Concert Dates and 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
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. Bove

Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor)

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

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. Bove

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

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

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. Rogers, Dr. David Earll, tuba 

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

Jarba, Mare Jarba – Stacy Garrop (Ithaca College Saxophone Choir)
Pageant (1953) – Vincent Persichetti
Solemn Prelude (1950) – Ulysses Kay 
Poème de Feu (1978) – Ida Gotkovsky
Pond – Wiyu Zang (Ithaca College Saxophone Choir)
Severance (2020) – David Biedenbender, featuring ~Nois Saxophone 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. Rogers
Australian Up-Country Tune – Percy Grainger / ed. 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

Sunday, September 15, 2024, 2:00 pm - Founder's Day (Wind Ensemble and Concert Band)

Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

America the Beautiful – Samuel Ward / arr. Dragon
Second Suite in F – Gustav Holst / ed. Matthews
To Reap the Blessings of Freedom – Douglas Wagner
Folk Dances – Dmitri Shostakovich / arr. Reynolds

Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor)

The Falls (2018) – Rossano Galante
Early Light (1999) – Carolyn Bremer
Second Prelude from “Three Preludes” (1927/1964) – George Gershwin / arr. Krance
Shimmering Sunshine (2019) – Kevin Day 
First Suite in E-flat (1909/1984) – Gustav Holst / ed. Matthews
The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896/2016) – Sousa, John Philip / ed. “President’s Own”

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 8:15pm - Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor) 

El Camino Real - Alfred Reed (1985)
Beauty Broken - Nicole Piunno (2015)
One Life Beautiful – Julie Giroux (2010)
Fusion - Brian Balmages (2007)
Folk Dance - Dmitri Shostakovich, Ed. H. Robert Reynolds (1942/1979)

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble "And Sō" (Daniel Cook, conductor) 

O rose of May (2018) - Harrison Collins 
“And So” from Is A Rose (2016/2023) – Caroline Shaw / arr. Edgerton, featuring Tamara Acosta
Re(new)al (2016) –Viet Cuong featuring Sō Percussion
Remarks from Scott Doyle - Director, Energy Management and Sustainability
Symphony No. 6 “The Blue Marble” (2022) – Julie Giroux with Ion Media projection

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 8:15pm – Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor)

Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor)
Fantasia in G – Timothy Mahr (1982) (Filippo Salemmi, guest conductor)
Yosemite Sunrise – Karen Kachelmeier Robertson (2016)
Shenandoah – Omar Thomas (2019)
After a Gentle Rain – Anthony Iannaccone (1979) (Aaron Burgess, guest conductor)
Deciduous – Viet Cuong (2023) (Filippo Salemmi, guest conductor)
La Mezquita de Cordoba – Julie Giroux (2005)

Thursday, November 21, 2024 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble "Gracious Expressions" (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Fête-Dieu à Seville (1909/1968) – Isaac Albéniz / arr. Cailliet 
En Mi, Familia (2020) – Ivette Rodríguez Herryman
Divertimento for Band (1950) – Vincent Persichetti (Filippo Salemmi, guest conductor)
La Fiesta Mexicana (1949) – H. Owen Reed with Mariachi Regionale

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 8:15 pm - Campus Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Undertow – John Mackey
Autumn Light – Randal Strandridge
Abracadabra – Frank Ticheli
Selections from The Nightmare Before Christmas – arr. Michael Brown
Lithos – Christian Laughlin (world premiere)
Skyward Spirits – JaRod Hall
Pirates of the Caribbean – arr. Ted Rickets

Thursday, February 20, 2025 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble "Songs for Peace" (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare (1924) – Richard Strauss
The Avatar Concerto for Bassoon (2004) – Dana Wilson, featuring IC Chamber Winds and Christin Schillinger, bassoon
American Hymnsong Suite (2007) – Dwayne Milburn
Into My Father’s Eyes (2017) – Julie Giroux, with Ithaca College Treble Choir, Sean Linfors, conductor, and Greg Hesselink, cello
Music for Prague 1968 (1968) – Karel Husa  

Thursday, March 6, 2025, 8:15pm - Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor)

Vesuvius – Frank Ticheli (1999)
A Movement for Rosa – Mark Camphouse (1992)
A Hymn for Peace – Kevin Day (2017)
Ikaruga – Tetsunosuke Kushida (1987/1997)
The Thunderer – JP Sousa (1889)
Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa – Ira Hearshen (1991)
II. After “the Thunderer”

Friday, April 4, 2025 7:00 pm - Wind Ensemble "Pillars of Connection" (Daniel Cook, conductor)

