APSU Chamber Singers embark concert series spanning four states
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 Dr. Korre Foster, assistant professor of music, wants to educate aspiring singers on an Austin Peay State University music program regarded as 鈥淭he Best Kept Secret in Tennessee.鈥
That鈥檚 why this March, Foster is taking the Chamber Singers, APSU鈥檚 premiere choral ensemble, on a tour of four states in five days.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 Dr. Korre Foster, assistant professor of music, wants to educate aspiring singers on an Austin Peay State University music program regarded as 鈥淭he Best Kept Secret in Tennessee.鈥
That鈥檚 why this March, Foster is taking the Chamber Singers, APSU鈥檚 premiere choral ensemble, on a tour of four states in five days.
As a part of the tour, Foster and the APSU students will spend their days in select area high schools, collaborating with students while also spreading the message of the opportunities awaiting young vocal talents in the University鈥檚 choral program. At night, the Chamber Singers will perform free concerts for the communities they are visiting.
鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to get those talented young singers to come to Austin Peay,鈥 Foster said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to schools in all of these states because they鈥檙e very good programs and it鈥檚 very much an exchange: we sing for them and they sing for us and then I work with the high school choir. That way, the high school students have an experience of how (APSU singers) work and rehearse.鈥
The tour鈥檚 performances and times include:
鈥 8 p.m., March 6, St. John United Church of Christ, Bellevue, Ky.
鈥 7 p.m., March 7, Calvary Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.
鈥 7 p.m., March 8, First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, Ind.
鈥 7 p.m., March 10, First United Methodist Church, Springfield, Tenn.
During the tour鈥檚 evening concerts, the Chamber Singers will perform works ranging in style from the European to traditional Chinese to French Creole and Haitian music. The APSU students will also perform a selection of spiritual pieces from Howard Helvey, performing the works alongside the Cincinnati-based composer himself.
鈥淲e have a collection of pieces (the Chamber Singers) have sung last semester and some we recently began practicing,鈥 Forster said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a combination of familiar pieces and music that is brand new, which is typical when you have a lot of foreign language that we have to add to the actual rhythm and pitch of the pieces.鈥
For more information on these concerts or the APSU Chamber Singers, contact Foster at 221-7002 or fosterk@apsu.edu.