End-of-Semester ENSEMBLE CONCERTS!

By Molly Windover, April 25, 2023

Join the student ensembles of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance for their end-of-semester concerts all this week!

Catch them in person in our concert halls, or watch the live webcasts at ithaca.edu/music/live

Full concert programs are viewable here (search by concert date)

musicians playing instruments on a lit stage

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
Jazz Lab Band
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Bill Tiberio, director


THURSDAY, APRIL 27
Wind Ensemble
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Rebekah Daniel, conductor
with guest conductor Aaron Burgess

FRIDAY, APRIL 28
Treble Chorale and Choir
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Hana Cai and Sean Linfors, conductors
Performing works including Gene Koshinski's Concerto for Marimba and Choir with Percussion, featuring Concerto Competition winner Phil Cataldo, marimba


SATURDAY, APRIL 29
Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Grant Cooper, conductor
IC Chamber Orchestra will perform Benjamin Britten's Simple Symphony, and the Symphony Orchestra will perform with 3 of this year's Concerto Competition winners: Carl Maria von Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo with Samuel Schorer, bassoon; Athena Rajnai, mezzo-soprano, performs "Things Change, Jo", from Little Women; and Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, op. 57 will feature Timothy Coffey on clarinet.


SUNDAY, APRIL 30
Jazz Vocal Ensemble
4:00pm | Ford Hall

John White, director
Singing Gershwin, McCartney, Sting, K.T. Tunstall, Josef Zawinul, and more.


MONDAY, MAY 1
Percussion Ensemble
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Mike Truesdell and Conrad Alexander, directors
With the IC Steel Band, featuring Liam Teague, guest steel pan soloist


TUESDAY, MAY 2
Jazz Ensemble
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Mike Titlebaum, director
with guest artist Peter Bernstein, guitar
Featuring the winning compositions of the 2022-23 David P. ('60) and Susan W. Wohlhueter Jazz Composition Contest


WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
Concert Band
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Benjamin Rochford, conductor
with guest conductor Michael Stern


THURSDAY, MAY 4
Wind Symphony
8:15pm | Ford Hall

Benjamin Rochford, conductor
with Ivy Walz, mezzo-soprano
and Concerto Competition Winner Hunter Hellard, alto saxophone, performing Kenneth Fuchs' Rush - Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band.

All concerts are Free and Open to the public

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Michael Stern at mstern@ithaca.edu or 607-274-3717. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.