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  • Pearl, MS

Joshua DiMartino of Pearl among Hinds band members headed to France

2014 Mar 3

Hinds Community College band members and faculty will travel to France May 14-21 to participate in a concert series that is a part of the 70th Anniversary "Commemorations of D-Day: The Battle of Normandy and the Liberation of France."

Invited music ensembles will be recognized in France for their participation. The concert series is sponsored through the American Celebration of Music in coordination with the U.S. Department of Defense. The trip includes 52 band members and 11 faculty members who will make the trip to France for three performances by the Hinds Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Brass Quintet.

Among those who will make the trip is Joshua DiMartino of Pearl, a graduate of Pearl High School who plays Percussion.

The Hinds Wind Ensemble will perform a concert to help raise money for the trip at 7 p.m. April 24 in Cain-Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus. The concert will include patriotic selections and works by Mississippi composers. Admission is $5.

The selections are "Crown Imperial" by William Walton, arranged by W.J. Duthoit; "Hymn to the Fallen", from "Saving Private Ryan", by John Williams; "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland; Columbia-Eagle March by Mississippi composer James Sclater; "Savor the Last Dance" by Mississippi composer Tyler Griffin and "One Life Beautiful" by Julie Giroux.

For more information on the Hinds Community College band, see www.hindscc.edu/band

For more information on the American Celebration of Music, see http://www.musiccelebrations.com/international/france.html