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

Ticket Sales (these are the terms agreed to – I’m not sure how you would want to translate this for the website listing.

DAY OF SALES: Box Office open at 1pm and would remain open straight through to the proposed end time after the Concert begins. This event cannot be sold online and will not appear on Ticketmaster.

ADVANCE SALES: Tickets can be purchased in person during Box Office Hours (M-F 1p-6p) or by Phone (Phone Fees waived, same times). Advance tickets ordered over the phone can be held here for pickup or texted digitally