The Ithaca College Wind Ensemble will conclude the season with a free concert on Saturday, May 2, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall. The Ithaca College Wind Ensemble will conclude the season with a free concert on Saturday, May 2, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall.
Led by Stephen Peterson, the ensemble will perform Poulenc's "Suite Francaise," Chang Su Koh's "Korean Dances," and music by Dello Joio and Mackey. The centerpiece of the program will be Kathryn Salfelder's "Cathedrals," which was recently selected as the winner of the Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize.
The Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize was created to encourage the composition and performance of the highest quality wind band literature in honor and memory of Ithaca College's renowned director of bands. During his 35-year tenure as conductor of the Ithaca College Concert Band, Walter Beeler ("Mr. Band") premiered a number of new compositions for wind band. His method books, arrangements, and transcriptions for wind band number nearly 200.
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