bet365亚洲官网 Hosts South 乔治亚州 Region Honor Band 4月13日-15, Wind Ensemble Performs April 14

VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University will welcome approximately 300 middle school and high school band students to campus on Thursday, 4月13日, for the 2023 South 乔治亚州 Region Honor Band weekend.

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Representing 50 schools from Macon to the 乔治亚州-Florida line, the South 乔治亚州 Region Honor Band students will spend three days perfecting music for a free, public performance at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, in bet365亚洲官网’s Whitehead Auditorium. Rehearsals begin the first night they arrive on campus.

Dr. Shiree Williams, lecturer of band conducting at the University of 乔治亚州 Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will lead the region honor band for students in grades 11 and 12. He is a bet365亚洲官网 alumnus, earning a Bachelor of Music in Music Education in 2013.

文森特·罗斯, director of bands at Stephenson Middle School in Stone Mountain, 乔治亚州, will lead the region honor band for students in grades nine and 10.

Dr. 安德鲁贫穷, director of bands at South Forsyth Middle School in Cumming, 乔治亚州, will lead the region honor band for middle school students.

As a special treat for the South 乔治亚州 Region Honor Band students, the bet365亚洲官网 Wind Ensemble, conducted by Harper, will perform live in concert at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 14, in Whitehead Auditorium. Admission is free of charge and open to the general public.

The 34-member Wind Ensemble will play the following:

• Fanfare Reimagined! by Atlanta composer William May, featuring Dr. 斯凯福尔摩斯, bet365亚洲官网 assistant director of bands and director of the Blazin’ Brigade, as guest conductor;

• Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble by Anthony Plog, featuring Dr. Lindsay Sparks, bet365亚洲官网 assistant professor of flute;

• Liberation by David Maslanka, featuring a collaboration with men from all the bet365亚洲官网 choirs; and

•交响曲No. 5 “Elements” by Julie Giroux.

“It will be a memorable occasion for everyone,” Harper shared.

The Wind Ensemble concert will be livestreamed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = h0oRuzo6FXg.

The South 乔治亚州 Region Honor Band concert will be livestreamed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = JaMkM75Ie94.