If you go
› What: Chattanooga Boys Choir concert with historian Bobby Horton› Where: Heritage High School, 3960 Poplar Springs Road, Ringgold, Ga.› When: 6:45 p.m. pre-concert discussion with Bobby Horton, 7 p.m. concert Monday, Oct. 29› Admission: Free› For more information: 423-634-2299
The Chattanooga Boys Choir will present “The Blue and the Gray: Songs and Stories of the Civil War” on Monday, Oct. 29, marking the 155th anniversary of the Civil War’s Battle of Wauhatchie.
Joining the choir will be guest Bobby Horton, nationally known historian and an authority on music of the Civil War period. Horton will perform solo and with the choir during the free concert in Heritage High School’s auditorium.
Horton was asked in 1984 to produce the score for a feature film set in 1863 in Southern Indiana. While researching music from the mid-19th century, he uncovered thousands of tunes from that period. He began recording what became 14 volumes of authentic Civil War tunes in his home studio – singing all the parts and playing all of the era’s instruments himself.
He has performed with the musical-comedy trio Three On a String throughout the United States and Canada for more than 40 years. He has produced and performed scores for 16 PBS films by Ken Burns, including “The Civil War” and “Baseball;” two films for A&E network, and 21 films for the National Park Service.