Penny Downs Tullock - Voice and Piano

Ms. Tullock, a lyric contralto, earned her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Carson-Newman College. She is a winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Auditions. A frequent guest artist and recitalist, Ms. Tullock can be heard on Choral Arts of Chattanooga recordings of "Days of Blue and Gray," a CD of Civil War era music, and "Dave Brubeck in Chattanooga." She has performed as guest soloist in Handel's Messiah with Carson-Newman College, Mozart's Requiem with Orchestra Atlanta and also with the Huntsville Symphony, Haydn's Mass in Time of War, Bach's Magnificat with Southern Adventist University, and Vivaldi's Gloria with the Rome (GA) Symphony. An accompanist/coach for more than 30 years, she has played at the University of Louisville, Southern Seminary, Carson-Newman and Covenant Colleges, the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, the Linz Austria Choral Festival, and the Savannah Georgia American Traditions Vocal Competition. She is currently the staff accompanist at Baylor School and with the Chattanooga Girls Choir, accompanist at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and The Baylor School. Her students regularly win local and regional music and scholarship competitions.