by Danny Barrett Jr. | Oct 2, 2017 | Music, News
RAYMOND – The Hinds Community College Music Department will host Gateway Brass, a component of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, on Friday, Oct. 6 in the Vashti Underwood Muse Band Hall. The performance is from 11 a.m. to noon and is free and open to the public....
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Apr 6, 2017 | News
RAYMOND — Part of the music for the occasion of Hinds’ Centennial comes courtesy of a budding composer whose talent was arranged on the Raymond Campus. [tweetable alt=””]Tonight’s Centennial concert[/tweetable] features the Hinds Wind and...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Mar 28, 2017 | Music, News
RAYMOND – The Hinds Community College Music Department will present a series of concerts in April in celebration of the college’s 100th anniversary this year. The first, on Tuesday, April 4, features the Hinds Concert Band, Steel Drum Band and Percussion...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Mar 20, 2017 | Music, News
RAYMOND – Sixteen members of the Hinds Community College band are among students from a dozen state institutions of higher learning who have been selected to participate in the inaugural Mississippi Intercollegiate Honor Band. The event is March 23-25 at Hinds’...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Aug 27, 2015 | Music, News
RAYMOND – The Hinds Eagle Band’s newest assistant has a love for music that grew out of another traditional youth activity. “I had an older friend in my Boy Scout troop who played trumpet,” Bullock said. “I thought it was cool, so I decided to do it, too.” Ben Bullock...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Jul 13, 2015 | Music, News
RAYMOND – The Hinds CC band’s top assistant will remain the group’s resident artist with the state. Randy K. Mapes, of Clinton, has been approved by the Mississippi Arts Commission for renewed listing on the Mississippi Touring Artist Roster. Mapes, who began at Hinds...
by Cathy Hayden | Feb 10, 2014 | Music, News
The Hinds Community College Wind Ensemble will perform two programs in preparation for the group’s trip to France in May. The concert will include patriotic selections and works by Mississippi composers. The Hinds Wind Ensemble will perform in France May 14-21 through...
