The Tilles Festival Band will perform as part of the 17th annual LIU Post Band Festival at Tilles Center – a unique musical event to be held at LIU Post's Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, April 28 – 30, 2025. We invite you to nominate some of your most talented high school musicians to join this Festival Band.
Festival Band Nominations Are Now Closed.
The Tilles Festival Band – a combined ensemble made up of the LIU Post Wind Symphony and selected high school musicians and their directors from across the New York metropolitan area – will rehearse and perform four pieces under the batons of LIU Post Director of Wind Studies Dr. James McRoy and 2025 Composer-in-Residence Randall Standridge. Repertoire will include two of Standridge's works along with two other pieces, all to be performed at the final night's concert at Tilles Center. The concert will also feature the high school wind band ensembles from Central Islip High School, Ward Melville High School and West Islip High School.
The schedule for the rehearsals and performance (all held at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts) is:
Please use this form to nominate any woodwind, brass, or percussion students who are currently members of your school band program. Students must be currently in grades 9–12. Deadline for nominations is February 7. To help cover festival administration costs, there will be a $30 fee for each student accepted. Once selected, all students will be provided music for the festival and will be required to attend both rehearsals and the festival concert. Invoices and instructions for payment for selected students will be sent to each Band Director AFTER the 2025 Festival Band is chosen. No payment is required for nominations.
More details about the 2025 LIU Post Band Festival at Tilles Center will be announced.
strong>Learn more about the festival on the Tilles Center website.