Published June 22, 2022
MONROE, LA – The Twin City Community Band (TCCB) will present a free, patriotic concert at 7 p.m.
Monday, July 4 in Brown Theater on the University of Louisiana Monroe campus. Conductors
include Robert Freeman from West Monroe High School, Marie Looney from Neville High
School, Keith Adams from Claiborne Christian Academy and Katie Conrad from LaSalle
High School. The entire community is invited to attend.
The TCCB is an award-winning ensemble comprised of music lovers from across northeast
Louisiana including doctors, teachers, lawyers, nurses, retired citizens and a variety
of other professionals from the area. The TCCB was forced into dormancy during most
of the pandemic, but the musicians hope this concert will signal that the band is
back together. Several ULM undergraduate and graduate music students also perform
with the band as a way of keeping their performance skills honed during the summer
break.
A wide variety of music is planned for this performance including a Salute to the
Armed Forces, America the Beautiful, John Philip Sousa’s famous Stars and Stripes
Forever and a special setting of the second and fourth verses of the Star-Spangled
Banner composed by Monroe native Julie Giroux as part of her Fort McHenry Suite. There
will also be a special performance of the Brian Balmages composition Kyiv 2022, written
in tribute to the people of Ukraine.
For additional information on this performance, contact the ULM School of Visual and
Performing Arts at 318.342.3811.
