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Issue date: 1/23/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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The UTM Department of Music's annual Montage Concert will be at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 29, in the Harriet Fulton Theatre of Fine Arts Building.
The concert has a fast-paced format that features a variety of performances by students and faculty. There will be performances by soloists, chamber groups and large ensembles.
The concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Mark Simmons, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, at 731-881-7412 or marks@utm.edu.
Dr. Mark Simmons, director of choral activities at UTM, will conduct a mass choir performance at "Festival of Choirs," 7:30 p.m, Feb. 27, at the Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center.
This event will feature choirs from West Tennessee colleges and universities. Each choir will perform two songs, and all will unite as a mass choir to perform "Choose Something Like a Star," by Randall Thompson.
Simmons will conduct the performance.
"Festival of Choirs," produced by the West Tennessee Higher Education Consortium, is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
Tickets will be available beginning Jan. 22 at the Dixie. For tickets, visit or call the Dixie Box Office. The regular hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Phone reservations can be made at 986-2100, but tickets will be held at will call, and none will be mailed.
Participating schools include: UTM, Union University, Lambuth University, Jackson State Community College, Bethel College, Freed-Hardeman University, Dyersburg State Community College and University of Memphis.
For more information, contact the Dixie at 986-2100.
High school students from across the state will participate in Honor Choir, a two-day event sponsored by the UTM Department of Music. This year's event will feature an honor choir of 75 students and a 165-member festival choir.
Both groups will be under the direction of UTM faculty and will perform a concert at 2 p.m., Feb. 3, in the Harriet Fulton Theatre of Fine Arts Building.
The concert is open to the public. Admission is $4 and $2 for students and seniors.
For more information, contact Mark Simmons at 881-7412 or marks@utm.edu.
The concert has a fast-paced format that features a variety of performances by students and faculty. There will be performances by soloists, chamber groups and large ensembles.
The concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Mark Simmons, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, at 731-881-7412 or marks@utm.edu.
Dr. Mark Simmons, director of choral activities at UTM, will conduct a mass choir performance at "Festival of Choirs," 7:30 p.m, Feb. 27, at the Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center.
This event will feature choirs from West Tennessee colleges and universities. Each choir will perform two songs, and all will unite as a mass choir to perform "Choose Something Like a Star," by Randall Thompson.
Simmons will conduct the performance.
"Festival of Choirs," produced by the West Tennessee Higher Education Consortium, is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
Tickets will be available beginning Jan. 22 at the Dixie. For tickets, visit or call the Dixie Box Office. The regular hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Phone reservations can be made at 986-2100, but tickets will be held at will call, and none will be mailed.
Participating schools include: UTM, Union University, Lambuth University, Jackson State Community College, Bethel College, Freed-Hardeman University, Dyersburg State Community College and University of Memphis.
For more information, contact the Dixie at 986-2100.
High school students from across the state will participate in Honor Choir, a two-day event sponsored by the UTM Department of Music. This year's event will feature an honor choir of 75 students and a 165-member festival choir.
Both groups will be under the direction of UTM faculty and will perform a concert at 2 p.m., Feb. 3, in the Harriet Fulton Theatre of Fine Arts Building.
The concert is open to the public. Admission is $4 and $2 for students and seniors.
For more information, contact Mark Simmons at 881-7412 or marks@utm.edu.
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