High Point University To Host Eastern Music Festival Concert

HIGH POINT, N.C., July 2, 2018 – High Point University will host a pops concert for the community at 7:30 p.m. on July 16 in Hayworth Fine Arts Center. The free concert is part of the Eastern Music Festival, which brings talented musicians to the Piedmont Triad each year.

The event is open to the public. Please RSVP by contacting the HPU Campus Concierge at 336-841-4636 or concierge@highpoint.edu.

The concert will feature the EMF Wind Ensemble performing an entertaining mix of wind band favorites, including classical overtures, Broadway classics, movie blockbusters, plus fabulous marches by John Philip Sousa.

Eastern Music Festival began in 1961 and is recognized as one of the premier summer music educational programs in the U.S. It recruits a variety of students and artists nationwide to Greensboro each summer for the five-week festival.

This year, EMF has more than 60 performances scheduled throughout the area.

At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people. ® HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report for Best Regional Colleges in the South, No. 1 for Most Innovative Regional Colleges in the South and No. 1 for Best Undergraduate Teaching in the South. The Princeton Review named HPU in the 2018 edition of “The Best 382 Colleges” in the nation, as well as Best Career Services (No. 19), Best-Run Colleges (No. 20), Best College Dorm Rooms (No. 7), a Great School for Communication Majors and a Great School for Business/Finance Majors. For seven years in a row, HPU has been named a College of Distinction with special recognition for business and education programs, and The National Council on Teacher Quality ranks HPU’s elementary education program as one of the best in the nation. The university offers 50 undergraduate majors, 57 undergraduate minors and 13 graduate degree programs. It is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the web at highpoint.edu.