18th Annual LIU Post Band Festival

The LIU Post Department of Music and Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

present

Featuring the music of Brian Balmages
Brian Balmages | Composer, Conductor

James McRoy, Artistic Director and Conductor
Zachary St. John, Christopher Toomey, Paul Caputo and Lynn Cromyn, Guest Conductors
Brian Balmages, 2026 Guest Conductor & Composer-in-Residence

with performances by

Mineola High School Wind Ensemble
Syosset High School Wind Ensemble
Northport High School Symphonic Winds

2026 Tilles Festival Band

(including musicians from LIU Post and 45 Long Island High Schools)

PROGRAM

Mineola High School Wind Ensemble

REED A Festival Prelude

GIROUX Khan

BALMAGES Summer Dances

Syosset High School Wind Ensemble

BARKER Bamboo Shoots and City Streets

BALMAGES How Sweet the Sound

BALMAGES Fusion, Mvt. III: Fusion

Northport High School Symphonic Winds

HAZO Arabesque

THOMAS A Mother of a Revolution!

BALMAGES Three Celtic Dances

2026 Tilles Festival Band

CURNOW Fanfare and Flourishes

SHELDON Danzas Cubanas

BALMAGES With You

BALMAGES Rail Riffs

$15.00 adults

$10.00 students/seniors

Free Admission with LIU Post ID

Tickets can be purchased at the Tantleff Box Office at Tilles Center, open Monday-Friday, 1-6 pm, 516-299-3100.