The Transformed Seminar at Tyson House and St. John’s Cathedral presented Magnificat, a concert to fight hunger on Dec. 13.
    The event featured the Seymour High School Choral Department and benefited two Sevier County charities.
    In addition to the Seymour High School Choir, the St. John’s Cathedral Choir, along with members of the University of Tennessee Choir Department and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra entertained those in attendance with J.S. Bach’s Magnificat.
    Written in Leipzig in 1723, the original version included several additional Christmas texts inserted at various points in the piece.
    The Magnificat required five soloists, including former Seymour High School graduate Murrella Parton, a five-part choir and, for its time, an usually large orchestra consisting of three trumpets, two flutes, two oboes, strings and continuo.
    After twelve pieces were performed, Director Jean Burkhart led the group which included a solo of O’Holy Night.
    At the conclusion an offering was collected with the proceeds being split between the Sevier County Food Ministries, an organization on the front lines of the battle against poverty in rural Appalachia, and the Judy Wade Vocal Music Scholarship, an award given annually to a graduating senior from Seymour High School who intends to pursue undergraduate study in Vocal Performance.
    The performance was well attended and the Seymour High School Choir Department did an excellent job with some very challenging Bach compositions.

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