Department of Music to host Grand Concert
FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Huntington, Ind.-A Grand Concert will be performed in the Zurcher Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts on the campus of Huntington University at 2 p.m. on March 4. The concert will feature the Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes, 555th Air Force Band and the musicians from the Huntington University Band Clinic.
The concert is open to the public, and admission is free; however, tickets are required. Contact the Merillat Centre for the Arts Box Office at (260) 359-4261 for free tickets.
The concert is a finale to the two-day Band Clinic to be held March 3-4. The Band Clinic is open to instrumentalists from grades 8 to 12, college and the community who desire an opportunity to perform challenging band music, to work with guest conductors and to experience Huntington University.
The guest conductor for the Band Clinic is Staff Sgt. Haley Armstrong, the deputy commander of the 555th Air Force Band and a master's degree candidate in instrumental conducting at Indiana University.
To register for the Band Clinic, visit the Web site www.huntington.edu/music/bandclinic, print out the registration form and return it with the $20 registration fee to Huntington University Band Clinic, 2303 College Ave., Huntington, IN 46750. Participants also may stop in the university's music office and register or call (260) 359-4262 for more information. The registration deadline is March 1, but participants will be accepted at the door.
