Bryan Bowers Performs at Palace Theatre

(Great Smoky Mountains) – Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont invites the public to experience Bryan Bowers performing at the Palace Theater, downtown Maryville, May 2 at 8p.m. Tickets are $15.

Bryan Bowers has enthralled audiences for three decades with the autoharp. Bower’s creativity and talent have won him induction into Frets magazine’s First Gallery of the Greats, winning the stringed instrument open category of the magazine’s reader poll.  This distinction put Bowers alongside other luminaries such as Chet Atkins, David Grisman, Stephan Grappelli, Itzhak Perlman, Tony Rice, Rob Wasserman, and Mark O’Conner. In 1993 Bryan was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame to stand only with Maybelle Carter, Kilby Snow, and Sarah Carter.

Tremont has been providing the community with traditional music experiences for many years with Palace Theater concerts in Maryville, Tennessee and the Appalachian Celebration concerts at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, Tennessee.

“There are many things in our day to day activity we miss. Getting out in nature is one, and listening to great performers of traditional music is another. These activities are a portion of what Tremont brings to the community. There is so much more Tremont does to provide a sense of place for our culturally rich area,” states Jeremy Lloyd, coordinator of arts at Tremont. “A major artist on the traditional music circuit, Bryan has a dynamic personality and an uncanny ability to enchant a crowd in practically any situation. For nearly three decades, he has been to the autoharp what Earl Scruggs was to the five-string banjo. His roots run deep in the Appalachian Mountains, and he’s a performing artist recognized internationally.  We look forward to celebrating the musical arts of our region with him,” continued Lloyd.

For more information on the concert and other exciting Tremont programs call 865-448-6709 or visit www.gsmit.org.

Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates a residential environmental learning center within Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Since 1969 Tremont has provided in-depth experiences to hundreds of thousands of people of all ages through residential educational programs designed to nurture appreciation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, celebrate diversity, and foster stewardship.

Calendar Listing: Bryan Bowers, master autoharpist, storyteller and performer at Palace Theater, May 2, 8p.m. Tickets are $15. Call 865-448-6709 for information and reservations. Presented by Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.

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