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2009-11-02 Young Harris College/Community Band to Perform Nov. 10
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2009-11-02 Young Harris College/Community Band to Perform Nov. 10
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Denise Cook (706) 379-5237, bdcook@yhc.edu Young Harris College/Community Concert Band to Perform November 10
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Young Harris College’s Division of Fine Arts will present the Young Harris College/Community Concert Band in concert Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium of the Clegg Fine Arts Building on the Young Harris College campus. The performance is free and open to the public. Dr. Benny P. Ferguson, dean of the Division of Fine Arts, will serve as conductor. Daniel Isaacs, assistant band director at Towns County High School, will serve as guest conductor. Isaacs is a graduate of Georgia Southern University and is a member of the percussion section of the Young Harris College/Community Concert Band. The program includes a variety of familiar classic and contemporary works. The concert opens with “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite,” a fast-moving circus march often performed for “The Greatest Show on Earth,” followed by the classic concert band piece “Emerata Overture.” The ensemble will then perform “For All the Wyle Eternal,” a new composition by Ralph Ford, former band director at Troy State University. The piece was written in memory of Gene Wyles, who served as band director in Sylvester, Ga., for more than 30 years as well as at Abraham Baldwin College. Also on the program are “Perthshire Majesty” and selections from the Broadway hit Westside Story, including “I Feel Pretty,” “Maria,” “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight,” “One Hand, One Heart,” “Cool,” and “America.” The Concert Band will close out the evening with the slow march “Inglesina ‘The Little English Girl’” and a truly grand finale “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna.” The Young Harris College/Community Concert Band is composed of more than 60 members, representing Young Harris College students, local high school students and local teachers and musicians. Young Harris College students in the Concert Band include freshman Alex Fowler, flute/piccolo, of Gainesville, Ga., freshman Melissa Murphy, flute/piccolo, of Blairsville, Ga., sophomore Beth Sharpe, flute/piccolo, of Sylvania, Ga., freshman Jessica Shealy, flute/piccolo, of Mineral Bluff, Ga., sophomore Kelly Bond, clarinet, of Rocky Face, Ga., sophomore Raquel Jasso, clarinet, of Gainesville, Ga., sophomore Tara Shiver, clarinet, of Covington, Ga., freshman Paige Jenkins, bass clarinet, of Dallas, Ga., sophomore David Agori-Iwe, alto saxophone, of Marietta, Ga., sophomore Chris Simms, alto saxophone, of Cumming, Ga., freshman Clay Thomason, alto saxophone, of Cleveland, Ga., freshman Jake Wentzek, tenor saxophone, of Blairsville, Ga., freshman Paige Ferrell, horn, of Morganton, Ga., freshman John Cuccia, trumpet, of Blairsville, Ga., freshman Jeremiah Kersting, trumpet, of Sugar Hill, Ga., sophomore Rolando Fernandez, trumpet, of Canton, GA., sophomore Adam Higgins, trumpet, of Canton, Ga., freshman Todd Rilling, trumpet, of Ocala, Fla., sophomore Jeb Rogers, baritone/euphonium, of Epworth, Ga., freshman Sam Wolaver, trombone, of Mansfield, Ga., junior Grady Garner, tuba, of Blairsville, Ga., freshman Landon Lovell, tuba, of Blairsville, Ga., freshman Black Ogden, tuba, of Odum, Ga., freshman Cedric Epps, percussion, of Talbotton, Ga., and freshman Rebecca Wiggins, percussion, of Robbinsville, N.C. For more information, call the Young Harris College Division of Fine Arts at (706) 379-5182. About Young Harris College Founded in 1886, Young Harris College is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of north Georgia. Historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, Young Harris College educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. Long known for nurturing students during the first two years of college, Young Harris College received accreditation in 2008 to grant bachelor’s degrees. The College currently has approximately 700 students across four divisions—Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Science—and plans to increase enrollment to 1,200 over the next few years. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., is currently undergoing major campus improvements to accommodate the College’s growth. For more information, visit www.yhc.edu. ###
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