Contact: Pam McTeer
STARKVILLE, Miss.--The Mississippi State University Symphonic and Starkville/MSU Community bands are combining their talents for a Tuesday [March 1] concert.
The free 7:30 p.m. performance in McComas Hall theater will blend "pops" and traditional tunes. The program is the two groups' first collaboration of the 2005 season.
The community band's performance will feature trombone soloist Richard Human, an assistant professor in the university's music education department.
"We try to play a wide variety of music," said Craig Aarhus, who is both MSU assistant director of bands and community band director.
"While people may not be familiar with the composers, we try to pick music the students like to play and people will enjoy listening to," added Phil Min, the MSU associate director of bands who also leads the symphonic band. "We try to give them a little taste of everything we do."
The 60-member MSU Symphonic Band traditionally performs selections from the traditional to contemporary.
Now in its second year, the Starkville/MSU Community Band includes both MSU students and residents from throughout the Golden Triangle area, as well as from Tupelo, Philadelphia and Kosciusko. The nearly 100-member group is a joint venture between MSU's band program and Division of Continuing Education.
For more information on the concert, telephone (662) 325-2713.