The Green Hope High School Band will perform in spring concert at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 21 in Meymandi Concert Hall at the Progress Energy Performing Arts Center in Raleigh. The concert will feature a world premiere performance of a piece by Philip Sparke commissioned by the Green Hope High School Band. Sparke will be guest conducting the premiere as well as “Hymn of the Highlands” and “Pantomime.” Other selections include “Esprit de Corps” and Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.” Sparke is a British composer and musician, noted for his concert band music.
General admission tickets are $7. WCPSS students and teachers get in for $5.