Patriotic, military themes and war-time standards will be the featured genres during the Tusculum College Band’s winter concert on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building. The local community is invited to the performance, which will feature the Concert Band, Jazz Band and Handbell Choir.
The concert is free and open to the public.
“This year’s Winter Concert will feature something for everyone, including a number of songs that pay tribute to the men and women who serve our country through military service,” said David Price, director of bands at Tusculum.
“This concert is dedicated to all our veterans and active service men and women,” said Price. “I hope many of our military personnel will attend this event and that others will as well to support our military personnel.”
Swing tunes that were popular during World War II will be performed during the concert including jazz standards, “Take the A Train,” “Moonlight in Vermont,” “Jersey Bounce,” “The Nearness of You” and “In the Mood” by the Tusculum Jazz Band.
The Tusculum Concert Band will play an arrangement of the National Anthem of the United States of America arranged by Stephen Melillo called, “Star,” as well as “The Great Locomotive Chase,” “Fugue on Yankee Doodle” and “America the Beautiful.” They will also play a piece by Robert W. Smith written for the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor called “The Greatest Generation.”
The Tusculum Handbell Choir will play “Sergeant Banyon’s March,” written by Dan Edwards in honor of the men and women of the U.S. military units, as well as “Shadows,” “God Bless the USA” and “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.”
As a special treat, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” will be played by a trumpet trio. Also as part of the program, Robert F. Mitchell Post 64 American Legion will be presenting colors.
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. The Band Program hosts three concerts each year, a Christmas performance and programs in the winter and the spring. In addition, each of the major groups, as well as small ensembles, have performed in community events such as the Greeneville Christmas Parade, the Old Oak Festival and the Laughlin Hospital Foundation’s Derby Days event.
