Starkville-MSU Community Band presents free concert Nov. 24 featuring renowned composer
Contact: Bethany Shipp
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Starkville-MSU 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’s 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’ Bicentennial Celebration of Abraham Lincoln and the documentary film “The Texas Rangers.” A Starkville High School and MSU graduate, Hilliard holds a bachelor’s degree in music education, a master’s 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 MSU’s Department of Music.
Learn more about the Department of Music, housed in MSU’s College of Education, at https://www.music.msstate.edu/.
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