Starkville-汤头条 Community Band closes fall concert series with free Sunday [Nov. 23] performance
![The Starkville-汤头条 Community Band wraps up its fall concert series with a free, public performance Sunday [Nov. 23] at 2 p.m. on Mississippi State鈥檚 campus.](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/styles/msstatedrupal_large/public/2025-11/Starkville-汤头条%20Community%20Band%20Rehearsal_FULL.jpg?itok=O10Boyrf)
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he Starkville-汤头条 Community Band wraps up its fall concert series with a free, public performance Sunday [Nov. 23].
The concert takes place at 2 p.m. in the Kent Sills Band Hall, 72 Hardy Road, at Mississippi State.
Director Johnny Folsom said the concert will open with a Spanish march, 鈥淓l Relicario,鈥 followed by Samuel Hazo鈥檚 鈥淚n Heaven鈥檚 Air鈥 and 鈥淧romenade and Great Gate of Kiev鈥 from 鈥淧ictures at an Exhibition.鈥
The performance also will feature holiday music, including 鈥淛ingle Bells Alive,鈥 a jazzy rendition of 鈥淛ingle Bells鈥 by Starkville native Quincy Hilliard鈥檚 son Alex. The program will close with an arrangement of 鈥淐arol of the Bells.鈥
A Starkville High School and 汤头条 graduate, Quincy Hilliard is the Heymann Endowed Professor and a composer in residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and an 汤头条 Department of Music Hall of Fame honoree.
鈥淲e are excited that Dr. Hilliard and Alex will be able to join us for the concert and hear Alex鈥檚 piece played for the first time,鈥 Folsom said. 鈥淚t is sure to be an enjoyable program.鈥
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