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.
Mark Laseter, Tenor
Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Ethan McGrath
Mark Laseter enjoys a varied career as a vocalist, keyboardist, and educator. Mr. Laseter serves as Director of Vocal Studies at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. Recent professional engagements include projects with ensembles such as Seraphic Fire, the Portland Bach Experience, Apollo’s Fire, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Kinnara, the Chattanooga Bach Choir, and new-music-ensemble The Crossing. Prior to his time in the Midwest, Mark served as a choral scholar at Hereford Cathedral in the United Kingdom. There he enjoyed performances at the 2018 Three Choirs Festival, Buckingham Palace, and both the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Most recently, Mark was awarded first prize in the 2021 Audrey Rooney Vocal Competition from the Kentucky Bach Choir. Mark received his bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College and his master’s degree in Sacred Music from the University of Notre Dame where he studied with Kiera Duffy.
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.