Concert Dates

2024-2025 Band Area Performances

We look forward to seeing you at our performances! All performances are FREE to attend, and we are happy to help schools arrange your visit! Email Dr. Cook (dcook1@ithaca.edu) for assistance with this.

What follows is a listing of dates 'at a glance.' Scroll to the bottom of the page for programming details and announced repertoire!

  • Sunday, September 15, 2024, 2:00 pm - Founder's Day (Wind Ensemble and Concert Band)
  • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 8:15 pm - Concert Band
  • Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 8:15 pm - Concert Band
  • Thursday, November 21, 2024, 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble
  • Monday, December 9, 2024, 7:00 pm - Campus Band and Campus Orchestra
  • Thursday, February 20, 2025, 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025, 8:15 pm - Concert Band
  • Friday, April 4 2025, 7:00 pm - Wind Ensemble
  • Friday-Saturday, April 25-26, 2025 - Music for All Regional Concert Band Festival with performance by the IC Wind Ensemble
  • Thursday, May 1, 2025, 8:15 - Concert Band
  • Monday, May 5, 2025, 7:00 pm - Campus Band and Campus Orchestra

IC Bands Repertoire

Sunday, September 17, 2023, 2:00 pm - Founder's Day (Wind Ensemble and Concert Band)

Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

America the Beautiful – Arr. Carmen Dragon – 3’ 
Marche Hongroise – Hector Berlioz/ Arr. Yo Goto
Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger
Military Salute – Elliot Del Borgo
On Parade – Amanda Aldridge/Ed. Kaitlyn Bove

Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Gould, Morton / arr. Lang – American Salute
Fernandez, Michele – Unidad en Ritmo
Vaughan Williams, Ralph / arr. Beeler – Rhosymedre
Gershwin, George / arr. Rogers – Cuban Overture
Lang, Philip / arr. Wilson – "Ithaca Forever" With Ithaca College Choir
Bernstein, Leonard / arr. Grundman – Slava! A Political Overture

Monday, October 9, 2023, 8:15 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Marche Hongroise – Hector Berlioz/ Arr. Yo Goto  
Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli 
Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger
Cloudburst – Eric Whitacre 
Golden Light – David Maslanka 
Soul to Soul – Quinn Mason 
On Parade – Amanda Aldridge/Ed. Kaitlyn Bove

Saturday, October 28, 2023, 3:00 pm - Wind Ensemble Special Alumni Weekend Performance (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Day, Kevin – Dancing Fire (2016)
Copland, Aaron / arr. Belski – Letter from Home (1944/2017)
Garrop, Stacy – Alpenglow (2021) featuring Eric Troiano, saxophone and Dave Earll, tuba
Wilson, Dana – Wild Nights! (2023) with Ithaca College Choir
Wood, Haydn – Mannin Veen (1933)

Monday, December 4, 2023, 8:15 pm - Campus Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Halcyon Hearts – Katahj Copley
Beneath the Canopy – Cait Nishimura 
Yorkshire Ballad - James Barnes
Fortress - Frank Ticheli​
Music from Stranger Things – arr. Sean O'Loughlin
The Black Horse Troop - John Phillip Sousa​

Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 8:15 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Pas Redouble – Camille Saint-Saens/ Arr. Frackenpohl 
Roma – Valerie Coleman 
In the Bottoms: Introduction and Juba Dance - Jazzie Pigott
Camouflage - Jazzie Pigott World Premiere​
Concerto for Tuba (Opus 96b) – James Barnes/ Trans. Mark Rogers – Dr. David Earll, Soloist 

Thursday, December 7, 2023, 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble Special ~NOIS Performance (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Jarba, Mare Jarba - Stacy Garrop (Saxophone Choir)
Persichetti, Vincent – Pageant (1953)
Kay, Ulysses – Solemn Prelude (1950)
Gotkovsky, Ida – Poème de Feu (1978)
Pond - Wiyu Zang (for Saxophone Choir)
Biedenbender, David – Severance (2020) featuring ~NOIS Quartet

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 8:15 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Snow Caps – Richard Saucedo 
Elegy for a Young American - Ronald Lo Presti (Travis Cross, guest conductor)
Dances with Winds – Shelley Hanson 
An American Elegy – Frank Ticheli (Travis Cross, guest conductor)
Folk Dances – Dmitri Shotakovich / Trans. Hunsberger

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor)

D'un Matin de Printemps – Lili Boulanger / arr. Hontz (1918/2021) 
Lyric - George Walker / arr. Luci Disano (1946/2022)
Suite Francaise – Darius Milhaud (1944) (Travis Cross, guest conductor)
In Wartime – David Del Tredici (2003) 
Commando March – Samuel Barber / ed. Collinsworth (1943) (Travis Cross, guest conductor)

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 8:15 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Magnolia Star – Steve Danyew 
Pirates of Penzance - Arthur Sullivan / Arr. Sousa/Brion
Nimrod from Enigma Variations – Edward Elgar / arr. Slocum
Train of Thought – Alex Shapiro 
Steam Punk Suite – Erika Svanoe 

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble Special FLEFF Performance (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Spoken Word Dramatic Performance by Cynthia Henderson, written by Saviana Stanescu
Hounds of Spring – Alfred Reed
Storm Chasers Timpani Concerto – Cathy Likhuta / Conrad Alexander, timpani 
Symphony No. 3– Vittorio Giannini 

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 8:15 pm - Concert Band and Wind Ensemble

Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Sun Dance - Frank Ticheli
Superior Suite - Cait Nishimura
Gumsuckers March - Percy Grainger / Ed. Mark Rogers
Australian Up-Country Tune - Percy Grainger / Ed. Mark Rogers

Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Just Flyin' – Julie Giroux (2015)
Mysterium - Jennifer Higdon (2002)
Ecstatic Waters - Steven Bryant (2008)

Saturday, May 4, 2024, 1:30 pm - Wind Ensemble Music for All Concert (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Just Flyin' – Julie Giroux (2015)
Mysterium - Jennifer Higdon (2002)
Ecstatic Waters - Steven Bryant (2008)

Monday, May 6, 2024, 6:00 pm - Campus Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Bock Fanfares - Jess Turner
Song for Lyndsay - Andrew Boysen
Little Tango Music - Adam Gorb
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell / arr. O'Loughlin
Sang! - Dana Wilson
Selections from Chicago - Kander and Ebb / arr. Ricketts
Kentucky 1800 - Clare Grundman