George Washington Bridge (1950 – William Schuman
Deep River (2021) – Benjamin Horne
The Avatar Concerto for Bassoon (2004) – Dana Wilson, featuring IC Chamber Winds and Christin Schillinger, bassoon 
Love and Nature (2024) – Gala Flagello
Passages (2023) – Will Healy, featuring Rachel Schutz, soprano; Mike Titlebaum, saxophone; spiritchild, emcee; G-Quan Booker, emcee; 2023-2025 Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize

Thursday, April 24, 2025 8:15 pm - Combined Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Winds Concert (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Chamber Orchestra performs first
Sinfonietta, Op. 188 - Joachim Raff

Saturday, April 26, 2025 1:45 pm - Wind Ensemble "Music for All Showcase Concert" (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Overture in Five Flat (2010) – Julie Giroux 
Soul Suite No. 1 (2023) – Marie Douglas
Give Us This Day (2015) – David Maslanka

Monday, April 28, 2025, 7:00 pm - Campus Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Kirkpatrick Fanfare – Andrew Boysen Jr.
American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante
Mystery on Mena Mountain – Julie Giroux
Imminent Danger – Jennifer Rose
Highlights from Wicked – arr. Michael Brown
Zacatecas – Genaro Codina, arr. Glover
Jupiter, from “The Planets” – Holst, arr. Vernon Leidig

Thursday, May 1, 2025, 8:15pm – Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor) 

Firefly – Ryan George (2008)
Moonshot – Mat Campbell (2019)
From the Delta – William Grant Still (1945)
Acrostic Song – David Del Tredici / arr. Spede (1976/2009)(Aaron Burgess, guest conductor)
La Lira de Pozuelo – Luis Serrano Alcarón (2011)
Machu Picchu: City in the Sky – Satoshi Yagisawa (2019)

Sunday, September 14, 2025, 2:00 pm - Founder's Day (Wind Ensemble and Concert Band)

Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Star Spangled Banner – Traditional, arr. Jack Stamp
To Reap the Blessings of Freedom – Douglas Wagner
America The Beautiful – Traditional, arr. Carmen Dragon
Fairest of the Fair – John Philip Sousa, ed. Fennell
Fantasy on a Theme of Sousa – Andrew Boysen, Jr. 

Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor)

Esprit de Corps – Robert Jager
Tunbridge Fair – Walter Piston
Adoration – Florence Price, arr. Williams
The Cowboys Overture - John Williams, arr. Curnow
On the Mall - Edwin Franko Goldman, arr. Lisk

Friday, October 24, 2025, 7:00 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Peruvian Fanfare No. 1 - Antonio Gervasoni
Havana - Kevin Day
Stillwater - Kelijah Dunton
San Antonio Dances - Frank Ticheli
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed

Friday, October 17, 2025, 7:00 pm - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) “Transformations”

Tuttarana – Reena Esmail (2024)
Mothership – Mason Bates (2012), Luis Gallo, oboe and Mike Titlebaum, saxophone
Tarot – Lindsey Bronnenkant (2022)
Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger, ed. Fennell (1937/1987) with Ithaca College Handbell Choir

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 8:15 pm - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) NYSSMA Preview Concert

Bravado – Gala Flagello (2023)
Repertoire from Trombone Troupe
Three Scenes for Wind Ensemble and Trombone Choir – Tony Plog (2024)
Symphonic Metamorphosis – Paul Hindemith, trans. Wilson (1943/1972)
 

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) Performance at Ithaca College with Dallas Brass

American Tableau – John Wasson, arr. Levine (1989/2022)
Western Journey for Wind Ensemble and Brass Quintet – Rick DeJonge (2024)

Friday, December 5, 2025 - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) NYSSMA Activities 

Concert Hour Performance
Bravado – Gala Flagello (2023)
Repertoire from Trombone Troupe
Three Scenes for Wind Ensemble and Trombone Choir – Tony Plog (2024)
Symphonic Metamorphosis – Paul Hindemith, trans. Wilson (1943/1972)

Rehearsal Techniques Clinic
Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger, ed. Fennell (1937/1987)

Performance with Dallas Brass
American Tableau – John Wasson, arr. Levine (1989/2022)
Western Journey for Wind Ensemble and Brass Quintet – Rick DeJonge (2024)

Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 8:15 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Symphonic Dance No. 3 "Fiesta" - Clifton Williams
Contre Qui, Rose - Morten Lauridsen, tr. Reynolds (Daniel Cook, guest conductor)
Blue Dances - Giovanni Santos
Satiric Dances from a Comedy by Aristophanes - Norman Dello Joio
Of Our New Day Begun - Omar Thomas

