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by Lisa Saca, PR Student Writer
MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (April 3, 2003) – The Milligan College Chamber Orchestra will present a concert on Friday, April 11, in Seeger Chapel at 7:30 p.m., featuring local performers from the music departments at Milligan and East Tennessee State University, as well as the Kingsport and Johnson City symphonies.
Special guest artist on trumpet is Dr. David Champuillon, assistant professor of music at East Tennessee State University. The orchestra is under the direction of Dr. Kellie Dubel Brown, assistant professor of the practice of music at Milligan. Other featured performers will include John Wakefield, bass, associate professor of music; Lauren Webb, senior soprano; Dr. Oliver Lo, tenor, assistant professor of music at ETSU; Schery Collins, flute, principal flutist with Kingsport Symphony; Jim Benelisha, cello, principal cellist with Johnson City Symphony; and Dr. David Runner, harpsichord, professor of music at Milligan.
“Collaborating with musicians from other schools and the community is a great opportunity and pleasure for the orchestra at Milligan,” said Brown. “The building of community through the arts is a very meaningful and worthwhile endeavor.”
The concert will include works by Purcell, Jenkins, Lee, Rowley and Bach. The concert will also include a performance of the Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach. This work for voice, strings and flute shows a lighter side of Bach’s nature. This feature includes a clever plot about a father who thinks his daughter drinks too much coffee and therefore will never find a husband.
To celebrate this performance of Bach’s Coffee Cantata, the Acoustic Coffeehouse, 415 W. Walnut St. in Johnson City, owned by cellist Jim Benelisha, will provide complimentary coffee and pastries.
For more information about the Chamber Orchestra Concert call 461-8723 or go to www.milligan.edu.