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ARK E. BRITT was reappointed as department chair in January 2018. He served this past year as an adjudicator or clinician for the SCGSAH College Audition Workshop, the Archibald Rutledge Scholarships for the SCDOE, the 2018 Central District Music Performance Adjudication for the NC Bandmasters Association, and Festivals of Music at Dollywood and Carowinds. He conducted a performance by the Palmetto Posaunen at the 2018 SCMEA Professional Development Conference, completed his sixth term as the instrumental music director for the Montreat Conference on Music and Worship (where he conducted the premiere of “O Sing a Song of Bethlehem” by Michael Burkhardt). He was also a featured soloist on Anthony Barfield’s “Red Sky” with the Furman Symphonic Winds.
Ben Riley, who was born in Savannah. On Sept. 14-15, he performed at the Jazz Room in Charlotte with clarinetist Janelle Reichman, who presented a tribute to Benny Goodman.
T Mark Britt performs with the Furman Wind Ensemble
Thomas Joiner performs with Furman Chamber Strings
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EITH DAVIS performed in October at the 2018 Savannah Jazz Festival with the Savannah Jazz All Stars, under the direction of Teddy Adams, Savannah’s respected Jazz Elder Statesman. The performance was a tribute to the great jazz drummer,
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HOMAS JOINER served in July as guest conductor and violin teacher at the 33rd annual Santa Maria International Winter Festival in Vale Veneto, Brazil. He collaborated and taught with faculty from Brazil, the United States, Russia, Argentina and Italy.
Grant Knox directed Furman Lyric Theater’s spring production of “Hansel and Gretel”.
RANT KNOX, associate professor of voice and director of lyric theater, had a busy year of teaching, performing and directing. This past December, Knox returned to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as the tenor soloist for performances of Handel’s “Messiah” and Mozart’s “Regina Coeli.” These concerts were given in Atlanta’s Symphony Hall and in Athens, Georgia, at the Hodgson Concert Hall.
