Sounds of summer

Summer will start with a reveille in Union Springs with the five talented members of the Syracuse Symphony Brass quintet playing some American favorites. With a program that begins with the national anthem, trumpets through a medley by George M. Cohan including “Grand Old Flag” and dances around Gershwin's “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess,” among other selections.

The SSO is known for its concerts featuring patriotic and popular favorites, Broadway tunes, Big Band nostalgia and more, all of which will make an appearance at the quintet's Frontenac performance.

The brass quintet will start off the five-part summer performance series known as FLAGS at the Frontenac. FLAGS is Fingerlakes Arts, Grants and Services, Inc. of Geneva and is co-supporting the event with the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program. According to coordinator Pat Deller, it is FLAGS' job to route money to artists in under served counties, resulting in professional-level performances in even the smallest of municipalities. Other sponsors of the event include Cayuga National Bank, the Hecht Foundation and The Citizen.