The fall performance of Illinois Valley Community College’s Wind Ensembles is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre. The concert is free.
The Wind Ensemble’s performance will include music by Kevin Day, Edwin Franko Goldman, Norman Dello Joio, Richard Rodgers, the Gershwin Brothers, and Leroy Anderson.
Goldman’s “On the Mall” march features members of the ensemble singing and whistling.
An arrangement from “The Sound of Music” includes 12 selections such as “Climb Every Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” and “My Favorite Things.” Other selections will be the Gershwins’ “Strike up the Band,” Day’s “On Shores of Endless Sea,” Joio’s “Scenes from ‘The Louvre,’” and Anderson’s “The Waltzing Cat.”
The Wind Ensemble is under the direction of Phil Whaley and includes IVCC students.