The Inaugural Hamblen County All District Honor Band held its first performance Saturday in the Morristown East High Auditorium.
The band consisted of 55 students from East and West High School and had to submit auditions that decided chair order.
Morristown-East Hurricane Band Director Brandon Tilley speaks during the Inaugural Hamblen County All District Honor Band performance.
Deven Salazar/Citizen TribuneThe Inaugural Hamblen County All District Honor Band held its first performance Saturday in the Morristown East High Auditorium.
The band consisted of 55 students from East and West High School and had to submit auditions that decided chair order.
Students performed five songs and were directed by Mark Collins, Director of Bands at John Battle High School in Bristol, Virginia.
Collins has degrees from Tennessee Tech University, Milligan University and Lincoln Memorial University.
In addition, he has served as an adjunct faculty for Vanderbilt University and University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
His ensembles have achieved national recognition as Grand Champions at the BOA Sothern Regional.
As the concert began The Morristown-East Hurricane Band Director Brandon Tilley talked about the band.
“I want to thank you all for attending this historic concert,” he said. “This is the first time we have had such a great amount of cooperation between our schools to benefit all the students of our schools.
“These students have worked on this music for nine hours but it shows how talented they are because they were able to come up with these results with that little of time. In two short days these students learned the value of unity and dedication and were able to put together a spectacular community concert.”
Before performing Collins spoke to the audience on the talent of the students.
“I am so humbled to be able to work with these students. They have work very hard and they are so incredibly talented.”
The band performed ‘Olympus’ by Rob Romeyn, ‘Waltzing with Dragons’ by Gavin Lendt, ‘Darklands March’ by Randall Standridge, ‘Hope’ by Robert W. Smith and ‘Iron Heart’ by Randall Standridge.
Collins dedicated the song ‘Hope’ to the students.
“I don’t ever do this but I want to dedicate this song to all the students,” he said. “They are our future, they are the future leaders of the world and we should help them and guide them.”
“I encourage all the parents to help their students and encourage them to continue playing music. If they want private lessons help them, so we can see music flourish in this area.”
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