Starkville-MSU Community Band opens fall season with Oct. 18 concert

The Starkville-MSU Community Band performs. — The Starkville-MSU Community Band opens its fall concert series with a free, public performance Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. on Mississippi State’s campus. (Photo submitted)

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 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.

Mississippi State University is taking care of what matters.

Starkville-MSU Community Band opens fall season with Oct. 18 concert

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