The Starkville/MSU Community Band will present its first concert of the fall 2024 season at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Kent Sills Band Hall on the campus of Mississippi State University.
Community band director Johnny Folsom said the program will open with Richard Saucedo’s “Fanfare for the Third Planet” followed by a beautiful work by Eric Whitacre entitled “The Seal Lullaby.” The program will continue with a tribute to one of the most successful band composers, Robert W. Smith “There Is A Season,” followed by Rossano Galante’s “Nostalgia.” The concert will conclude with Randell Standridge’s fast paced “Metrodance.” There is no charge for admission and the address of the band hall is 72 Hardy Road, Mississippi State.
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