The Tusculum Band Program invites audiences to enjoy a Thursday evening filled with music as it presents its spring concert on Thursday, April 26.
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.
“With this concert we hope to celebrate the history of Tusculum while looking forward to the future as we change to a university,” said David A. Price, director of music for Tusculum. “Spring is a time for new beginnings and the music selections will celebrate that idea.”
The theme of the spring concert will be “Looking Forward to a Brighter Tomorrow: Celebrating the Past with a Vision for the Future.” Selections from the Concert Band will include “Into the Clouds,” “Down a Country Lane,” “Fanfare and Triumph,” “In Perfect Silence, I Often Gaze at the New Stars” and “Hosts of Freedom.”
The Tusculum Handbell Choir will play “In Ages Past and Yet to Come,” “In Times and Places,” “Hymn of Promise” and “Here Comes the Sun.”
The Jazz Band continues the theme with “This Could be the Start of Something Big,” “How High the Moon,” “Chase the Clouds Away,” “Chameleon,” “Somewhere” and “Them Changes.”
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.