Illinois Valley Community College’s Wind Ensemble will be in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5 in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre.
The performance includes “Manhattan Beach March” and “The Fairest of the Fair” by John Philip Sousa/Frederick Fennel, “Poet and Peasant Overture” by Franz von Suppe/Kenneth Singleton, “Eternal Father, Strong to Save” by Claude T. Smith, “Incantation and Dance” by John Barnes Chance, “Danse Celestiale” by Robert Sheldon and “Folk Festival” from the motion picture “The Gadfly” by Dmitri Shostakovich/Donald Hunsberger.
Conducted by Gene Montgomery, the ensemble includes IVCC students, local and regional music educators and community members dedicated to the promotion of quality wind and percussion music.
The concert is also a farewell to conductor and part-time music instructor Montgomery, who retires May 18 after over 30 years with IVCC.
The concert is free and the public is invited to attend.
