On Sunday, June 7, 2026, 3 pm at the Sands Point Preserve’s Black Box Theatre, the Northwinds Symphonic Band will present their annual “Broadway, Movies and Light Classics” concert.
Conductors Helen P. Bauer and Concetta Stevens have prepared an entertaining program of instrumental and vocal selections from popular movies and Broadway shows, as well as familiar classics.
Included in the program will be movie music from the animated anthology, Cyberworld 3D, transcribed by Northwinds Band member Zachery Dornfeld. The band will also perform a collection of John Williams favorites from Star Wars and Superman and Salute to the Cinema, a medley of songs from classic movies arranged by Long Island composer Carl Strommen. Satchmo!, a tribute to Louis Armstrong, features songs associated with the great trumpet player, many of which were used in a variety of 20th and 21st century films. The concert will also highlight Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off made famous by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Shall We Dance. and Accentuate the Positive, both arranged by Long Island composer Ray Osnato, with vocals by Broadway actor Karen Murphy and tenor Joe Stroppel.
The Broadway portion of the program includes The Golden Age of Broadway, featuring the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Marching Down Broadway, with music from The Music Man, Oliver!, and Wildcat.
Joe Stroppel will return to the spotlight to sing the Bocelli favorite Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye), Caitlin Mallon captures the warmth of a Latin sunset as a trumpet soloist in Latin Sun, and percussionist Ryan Mitchell will show off his perpetual motion expertise on marimba with Leroy Anderson’s Fiddle Faddle.
Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of entertainment for the entire family. The concert will cover one hour of music with a 15 minute intermission.