The concert will include works by Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman among many others and vocal stylings in the manner of such greats as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra Rosemary Clooney and Bobby Darin.

Directed by Dan Bevilacqua, the Big Band makes its fourth appearance for Music, Gettysburg! audiences, which has delighted audiences in the region since 1990.  Beginning in 1990 with the opening of the Nation Apple Museum, the band has steadily increased its repertoire to include most of the popular and original arrangements of the 30s and 40s with a great selection of fox trots, waltzes, Latin music, swing numbers, and more.  Members of the band include active and retired doctors, teachers, service musicians, a farmer, an accountant, a college professor and a financial advisor.

In addition to Greg Ruth, who is the band manager and has years of professional trumpet experience with the Les Elgart Band and the 30th Army Band in Germany, the Gettysburg Big Band includes trumpeters Hugh Ferguson, Joe Schnetzka and Terry Scholle. Bob Grubbs, Keith Davis, Joel Sears and Paul Tice anchor the trombone section. Playing saxophone are Dan Bevilacqua, Steve Carbaugh, Barry Stauffer, Barbara Senier and Bob Zeliner. And rhythm and vocalists include in addition to Bevilacqua, Dan White on drums, Steve Franek on bass, Jess Betlyon on keyboard.

Music, Gettysburg! is a premier performing arts series in Central Pennsylvania, producing more than 15  concerts annually, which are free and open to the public.