Press Release

USNA GOSPEL CHOIR TO PERFORM IN TAMPA, FLA., IN MARCH

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The internationally-acclaimed U.S. Naval Academy Gospel Choir will appear in concert in Tampa, Fla. on Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.; the first stop of a ten-day performing tour in Florida over spring break.

The concert will be held at the Bayshore Baptist Church, located at 3111 W. Morrison Ave, Tampa, Fla. 33629. The concert is free and doors open at 7 p.m.

The U.S. Naval Academy Gospel Choir, under the direction of Ms. Karla Scott, is an upbeat inspirational musical ensemble comprised of midshipmen of various races and creeds, and strives to reflect the diverse interests and ethnicities within the Brigade of Midshipmen. The choir regularly travels throughout the United States and abroad to represent the Naval Academy through their unique musical talents and passion to praise through song. Their ten-day trip to Korea in March 2011 garnered international acclaim from ambassadors and state department officials alike.

“We are looking forward to bringing this premier ensemble to Florida and to give the gift of music and praise to the Tampa Bay area,” Scott states. “When we sing, we honor, through our music those who have served our nation since all of our midshipmen will be serving our country as officers in the Navy and Marine Corps upon graduation and commissioning from the Naval Academy.”

In addition to the concert at Bayshore Baptist Church, the gospel choir will participate in a worship service on Sunday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at the Pasadena Community Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Founded in 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy today is a prestigious four-year service academy that prepares midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to be professional officers in the naval service. More than 4,400 men and women representing every state in the U.S. and several foreign countries make up the student body, known as the Brigade of Midshipmen. Midshipmen learn from military and civilian instructors and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities. They also study subjects like small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, leadership, ethics and military law. Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a tax-payer funded Bachelor of Science degree in a choice of 23 different subject majors and go on to serve at least five years of exciting and rewarding service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.

For more information on the USNA Gospel Choir, please visit www.usna.edu/music. For more information about the Naval Academy, please visit www.usna.edu or our Facebook page.

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