Former Lake Placid Sinfonietta conductor Ron Spigelman stands with musicians for the last show of the season at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts in 2018. It was also Spigelman’s last show as conductor after nearly a decade of leading the group. (Enterprise photo — Griffin Kelly)

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Sinfonietta launches its 2021 season today with a free community “pops” concert at 7 p.m. Sunday. A formal symphony concert will follow at 7:30 p.m. Both will take place at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts and will be livestreamed and in-person.

The Wednesday community concert continues the Independence Day celebration with “America the Beautiful.” It will showcase popular American composers such as Irving Berlin, John Philip Sousa, W.C. Handy, Richard Rodgers and Lake Placid’s own Victor Herbert. No ticket is required; it is first-come, first seated in the LPCA theater. Should a patron not be able to attend this concert in-person, patrons can register to be sent a free weblink to watch the concert via livestream.

“‘Music for All’ is a Sinfonietta tradition that has gone back more than 50 years,” sinfonietta board chair Linda McClarigan said. “The Sinfonietta is proud to provide to our local audience — for free — more than half of our concerts this season. Inclusivity is a core value of the Sinfonietta.”

The Sunday symphony concert will showcase “Masterpieces.” This lyrical Sunday concert opens with Haydn’s “Trumpet Concert” featuring Chicago-based, trumpet soloist Steven Franklin. Sinfonietta strings will show-off their skills in “Lyric for Strings,” by composer, pianist and organist George Walker, who is also celebrated as the first African-American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. The evening culminates with Mozart’s joyful “Symphony No. 39 in Eb Major, K 543.”

A ticket is required for Sunday symphony concerts: $30 for adults, $10 for youth 18 years and younger and $10 for a weblink to watch virtually.

All concerts this season are one hour with no intermission: Programs subject to change. Patrons planning to attend a concert in-person will be required to provide proof of vaccination and proof of ID. Unvaccinated children (11 years and younger) may attend in person concerts as long as they are in the company of vaccinated family members.

For more information, visit www.lakeplacidsinfonietta.org or call the LPCA box office at 518-523-2512.