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Captain Curran Schenck became the as-
sociate bandmaster of The United States
Army Field Band in September 2022. He
is director and officer-in-charge of the
Soldiers’ Chorus and Six String Soldiers.
Prior to this assignment, he served as the executive of-
ficer of The United States Army Europe and Africa
Band and Chorus in Sembach, Germany. He began his
military service in 2010 as an enlisted trumpet player
and served with the 25th Infantry Division Band, 10th
Mountain Division Band, Army Ground Forces Band,
and 392nd Army Band. Prior to joining the Army, he
was a band director in central Florida. He holds a BME and music videos have won accolades and entertained
from the Florida State University.” fans worldwide. OneVoice has earned dozens of nomi-
nations and wins for the Contemporary A Cappella
Awards.

Opening Night Concert

University of Southern Mississippi
“One Night Only!” This opening night concert
will feature the best of pop a cappella groups from the Spirit of Southern
Southern Region: OneVoice from Briarcrest Chris-
tian School, Eads, TN; Spirit of Southern from The
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS;
and The Pitchmen from Belmont University, Nashville,
TN. These award-winning groups sing with energy,
musicality, and will present arrangements that appeal
to a wide audience.

Briarcrest Christian School

OneVoice
Spirit of Southern is the premier pop a cappella
Under the direction of Dr. J.D. Frizzell, Sony Re- ensemble at The University of Southern Mississippi.
cording artist OneVoice has become a leader in the The group performs at a variety of university and
contemporary a cappella movement. OneVoice has community events in and around the Hattiesburg area
collaborated with multiple Grammy winners, including and serves as one of the primary recruitment arms of
Foreigner, The Swingles, and New York Voices. They choral activities. The students in this group range from
have performed at the Emmy’s 70th Annual Governors all undergraduate levels of study and come from vari-
Ball, The Sing-Off Live! Tour, two regional ACDA ous academic fields. They have been honored with in-
conferences, The London A Cappella Festival, and vitations to perform at Mississippi ACDA/Mississippi
the National A Cappella Convention. With over 100 MEA conferences. Spirit of Southern is under the di-
million streams and downloads, their audio recordings rection of Dr. Jonathan Kilgore.

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