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First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C. is one of the Singers’ tour stops.<\/p><\/div>\n
Sunday, March 5, 11 a.m. Worship Service<\/strong> Monday, March 6, 7 p.m.<\/strong> Tuesday, March 7, 10:30 a.m.<\/strong> Tuesday, March 7, 7 p.m.<\/strong> Wednesday, March 8, 7 p.m.<\/strong> Monday, March 13, 8 p.m.<\/strong> Tuesday, March 14, 8 p.m.<\/strong> Conducted by Hugh Ferguson Floyd, music professor and director of the Furman Singers, the ensemble continues a tradition of performance over 70 years old. The Singers will present traditional favorites and new choral music from both the sacred and secular repertoire including \u201cPrayers from the Ark\u201d by Ivor R. Davies. The concert also features student conductors leading the ensemble.<\/p>\n The Singers are accompanied by Furman music professor and university organist Charles Tompkins, and student organist Kevin Edens (Marietta).<\/p>\n For more information about the concerts, contact the Furman Music Office at 864-294-2086, or email the department at FurmanMusic@furman.edu<\/a>. Tickets for the closing concerts at Furman may be purchased by phone or through Eventbrite<\/a> (small processing fee applies).<\/p>\n About the Furman Singers<\/em><\/strong> Beginning in 1974, biennial summer concert tours abroad have taken Furman Singers to many of the great churches and cathedrals of Europe. In 1990, the Furman Singers visited Moscow and was the first choir since 1917 to sing in the historic Cathedral of the Assumption inside the Kremlin. Recently, the Singers performed in Salzburg, Vienna, Prague, Dublin, Cardiff and London. Last season, the Singers toured Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Furman Singers will take their music on a five-city tour beginning March 5, and will cap the tour with two concerts Monday, March 13 and Tuesday, March 14 at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":16739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C.
\nWashington, D.C. 20036<\/p>\n
\nCathedral of the Sacred Heart
\nRichmond, Va. 23220<\/p>\n
\nSt. Stephen\u2019s Episcopal Church
\nRichmond, Va. 23226<\/p>\n
\nFirst Presbyterian Church
\nGreensboro, N.C. 27401<\/p>\n
\nThe Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church
\nChapel Hill, N.C. 27514<\/p>\n
\nFurman University
\nDaniel Memorial Chapel
\nGreenville, S.C. 29613
\nTickets: $5-$12<\/p>\n
\nFurman University
\nDaniel Memorial Chapel
\nGreenville, S.C. 29613
\nTickets: $5-$12<\/p>\n
\nFounded in 1946 by DuPre Rhame, and conducted by Bingham Vick, Jr. from 1970-2010, the Furman Singers choir is recognized as one of America\u2019s premier collegiate ensembles, touring annually throughout the East and the Southeast United States, performing for churches and schools and other public functions. Under the direction of Hugh Ferguson Floyd, the choir presents concerts and performances on campus, including two major performances with the Furman Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n