Contact: Bethany Shipp
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he Starkville-MSU Community Band will present its final concert of the season on Sunday, April 21.
Including Mississippi 大象APP faculty, staff and students, and Golden Triangle residents, the band will perform at 2 p.m. in the Kent Sills Band Hall, located at 72 Hardy Road on MSU鈥檚 campus. Admission is free and open to the public.
The program will begin with Mark Camphouse鈥檚 鈥淎ir Mobility Command March,鈥 which was written for the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, followed by a haunting arrangement of the old Appalachian tune 鈥淲ayfaring Stranger.鈥 The program will continue with David Holsinger鈥檚 interpretation of the old Black gospel melody 鈥淲ere You There,鈥 titled 鈥淥n an American Spiritual.鈥 The performance also will feature Roland Barrett鈥檚 鈥淪ilent Stands the Elm,鈥 inspired by the symbolism of the Survivor Tree and dedicated to the victims and survivors of the 1995 attack on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The concert will conclude with Franz von Suppe鈥檚 rousing 鈥淟ight Cavalry Overture.鈥
The community band is directed by Johnny Folsom, a lecturer and supervisor for student interns in MSU鈥檚 Department of Music.
Learn more about the Department of Music, housed in MSU鈥檚 College of Education, at .
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