Published on January 3, 2007 at 6 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Many of the area's best high school musicians will be at Â鶹¹û¶³ this weekend (Jan. 4-6) as part of the Â鶹¹û¶³ Honor Band.

A total of 68 students from 16 high schools in north Alabama were selected for the honor by recommendation of their band directors.

Chair placement auditions and initial rehearsals were held Thursday (JAN. 4). Friday's schedule includes rehearsals and master classes led by Â鶹¹û¶³ instrumental music faculty.

The Honor Band will present a concert Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Â鶹¹û¶³'s Brock Recital Hall. Dr. James J. Smisek, Â鶹¹û¶³ director of bands, will conduct. The public is invited free of charge.

The concert of music by a variety of composers will include Henry Fillmore's popular The Klaxon March, subtitled "March of the Automobiles."

The Honor Band program is sponsored by Â鶹¹û¶³'s School of Performing Arts, Division of Music.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ 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, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 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. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.