Chuck Nation Band: Sacred Bluegrass Music Concert
The Chuck Nation Band will be presenting a concert of Sacred Bluegrass Music on Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
The Chuck Nation Band, from Gainesville, GA, near Atlanta, made their Carnegie Hall debut performance in New York City in 2015. They have performed in concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. They were 2016 Georgia Music Awards nominees for Artist Of The Year.
Chuck is a member of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, a three-time Georgia State Fiddle Champion, Georgia State Mandolin Champion, and a Louisiana State Fiddle Champion. They have been called “the South’s best Bluegrass band.”
The band has toured internationally to Ireland, Japan, China, and Argentina. They performed in Inner Mongolia as representatives for the USA at the International Silk Road Folk Festival. Since their inception in 2012 they have been in concert over 800 times.
Close harmony singing and superb instrumental playing are the hallmarks of their distinctive sound. Their repertoire includes originals, traditional, gospel, and instrumentals. They have performed The High Lonesome Bluegrass Mass in concert over 80 times, often with its composer/arranger Dr. Tim Sharp, and with such notables as the Atlanta Master Chorale, Greenville Chorale, Montgomery Chorale, and countless others. The band has recorded three CD projects: On A High High Mountain, Thinking About Home, and their latest: Beneath The Tennessee Moon.
Additionally, please join us on Sunday, May 3 at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. for “Come Away to the Skies: A High Lonesome Bluegrass Mass” presented by The Chuck Nation Band with composer Dr. Tim Sharp & the MPPC Choir!
