At least one local event will not be happening due to the U.S. government shutdown.

Late Monday, the United States Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants said it would be unable to perform Thursday at the State University of New York at Fredonia’s King Concert Hall.

Technical Sgt. Michael Aiello (baritone) and Master Sgt. Hillary Grobe (alto), graduates of the School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia, had been scheduled to return to campus for the event that is now canceled, and a rescheduled date has not been announced.

Also scheduled to perform with the Air Force Concert Band was Jamestown native Erik Lundquist, a euphonium player with the United States Air Force Band. Lundquist grew up in a musical environment in the south county city. His father, Rick, just retired after a 30-year run as the conductor of the Jamestown Municipal Band.

“I believe that community bands play an important role in a healthy community and I began play-ing with the band as a teenager,” Lundquist said in a news release promoting the concert. “I was exposed to so many different pieces of music written for wind band that encompass many genres.”

Lundquist joined the Air Force Band in 2016, after winning the audition and finishing his master’s degree in Euphonium Performance at the University of North Texas. While at North Texas, Lundquist won the 2016 International Tuba Euphonium Association Mock Euphonium Audition and took second place in the Falcone International Tuba Euphonium Compe-tition the same year. Also, in 2016, he was named Outstanding Graduate Student in Brass. In 2018, Lundquist traveled to Finland to compete in the Lieksa Brass Week International Eupho-nium Competition, where he was named one of eight semi-finalists out of over 30 euphonium players from around the world.

Any patrons who have ordered this event’s free tickets will also receive a cancellation notice via email. Please contact the Fredonia Campus Ticket Office with any questions at 716-673-3501.

The shutdown entered its 14th day on Tuesday with the Senate returning from its holiday break, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson refusing to call lawmakers back to Washington and President Donald Trump’s budget director vowing to keep firing federal workers.

Democrats have focused on trying to keep Affordable Care Act subsidies from expiring for millions of Americans who purchase insurance on Obamacare exchanges. Without this federal support, costs are expected to soar across the health care economy. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said he “won’t negotiate” unless Democrats first agree to reopen the government, losing their leverage for any deal.