The Phantom Regiment will once again be the opening act for the FREE Music in the Park concert series. Join us for a beautiful summer evening in the historic Sinnissippi Park Music Shell surrounded by majestic trees and the majestic sound of the Phantom Regiment! This will be a great night of family entertainment.
We are pleased to present our  special guest artist - Sam Pilafian.
Sam Pilafian appears courtesy of Jupiter Band Instruments. Sam performs exclusively on Jupiter Brass Instruments, as does the Phantom Regiment.
Sam Pilafian is perhaps best known as a founding member of the internationally renowned Empire Brass Quintet. He has also recorded and performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, and Pink Floyd. As a solo jazz artist, Sam has recorded fifteen CDs. He is also a member of the large brass ensemble Summit Brass. Solo recital and concerto performances during recent seasons have taken him to Canada, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, Austria, Germany and England. As an arranger, composer and recording producer, Sam has recently produced and written for Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic), the Boston Brass, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Academy (of Drum Corps International), and the United States Air Force Band. Pilafian is the coauthor of the best selling pedagogy texts: Breathing Gym and Brass Gym.
In 1967, Pilafian won the concerto competition at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, becoming only the second tubist in over fifty years to do so. He subsequently won fellowships at Dartmouth College and the Tanglewood Music Center. While at Tanglewood, he was invited by Leonard Bernstein to perform on-stage in the world premiere of Bernstein's MASS, which opened the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
He is currently professor of tuba and euphonium at University of Miami. Sam has been a college professor for over 40 years, having previously served on the faculties of Arizona State University in the ASU Herberger College School of Music, and Boston University and their summer Tanglewood Institute. Pilafian has won the Walter Naumberg Chamber Music Award, the Harvard Music Association Prize, the University of Miami's Distinguished Alumni Award, the Brevard Music Center Distinguished Alumni Award, the Robert Trotter Annual Visiting Professorship at the University of Oregon, the annual Outstanding Teacher Award for the ASU Herberger College of the Arts, and a 2006 Spirit of Disney award for creativity and design awarded by Drum Corps International. As a past president and chairman of the board of the International Tuba Euphonium Association, Pilafian now serves on its board of directors.
Learn more about Sam Pilafian.
The Music Shell in Sinnissippi Park, dedicated in 1950, is an outdoor acoustic amphitheater, which can accommodate as many as 700 on benches, and up to 3,000 on the terraces and lawn. This is a favorite spot for many local and regional talents to showcase their performances. Phantom Regiment has become known as the opening act for the Music in the Park series.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Sinnissippi Park Music Shell is located at 1401 N. Second St. in Rockford, Ill.
Phantom Regiment is proud to open the Music in the Park series every summer!
The Rockford Park District presents the Sounds of Summer. Sounds of Summer is a free concert and performance series offered by the Rockford Park District each summer at two locations, the Sinnissippi Park Music Shell and Levings Park. This series is designed to meet the diverse entertainment interests of our community by providing a variety of music genres and entertainment performances. The series is comprised of Music in the Park, Charlotte's Web Summer Concerts and Imagination Station matinees at the Sinnissippi Music Shell, and Live at Levings and Domingo en el Parque at Levings Park.
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Besides presenting fantastic performances from the Phantom Regiment, we are also very proud and honored to be able to bring in some of the world's finest artists here to Rockford to perform. Some of those past guests have included:
Map & Directions
ROAD DIRECTIONS - SINNISSIPPI PARK
FROM CHICAGO AREA:
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Take Northwest Tollway (I-90) west to Rockford.
- Take second Rockford exit, State Street (Bus. Route 20), near the Clock Tower Resort.
- Turn right onto State Street, drive west for 6 miles into the downtown area.
- Turn right (north) onto THIRD Street.
- Follow signs for Hwy. 251 North, which becomes SECOND Street.
- Drive 1 mile to the stop light at Ethel Ave.
- Turn right on Ethel, and make a quick left turn into Sinnissippi Park.
FROM EAST (LAKE/McHENRY CO.):
- Take IL Route 173 west towards Machesney Park.
- The intersection after the Alpine Road intersection is IL Route 251 (Second St.)
- Take IL Route 251 south, through Machesney Park and Loves Park (approx. 3-4 mi.) to the stoplight at Ethel Ave. (across from Sinnissippi Greenhouse and Lagoons).
- Turn left on Ethel, and make a quick left turn into Sinnissippi Park.
FROM MILWAUKEE AREA:
- Take Interstate 43 south to Interstate 90 (in Beloit).
- Take 90 east to the first Rockford exit, at Riverside Blvd.
- Take Riverside Blvd. west (towards Loves Park) approx. 6 miles to Second St. (also known as IL Route 251)
- Take Second St. south about 2 miles to a stoplight at Ethel Ave. (across from Sinnissippi Greenhouse and Lagoons).
- Turn left on Ethel, and make a quick left turn into Sinnissippi Park.
FROM MADISON AREA:
- Take Interstate 90-East to the first Rockford exit, at Riverside Blvd. Take Riverside Blvd. west (towards Loves Park) approx. 6 miles to Second St. (also known as IL Route 251)
- Take Second St. south about 2 miles to a stoplight at Ethel Ave. (across from Sinnissippi Greenhouse and Lagoons).
- Turn left on Ethel, and make a quick left turn into Sinnissippi Park.
FROM THE WEST (FREEPORT):
- Take U.S. BUSINESS Route 20 east.
- Turn left (north) on Springfield Ave.
- Go north to the first major intersection (School Street). Turn right (east) on School Street, and travel approx. 5 miles into the downtown area (name of street changes to Whitman).
- Cross the Rock River, and take the off-ramp for Hwy. 251 North, which becomes Second Street.
- Drive 1 mile to the stop light at Ethel Ave.
- Turn right on Ethel, and make a quick left turn into Sinnissippi Park.
FROM THE SOUTH (ROCHELLE):
- Take Interstate 39 North and exit onto (Bypass) U.S. Route 20 West (towards Freeport).
- Take first exit, Alpine Road. Take Alpine Road north to State Street (also known as Business Route 20); this is a major intersection, approx. ½ mile north of the Colonial Village Mall.
- Turn left on State Street, drive west about 4 miles into the downtown area.
- Turn right (north) onto THIRD Street.
- Follow signs for Hwy. 251 North, which becomes SECOND Street.
- Drive 1 mile to the stop light at Ethel Ave.
- Turn right on Ethel, and make a quick left turn into Sinnissippi Park.
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