Monday, December 8, 2025, 7:00 pm - Campus Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Infinity – Katahj Copley
Our Cast Aways – Julie Giroux
Imminent Danger – Jennifer Rose
Music from the Incredibles – Arr. Jay Bocook
Galop – Shostakovich/Trans. Hunsberger
Selections from Phantom of the Opera – COMBINED groups

Friday, February 20, 2026, 7:00 pm - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) “World Day of Social Justice”

La Chancla – Dennis Llinás (2024)
Spiritual Suite for Wind Ensemble – Margaret Bonds, arr. Ehrlich (1930s/2024)
In This Breath – Shuying Li (2025)
Symphony No. 2 “Voices” – Jim Stephenson (2016), Lisa Williamson, soprano
 

Saturday, February 21, 2026, 2:30 pm - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) Featured performance at Maryland Music Educators Association In Service Conference

La Chancla – Dennis Llinás (2024)
Spiritual Suite for Wind Ensemble – Margaret Bonds, arr. Ehrlich (1930s/2024)
In This Breath – Shuying Li (2025)
Symphony No. 2 “Voices” – Jim Stephenson (2016), Lisa Williamson, soprano

Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 8:15 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Strange Humors - John Mackey
Against the Rain - Roshanne Etezady
Evergreen - Viet Cuong
The Engulfed Cathedral - Claude Debussy, tr. Merlin Patterson
Requiem for the Unarmed - Kevin Day
Eternity in an Hour - Nicole Piunno
Sol y Sombra - George Gates

Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 8:15 pm - Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Wild Nights! - Frank Ticheli
Fingal's Cave Overture - Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Frank Winterbottom
Sea Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Whale and Sea - Yuichi Abe
Of Sailors and Whales - W. Francis McBeth

Friday, April 10, 2026, 7:00 pm - Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor) - “A Diamond Jubilee” Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the IC Saxophone Studio

Urban Light – James David (2021)
Old Wine in New Bottles - Gordon Jacob (1957), Ithaca College Chamber Winds
Mountain Lake and Other Paintings Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
Sally McCune, (2026), Eric Troiano, saxophone
Symphony No. 4 – David Maslanka (1993)

Saturday, April 11, 2026, 7:00 pm - Madrigals and Chamber Winds (Daniel Cook, Sean Linfors, Khyle Wooten, conductors)

Rejoice in the Lamb Festival Cantata for Chorus - Benjamin Britten (Sean Linfors, conductor)
Mass for Mixed Chorus and Double Wind Quintet - Igor Stravinsky (Daniel Cook, conductor with Ithaca College Madrigals)
Scherzo alla Marcia - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Ithaca College Chamber Winds)
Begrabnesgesang - Johannes Brahms (Daniel Cook, conductor with Ithaca College Choir)

Thursday, April 23, 2026, 7:00 pm - Chamber Winds (Daniel Cook, Sean Linfors, Khyle Wooten, conductors)

Scherzo alla Marcia - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Old Wine in New Bottles - Gordon Jacob
Serenade, Op. 44 - Antonín Dvořák
Mass for Mixed Chorus and Double Wind Quintet - Igor Stravinsky (Sean Linfors, conductor with Ithaca College Madrigals)

Monday, April 27, 2026, 7:00 pm - Campus Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Overture for Winds – Charles Carter - Sydney Tomishima, conductor
Three Ayres from Gloucester – Hugh M. Stuart – Kaitlin Barron, conductor
In Dreams – Cait Nishimura
In the Forest of the King – Pierre La Plante
The Lion King – Arr. John Higgins
The Sound of Music – Arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Thursday, April 30, 2026, 8:15 pm - Concert Band, Chamber Winds, Wind Ensemble

Concert Band (Ben Rochford, conductor)

Carnaval! – Julie Giroux
Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre
Danzón No. 2 - Arturo Marquez, tr. Nickel
Scale of Weirdness - Josh Oxford (World Premiere)

Chamber Winds (Daniel Cook, conductor)
Serenade, Op. 44 - Antonín Dvořák

Wind Ensemble (Daniel Cook, conductor)

“Gandalf” from Symphony No. 1 “Lord of the Rings” – Johan De Meij (1987)
"Cradle in the Forest" from Vivid Dreams - Cathy Likhuta (2022), Finny Keefe, soloist
Come Sunday – Omar Thomas (2018)

Saturday, May 2, 2026, 2:00 pm - Wind Ensemble Music for All Concert (Daniel Cook, conductor)

“Gandalf” from Symphony No. 1 “Lord of the Rings” – Johan De Meij (1987)
"Cradle in the Forest" from Vivid Dreams - Cathy Likhuta (2022), Finny Keefe, soloist
Come Sunday – Omar Thomas (2018)