The Lee University Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra will present a concert of masterworks on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Conn Center. The performance will be conducted by Dr. Jonathan Rodgers and Maestro Robert Bernhardt.
The program will feature Handel’s “Messiah” and “Serenade to Music” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The concert will also include Lee University student soloists. For “Messiah,” Rachel Walls, Nick Branson, Tyler Plemons, Carly Wingfield, Vera Voznyuk, and Aaron Murphy will perform. Soloists for “Serenade to Music” will be Murphy, McKenzie Stephens, Nathaniel Mell and Audra Daniel.
Violinist Holly Mulcahy, the concertmaster of the Chattanooga Symphony, will be guest concertmaster for “Serenade to Music.”
Dr. Rodgers, assistant professor of music at Lee, directs Choral Union and Ladies of Lee. He joined the faculty in 2013. Bernhardt serves as Lee’s artist-in-residence and conductor of the Lee University Symphony Orchestra. He is also music director emeritus of the Chattanooga Symphony.
This is a free, non-ticketed event, and members of the community are invited to attend.
For more information, please contact the Lee University School of Music at 614-8240 or email music@leeuniversity.edu.