Starkville-MSU Community Band wraps up spring concert series with April 27 free show
Contact: Mary Margaret Balzli
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 diverse selection of music will fill the afternoon air on April 27 as the Starkville-MSU Community Band concludes its spring concert series with a free, public performance.
Scheduled for 2 p.m. at 幺力视频鈥檚 Kent Sills Band Hall, 72 Hardy Road, the concert will include Samuel Hazo鈥檚 鈥淣ovo Lenio,鈥 which paints a musical picture of Hazo鈥檚 old school being torn down and replaced, and Starkville native Quincy Hilliard鈥檚 鈥淩ejoice, Dolce and Dance,鈥 among other pieces.
A Starkville High School and MSU graduate, Hilliard is the Heymann Endowed Professor and a composer-in-residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he received the school鈥檚 Eminent Faculty Distinguished Professor Award in 2023.
The community band is directed by Johnny Folsom, a lecturer and supervisor for student interns in MSU鈥檚 Department of Music.
鈥淭he community band promises a surprise that is sure to bring a smile to your face as they play Rob Grice鈥檚 鈥楧ance Des Dauphins,鈥欌 he said. 鈥淚t concludes with a lively barn dance piece that lets you in on how the cowboys of the early Western territory let off some steam on a Saturday night with David Holsinger鈥檚 鈥楶rairie Dances.鈥欌
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