VENUE

Bailiff Residence
480 Patten Chapel Rd
Chattanooga, TN 37419

​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've just come to the end of our first season of recitals at this venue and we look forward to announcing a second season, but this is currently on hold, as the venue is temporarily closed for the installation of a pipe organ. To stay up to date, feel free to sign up for our mailing list via the contact page.

PAST EVENTS

Jordan Otis

October 4, 2022 | 7:00 P.M.
Jordan Otis, Mezzo-Soprano​ | Ethan McGrath, Pianist
​Songs by Ethan McGrath & John Alden Carpenter

Jordan Otis holds a MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Redlands and a BM in Music Education from Southern Adventist University. Some of her favorite past performances include roles in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Last Five Years (Catherine), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina), and The Merry Widow (Hanna), as well as many solo concerts and performances with various orchestras, including the East Tennessee Symphony Orchestra, the Redlands Community Orchestra, and the Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra.

Sara Snider Schone

November 1, 2022 | 7:00 P.M.
Sara Snider Schone, Mezzo-Soprano | Ethan McGrath, Pianist
​Songs by Gabriel Faure, Franz Liszt, & Claude Debussy

Sara Snider Schone is a mezzo soprano based in Chattanooga.  She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Opera Tennessee, a local opera company with which she has performed roles such as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti. Sara also has a passion for chamber and recital music; in recent years she has performed Ravel’s Chansons Madecasses, Rorem’s Ariel, Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, and countless art songs. When not on stage, she serves as Executive Director for the Chattanooga Girls Choir and sits on multiple non-profit boards. Sara holds an undergraduate degree in bassoon from Southern Adventist University and is in demand as both a mezzo-soprano soloist and bassoonist.
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David Tahere

December 6, 2022 | 7:00 P.M.
David Tahere, Baritone​ | Ethan McGrath, Pianist​
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.
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Mark Laseter

January 3, 2023 | 7:00 P.M.
Mark Laseter, Tenor | Ethan McGrath, Pianist
​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. 
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Janelle Wagoner

February 7, 2023 | 7:00 P.M.
Janelle Wagoner, Soprano | Ethan McGrath, Pianist
​Songs by Florence Price, Samuel Barber, & Alice Parker
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Janelle Wigal Wagoner, originally from Chattanooga, graduated summa cum laude from Valparaiso University in May 2018 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Music. Janelle began singing in her church choirs at a young age and has been singing in church and the Chattanooga area since. Janelle became a member of the Royal School of Church Music, at age 11, and received the prestigious RSCM Gold Award with Honors in 2016 for the highest understanding of liturgical music, tradition, and music theory. Since graduating from Valpo, Janelle has become an active member of the Chattanooga Bach choir, Chattanooga Chamber Choir, and has helped to organize local Episcopal Churches into the In Spiritu Compline Choir. Janelle is also the founder and artistic director of Chorus Angelorum - a semi professional choral ensemble in the Chattanooga area.
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Jordan Otis

March 7, 2023 | 7:00 P.M.
Jordan Otis, Mezzo Soprano | Ethan McGrath, Pianist
​Songs and piano music by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, & Alma Mahler

Jordan Otis holds a MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Redlands and a BM in Music Education from Southern Adventist University. Some of her favorite past performances include roles in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Last Five Years (Catherine), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina), and The Merry Widow (Hanna), as well as many solo concerts and performances with various orchestras, including the East Tennessee Symphony Orchestra, the Redlands Community Orchestra, and the Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra.

TICKETS

The ticket cost for each recital is as follows:

​General Admission: $20.00
Student Admission: $10.00