Sing for MCG Chorus
Dr. Carol Lapp loves teaching in the Department of Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology, but she looks forward to Mondays with special pleasure. For an hour after work, she enjoys the harmonies of a different type of practice.
As faculty advisor for the MCG Chorus, Dr. Lapp takes part in one of several creative opportunities available on campus to students, faculty and staff. In addition to performing at the Noon Arts Performing Live series on campus, the chorus joins Paine College and Augusta State University for a joint concert each February on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, performs at Augusta’s annual Arts in the Heart Festival, sings at senior citizens’ homes, the Children’s Medical Center and homeless shelters during the holidays, and has performed for the MCG Retirees Association, the Professional Forum, hooding events, memorials and other functions.
“I see a lot of overlap between the sciences and music,” says Dr. Lapp, who played violin with the Augusta Symphony for 30 years and notes many members who were health care professionals, before professional musicians made up the bulk of local symphonies. “There must be something in the wiring of our brains for so many of us to intertwine the two disciplines.”
Established five years ago, the chorus is funded and supported by the MCG Arts Council. It became a student organization this year, but membership is open to anyone. Jina Kim, a second-year School of Medicine student, serves as president. Jason Maynard, music director at Covenant Presbyterian Church, is artistic director and accompanist. Rehearsals take place Mondays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the large auditorium of the Auditoria Center.
For more information, contact Dr. Lapp at clapp@mcg.edu or ext. 1-2991, or Jina Kim at jkim@students.mcg.edu.
“We’d like to encourage anybody to come join us,” says Dr. Lapp. “It’s a great rest for the brain.”