If you go
› What: Marshunda Smith presents “Coquettish Dances with Pianist Javier Marquez”› Where: St. Thaddaeus Episcopal Church, 4300 Locksley Lane› When: 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3› Admission: Free› For more information: 423-892-2377
Marshunda Smith fell in love with classical music as a student in Chattanooga. Her experiences here helped formulate and inform her passion for performing and helped set her on a career path that would lead her to Boston, where she teaches, performs and conducts.
For whatever reason, Smith has not played here in two decades. But that will be rectified on Sunday, June 3, when she will be joined by Javier Márquez for a concert featuring cello and piano at St. Thaddaeus Episcopal Church in the Highway 58 area.
A graduate of Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, she is coming here for her 20-year class reunion and saw an opportunity to play in front of a home crowd. So she reached out to former teacher Linda Pennebaker to ask if she could perform at her church.
“I reached out to my teacher from Knoxville also. I’m not sure if he can make it, but some old friends are going to come,” Smith said. “This will be a homecoming.”