Tusculum Band Program to present its spring concert Thursday, April 30

Is conducting a band on your bucket list?

If so, the Tusculum College Band program will give you a chance to check that off your list during its spring concert on Thursday, April 30. During the performance, an individual will be selected to conduct the Concert Band as it plays the first movement of Mozart’s “Symphony No. 29.”

The guest conductor will be chosen in a drawing of the names of people who make donations to the Band Program. Donations will be accepted prior to the concert and the proceeds used toward instruments and other materials needed by the program.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building on the Tusculum campus. Admission is free, and the public is invited.

In addition to the Concert Band, the Jazz Band and Handbell Choir will be performing a variety of musical styles.

Among the selections that will feature the Concert Band are “Alamo,” “Second American Folk Rhapsody,” Classical Gas,” and “Romanesque.” “Jefferson: A Vision for America” will feature narration by Dr. Dan Donaldson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church and a Tusculum College trustee.

A mix of sweet and salty could describe the repertoire planned by the Jazz Band, including “Beyond the Sea,” ‘One O’Clock Jump,” “Fever,” “Family Guy” and “Minnie the Moucher.”

Two golden oldies and a new pop favorite will be performed by the Handbell Choir  – “Let It Be,” “Dancing Queen” and “Just Dance.”

The band program began in 2010 with the formation of a pep band and has grown to include the Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Handbell Choir and various small ensembles.

After its popular introduction at the Old Oak Festival, the chance for someone to guest conduct the Concert Band returns as part of the spring concert by the Tusculum College Band Program on Thursday, April 30, in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building.