{"id":3575,"date":"2015-03-05T15:32:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/singers-to-perform-seven-concerts-during-tour\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:46:39","slug":"singers-to-perform-seven-concerts-during-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/singers-to-perform-seven-concerts-during-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Singers to perform seven concerts during tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/newsimg.furman.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Furman-singers-with-Floyd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14675 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/Furman-singers-with-Floyd-medium.jpg\" alt=\"Furman singers with Floyd\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/210;\" \/><\/a>The Furman University Singers will be on tour Sunday, March 8 through Tuesday, March 17 performing at local and regional churches, with two closing concerts in Furman\u2019s Daniel Memorial Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>The closing concerts are Monday and Tuesday, March 16 and 17, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Chapel on campus. Tickets for the closing performances are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students. All other tour events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>A schedule for the Singers\u2019 seven tour stops follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, March 8<br \/>\n10:30 a.m. Worship<br \/>\n<\/strong>First Baptist Church<br \/>\n847 Cleveland Street, Greenville, S.C. 29601<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, March 8<br \/>\n4 p.m. Evensong and Concert<br \/>\n<\/strong>Trinity Episcopal Cathedral<br \/>\n1100 Sumter Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, March 9<br \/>\n7 p.m. Concert<br \/>\n<\/strong>Viewmont Baptist Church<br \/>\n1246 2nd Street Northeast, Hickory, N.C. 28601<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 10<br \/>\n7:30 p.m. Concert<br \/>\n<\/strong>Church Street United Methodist Church<br \/>\n900 Henley Street, Knoxville, Tenn. 37902<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, March 11<br \/>\n6:30 p.m. Concert<br \/>\n<\/strong>First Baptist Church Athens<br \/>\n355 Pulaski Street, Athens, Ga. 30601<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, March 16<br \/>\n8:00 p.m. Concert<br \/>\n<\/strong>Furman University, Daniel Memorial Chapel, President \u00a0Elizabeth Davis to guest conduct<br \/>\nPart of Furman\u2019s <em>Sound Quality Concert Series<br \/>\n<\/em>Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 17<br \/>\n8:00 p.m. Concert<br \/>\n<\/strong>Furman University, Daniel Memorial Chapel<br \/>\nPart of Furman\u2019s <em>Sound Quality Concert Series<br \/>\n<\/em>Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students<\/p>\n<p>The concerts are conducted by Hugh Ferguson Floyd, D.M.A, Furman Music Professor and Director of the Furman Singers. Music Professor and University Organist Charles Tompkins, D.M.A, provides accompaniment, and Furman junior Grace Odell of Pelzer accompanies the Singers on piano.<\/p>\n<p>The 90-voice ensemble continues a tradition of performance nearly 70 years old. The Singers will present new choral music from both the sacred and secular repertoire as well as traditional favorites. The performances are made possible in part by the Nelle and Ken Brown Music Fund.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the concerts, call the Furman Music Office at (864) 294-2086.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Furman University Singers will be on tour Sunday, March 8 through Tuesday, March 17 performing at local and regional churches, with two closing concerts in Daniel Memorial Chapel Monday and Tuesday, March 16 and 17, at 8 p.m. Tickets for the closing performances are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students. 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