Ostrander is quick to credit Stark for suggesting the collaboration.
“I had the idea at the beginning and wrote the check at the end, but Art Ostrander and Mark Fonder did the work in between,” says Stark. A pianist, Stark wanted to better understand ensemble playing, since his instrument is infrequently involved in a large musical group such as a band. He decided to fund the collaboration, providing transportation and meals for the IC students during the rehearsal visit and for the West Point band traveling to Ithaca. The idea for the exchange came from local music enthusiast and freelance writer Henry Stark, who has been observing Concert Band rehearsals and interacting with the students for the last few years. Holtan, the two bands planned a repertoire that included Strauss’s Allerseelen, Of Home and Country by Eric Ewazen, and Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever. Led by IC conductor Mark Fonder and West Point’s Timothy J. The band was there for an exciting collaboration with the West Point Concert Band, rehearsing together for a concert taking place in IC’s Ford Hall on November 15.
On a crisp fall day above the Hudson River, the Ithaca College Concert Band immersed itself in the historic and disciplined atmosphere of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Music lover and donor Hank Stark, top right, with (from left) IC Conductor Mark Fonder, West Point conductor Timothy Holton, and Dean Art Ostrander t he bands in rehearsal West Point hornist Joshua Phillips '03
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