Lee University will present a combined concert on Sunday at 6 p.m.
in
the
McEwen
Chapel
of
First
Baptist
Church-Chattanooga.
This
program
will
feature
both
choirs
performing
separately,
then
the
two
groups
will
combine
for
one
piece
at
the
end
of
the
program.
There is no fee or admission price for the performance, but a few will offering will be collected to help defray the concert and travel expenses.
“I am excited about this collaboration – audience members will be treated to a fantastic experience, blending together different ages, sounds, musical timbres, and repertoire in one program," said Chattanooga Boys Choir Artistic Director Vincent Oakes. "It will be a fun hour for certain.”
“This concert will be a wonderful ‘homecoming’ as the Ladies of Lee add this highlight to our tour of the Southeastern Unites States," said Ladies of Lee Director Jonathan Rodgers. "The students are very excited about this one.”
The Chattanooga Boys Choir, founded in 1954, remains the oldest boychoir in the southeastern United States. A music education and performance organization, the CBC organization currently includes over 120 boys from more than thirty different public, private, and parochial schools from throughout the region. The choir has represented the Tennessee Valley in performance tours throughout the United States and in twenty foreign countries throughout its history, including recent performance tours to the Czech Republic, Canada, and Cuba. Mr. Oakes, serving his twelfth season as artistic director of the Chattanooga Boys Choir, is also the director of Choral Music at the Baylor School in Chattanooga.
The Ladies of Lee, one of several choral ensemble offerings in the School of Music at Lee University, offers vocal performance opportunities to approximately forty women seeking to express their creative talents in a spiritually rich environment. The auditioned membership travels throughout the eastern United States with repertoire reflecting a diverse range of styles. Dr. Rodgers, director of the Ladies of Lee, is an assistant professor in the School of Music at Lee University in Cleveland where he teaches courses in Conducting, Church Music, and Music Education.