The Friends of Ithaca College invite you to bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a fall afternoon in Dewitt Park, as the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble takes its act on the road.
The Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Peterson, will continue the annual September tradition of the Founder’s Day Concert in the Park with a free, open-air performance on Sunday, September 17. The concert will begin at 2:00 p.m. in DeWitt Park in downtown Ithaca, with a rain location at Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.
The program theme is “Road Trip,” with music of a geographical nature predominating. Faculty tubist David Unland will be the featured soloist in performances that include a Sousa march, “Shenandoah,” “Dixie,” “America the Beautiful,” and tunes from “Oklahoma!”
Sponsored by the Friends of Ithaca College, this concert brings music back to the original Ithaca College downtown “campus quad” and celebrates the college’s partnership with the community. The first Founder’s Day Concert in the Park took place in 1992 to mark the centennial of the founding of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music.
The concert is sponsored by Baker Travel with special thanks to the Boardman House.
Complimentary refreshments will be available.
The Ithaca College School of Music offers some 300 free concerts each academic year. More information on these performances is available by calling (607) 274-3717 or visiting www.ithaca.edu/concerts.
