Tennessee Chamber Chorus concerts coming up

The Tennessee Chamber Chorus will perform "Atlantic Crossings," a concert of choral music from the United Kingdom and the United States, in two concerts next week.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 320 Broad St., NW, in Cleveland, Tenn., and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Ave., Signal Mountain. The Signal Mountain concert marks the chorus' Chattanooga-area debut.

The Tennessee Chamber Chorus is a new professional chorus comprised of 18 highly skilled musicians, based in East Tennessee, and drawing professional singers from the local area as well as Canada, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Ohio and West Virginia.

In "Atlantic Crossings," the chorus will perform works by James Whitbourn, William Billings, Alice Parker, Adolphus Hailstork and the Irish band U2.

The program will be led by Cameron F. LaBarr, artistic director and conductor. Mary Beth Wickes will accompany the chorus on organ.

Singers are sopranos Caitlin Hammon, Meg Granum, Carly Wingfield and Sara Snider-Schone; altos Susan LaBarr, Kaylee Gallagher, Andrea Dismukes and Priscilla Wortman; tenors Dirk Johnson, Lee Rose, Harv Wileman and Blaine Tooley; and basses Chris Oglesby, Kevin Combs, Aaron Murphy and Jason Thoms.

Tickets are $15 and $25. To purchase, visit tennesseechamberchorus.org.

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