The Raider Band at Highland Park Middle School has been practicing for Thursday night to perform an original work called ‘Heart of Hope.’
“Did you kind of get the ‘feels’ a little bit?” Highland Park Middle School Director of Bands John Vanhook asked his band students. “We’re playing music from the heart for no other reason than just the joy and love of music.”
The music was commissioned by the Sing Me A Story Foundation to tell the story of 13-year-old Will Woleben…