Starkville-㽶ֱCommunity Band opens fall season with Oct. 18 concert
Contact: Bethany Shipp
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Starkville-㽶ֱCommunity Band opens its fall concert series with a free, public performance Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. in the university’s Kent Sills Band Hall, 72 Hardy Road.
Led by Band Director Johnny Folsom, the concert opens with “La Madre de los Gatos” (Mama Cat), followed by David Holsinger’s “On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss.” Other selections include “Kentucky 1800” by Clare Grundman; “Our Yesterdays Lengthen Like Shadows” by Samuel Hazo and commissioned by the South Carolina All-State Band; and James Swearingen’s “Majestia.”
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