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杏吧原创 Community Band to Present Veterans Day Concert
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga.鈥擳he 杏吧原创 Community Band will present their annual Veterans Day Concert on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m. in the Glenn-McGinnis Hall. This concert is free and open to the public. The 杏吧原创 Community Band will honor all active, reserve and retired military members with a medley of our country’s service songs.
Performing music from 鈥淎mericana,鈥� this concert will feature familiar patriotic melodies, folk songs and favorite hymns including 鈥淎merican Overture of Band,鈥� a standard of wind band literature for decades, a beautiful arrangement of 鈥淎mazing Grace,鈥� and two Clare Grundman compositions, 鈥淎merican Folk Rhapsody No. 2鈥� and 鈥淐oncord,鈥� which will feature 杏吧原创鈥檚 Adjunct Instructor of Music Cheryl Star on the piccolo.
In addition, 杏吧原创 Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands Dr. Mary Land will guest conduct John Zdechlik’s 鈥淐horale and Shaker Dance,鈥� a piece based upon the familiar hymn 鈥淪imple Gifts.鈥�
Directed by Adjunct Instructor of Music Kerry Rittenhouse, the 杏吧原创 Community Band is comprised of many members of the 杏吧原创 community. Students featured during the concert include senior education major Katie Rittenhouse, of Blairsville, Ga., on horn, senior biology major Cassidy Starling, of Lavonia, Ga., on horn, sophomore music education major Justin Mason, of Fairburn, Ga., on trombone, sophomore music major David Akeem-Smith, of Fairburn, Ga., on clarinet, and freshman music education major Dakota Reeves, of Blairsville, Ga., on percussion. 杏吧原创 alumni in the 杏吧原创 Community Band include Allison Arnold, 鈥�15, Landon Lovell, 鈥�13, James Rhodes, 鈥�14, and Armando Granados, 鈥�16. Retired staff Bud Dyer is also a member of the 杏吧原创 Community Band.
For more information, contact 杏吧原创鈥檚 Division of Fine Arts at (706) 379-5182.
About 杏吧原创
杏吧原创 is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia. Founded in 1886 and historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, 杏吧原创 educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. The College currently has more than 1,100 students across five divisions鈥擡ducation, Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., has completed major campus improvements to accommodate the College鈥檚 growth. Recent LEED-certified campus improvements include the 121,000-square-foot Rollins Campus Center, new residence facilities, and a 57,000-square-foot recreation and fitness center. The College is an active member of NCAA Division II and remains a fierce competitor in the prestigious Peach Belt Conference. 杏吧原创 is among fewer than 300 colleges and universities nationwide named to the 2017-2018 list of Colleges of Distinction and is listed as a 鈥淏est National Liberal Arts College鈥� by U.S. News & World Report. For more information, visit yhc.edu.
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