Starkville-MSU Community Band opens fall season with Oct. 18 concert
Contact: Bethany Shipp
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Starkville-MSU 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.”
MSU’s College of Education, home of the Department of Music, also includes four additional academic departments, a division of education, one research unit and numerous service units.
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