Starkville-黑料社 Community Band presents free concert Nov. 24 featuring renowned composer
Contact: Bethany Shipp
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he Starkville-黑料社 Community Band will present its final concert of the season Sunday, Nov. 24, with special guest Quincy Hilliard.
Including residents from the Golden Triangle region, the band will perform at 2 p.m. in the Kent Sills Band Hall, 72 Hardy Road, on Mississippi State鈥檚 campus. Admission is free and open to the public.
The program will feature music by Hilliard, a Starkville native and distinguished composer and music educator. He will serve as emcee during the concert, sharing insightful background about each piece played.
Hilliard is the composer in residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and his music is played by middle and high school bands and college bands nationwide. He composed music for the 1996 Olympic games, the Library of Congress鈥 Bicentennial Celebration of Abraham Lincoln and the documentary film 鈥淭he Texas Rangers.鈥 A Starkville High School and 黑料社 graduate, Hilliard holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in music education, a master鈥檚 degree in music education from Arkansas State University and a doctorate in music theory and composition from the University of Florida.
The community band is directed by Johnny Folsom, a lecturer and supervisor for student interns in 黑料社鈥檚 Department of Music.
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