September 30, 2025 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster will host its first concert of our annual fall concert series on Wednesday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Quimby Theater in Vanderlyn Hall on the Stone Ridge Campus. The concert will feature the College Chorus, African Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and the College/Community Band. The concert is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated.
The Showcase Concert is a concert of appetizers, offering a few musical selections by each of our SUNY Ulster music ensembles. The College Chorus is directed by Janet Gehres and accompanied by Edward Leavitt. The ensemble is made up of primarily SUNY Ulster students as well as members of the community, staff, and faculty. Enjoy performances of the music from the Renaissance – Cantate Domino by Hans Leo Hassler, Seasonal Music – Autumn Gives Her Hand to Winter by Keith Loftis, and the Patriotic Hymn – America, the Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward and Katharine Lee Bates.
The SUNY Ulster African Music Ensemble, directed by Paul Chambers and made up of students along with community, staff, and faculty members will perform Drumming Rhythms from Guinea.
The Percussion Ensemble, also directed by Paul Chambers, is made up of students and community members and will perform music by Composer Steve Reich and Traditional Marimba Band Arrangements.
The evening will conclude with the SUNY Ulster College/Community Band directed by Carla Newsome. This ensemble is made up of SUNY Ulster students, community members, advanced high school and middle school students, and music educators from across the Hudson Valley. Enjoy a performance of On an American Spiritual by David Holsinger, Frank Ticheli’s setting of Shenandoah, Selections from Sweeney Todd, arranged by Stephen Bulla, and March from Paul Hindemith’s work Symphonic Metamorphosis.
For more information, contact Janet Gehres at gehresj@sunyulster.edu.
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