Choral group spearheads campaign to name Clayton Center space for Dr. Harry Harter
From Maryville CollegeOriginally published: November 20. 2009 3:01AM
Last modified: November 19. 2009 6:09PM
The Choral Note Society, a group of local musicians and music supporters, is spearheading an effort to raise $250,000 to name the choral rehearsal room in the new Clayton Center for the Arts for the late Dr. Harry Harter.
Harter directed the Maryville College Concert Choir for 34 years and chaired the college's Fine Art Division from 1964 until 1981.
An informational session on the fundraising campaign was held Thursday in the Parish House of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Harter and his wife, Florence, were longtime members of St. Andrew's. She passed away in 1999; he died in 2004.
Construction on the Clayton Center for the Arts, which is located on the Maryville College campus, is nearing completion. A public grand opening is planned for March 2010.
To learn more about the Clayton Center for the Arts, go online to www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com.
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