During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jim Bailiff added an ornate chapel / recital space to his Lookout Valley home, just a 10-minute drive from downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. This new room, with its excellent acoustics and a Steinway concert grand used in Artur Rubinstein's final southern tour, provides an ideal setting for performances of art song—an intimate space where all the subtle details of the genre can shine through.
We are pleased to be offering a series of six song recitals at this venue, to take place on the first Tuesday of each month from October 2022-March 2023.
David Tahere, Baritone
Winterreise by Franz Schubert
Maori-American baritone David Tahere loves collaboration and story telling through music. Operatic credits include Mr. Potter (It’s a Wonderful Life), Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Ramiro (l’Heure Espagnole), Le Gendarme (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), Saint Peter (Too Many Sopranos), Harašta (Cunning Little Vixen), Olin Blitch (Susannah) and Daniel Webster (The Mother of Us All). Tahere has been a featured soloist with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Chamber Chorus, Chattanooga Choral Arts Society, Chattanooga Bach Choir and Tenth Concert Series under the baton of highly regarded conductors like Andrew Altenbach, David Neeley, Cristian Macelaru, Arthur Fagen, and Helmuth Rilling. A lover of song, Tahere has been a three-time fellow with SongFest, working closely with Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, Sir Thomas Allen, Jake Heggie, and Sanford Sylvan. Upcoming performances include a Carnegie Hall debut and the world premiere of Dame Gillian Whitehead’s Mate Ururoa, with STROMA, the contemporary chamber ensemble, in Wellington, New Zealand.
Location:
Bailiff Residence
480 Patten Chapel Rd
Chattanooga, TN 37419
Tickets & Subscriptions
To purchase a ticket for any one of the recitals, follow the link under the appropriate event listing above. The ticket cost for each recital is as follows:
General Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $10.00
As there is limited space, tickets must be booked in advance. If you plan to attend all of the events, you can save money by purchasing a subscription for the entire series:
Series Subscription: $100.00
($120.00 value)
Subscription tickets are available from Ethan McGrath via email at ethanmcgrath@cantab.net.
Link to website: click here.