Tusculum College band program to present winter concert on Thursday, Feb. 23

Featured in the upcoming winter concert of the Tusculum College band program will be the Concert Band, Jazz Band (above) and Handbell Choir. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Fine Arts Building.

The Tusculum College band program will feature a mixture of traditional and contemporary music in its winter concert on Thursday, Feb. 23.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building.

Performing will be the Concert Band, Handbell Choir and Jazz Band.

The Concert Band will be performing “Freedom City,” “Fantasia 2000,” “Benediction” “Foundry” and “Tuba Tiger Rag.”

Two familiar pieces will feature the Handbell Choir, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and “Down to the River to Pray.”

The Jazz Band will be playing some jazz gospel for the concert, including “Just a Closer Walk with Thee,” “Down by the Riverside,” “Gospel John” and “Gospel.”

A preview of the Feb. 29 performance by the Students for Christ Gospel Choir, a student-led group at Tusculum, will also be included as the choir will join with the Jazz Band for “I Will Bless the Lord at All Times.”

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