Posted by Sean Flynt on 2012-01-04

Hundreds of middle school and high school music students from throughout the region will participate in the sixth annual Samford University Honor Band program Jan. 5-7.

More than 500 students from Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida were selected to attend the intensive three-day program of auditions, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances. This year's program will feature two Middle School Honor Bands and two High School Honor Bands, each consisting of consist of the top musicians in their represented schools.

The Honor Band program will conclude with a concert in Samford's Wright Center Concert Hall at 2:30 p.m. Saturday Jan. 7.

The concert is free of charge and open to the public.

For more information please contact Director of Bands Jim Smisek: (205) 726-2485
jjsmisek@samford.edu.

 

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.