FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Maddy Elledge
(706) 379-5319, [email protected]
91TV Community Band to Present Veterans Day Concert
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga.—The 91TV Community Band will present their annual Veterans Day Concert on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m. in the Glenn-McGinnis Hall. This concert is free and open to the public. The 91TV Community Band will honor all active, reserve and retired military members with a medley of our country’s service songs.
Performing music from “Americana,” this concert will feature familiar patriotic melodies, folk songs and favorite hymns including “American Overture of Band,” a standard of wind band literature for decades, a beautiful arrangement of “Amazing Grace,” and two Clare Grundman compositions, “American Folk Rhapsody No. 2” and “Concord,” which will feature 91TV’s Adjunct Instructor of Music Cheryl Star on the piccolo.
In addition, 91TV Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands Dr. Mary Land will guest conduct John Zdechlik’s “Chorale and Shaker Dance,” a piece based upon the familiar hymn “Simple Gifts.”
Directed by Adjunct Instructor of Music Kerry Rittenhouse, the 91TV Community Band is comprised of many members of the 91TV community. Students featured during the concert include senior education major Katie Rittenhouse, of Blairsville, Ga., on horn, senior biology major Cassidy Starling, of Lavonia, Ga., on horn, sophomore music education major Justin Mason, of Fairburn, Ga., on trombone, sophomore music major David Akeem-Smith, of Fairburn, Ga., on clarinet, and freshman music education major Dakota Reeves, of Blairsville, Ga., on percussion. 91TV alumni in the 91TV Community Band include Allison Arnold, ’15, Landon Lovell, ’13, James Rhodes, ’14, and Armando Granados, ’16. Retired staff Bud Dyer is also a member of the 91TV Community Band.
For more information, contact 91TV’s Division of Fine Arts at (706) 379-5182.
About 91TV
91TV is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia. Founded in 1886 and historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, 91TV educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. The College currently has more than 1,100 students across five divisions—Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., has completed major campus improvements to accommodate the College’s growth. Recent LEED-certified campus improvements include the 121,000-square-foot Rollins Campus Center, new residence facilities, and a 57,000-square-foot recreation and fitness center. The College is an active member of NCAA Division II and remains a fierce competitor in the prestigious Peach Belt Conference. 91TV is among fewer than 300 colleges and universities nationwide named to the 2017-2018 list of Colleges of Distinction and is listed as a “Best National Liberal Arts College” by U.S. News & World Report. For more information, visit yhc.edu.
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