YCB 1979-1980


 

Director Keith Brion
Assistant Director John Varineau
Business Manager H. Perry Mixter
President Carol Lam
General Managers Dan Kinsella, Hunter Prillaman, Robert Needlman, Fred Isbell, Jonathan Babbitt
Social Chairs  
Personnel Manager Joy Steele
Publicity Manager Edward Chansky
Music Librarian Ellen Kaner
Principals  
Concerts & Repertoire 9/30/79 OUTDOOR CONCERT
Gustav Holst: “Mars, Bringer of War” from The Planets
Felix Mendelssohn: Military Overture
Arthur Pryor: Love’s Enchantment, feat. Edward Chansky, trombone
Arthur Pryor: The Whistler and His Dog
Richard Strauss: Clear Track Polka
Chuck Mangione: Land of Make Believe
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Grundman): Slava!
Henry Fillmore: His Honor
John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Yale Football Songs Medley

11/30/79 WINTER CONCERT
H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana
David Snow: Guernica [world premiere], feat. the New World and the Wall Street Brass Quintets
Geronimo Gimenez: La Boda De Luis Alonzo
Darius Milhaud: Suite Francaise
John Philip Sousa: Selections from El Capitan
Johann Pachelbel (Arr. Brion): Canon in D
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Grundman): Slava!

2/16/80 WINTER POPS CONCERT
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger- Prelude, Act III
Paul Jeanjean: Au Claire De La Lune, feat. John Varineau, clarinet
Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon Overture
Percy Grainger: Country Gardens
Johann Strauss: Perpetual Motion
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, feat. Alan Terricciano, piano
Chuck Mangione: Land of Make Believe, feat. Fred Isbell, flugelhorn
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Sketches from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Grundman): Slava!

2/26/80 MUSIC FOR CIVIL WAR ERA BRASS BANDS
Victor Ewald: Symphony in Bb Major for Brass Quintet
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Concerto in E minor for Five Flutes
Ernst Toch: Spiel fur Blas-Orchester
(Civil War Era): College Galop
(Civil War Era): Colonel Meeker’s Quickstep/Lovely Hearts Quickstep
(Civil War Era): Dixie/Bonnie Blue Flag
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade, Op. 44

3/2/80 A CONCERT IN THE TRADITION OF THE JOHN PHILIP SOUSA BAND
(Westhill High School, Stamford, CT)
Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon Overture
Herbert L. Clarke: Bride of the Waves
John Philip Sousa: El Capitan
Gustave Charpentier: “Depuis Le Jour” from Louise, feat. Charlene Ayer, soprano
Geronimo Gimenez: La Boda de Luis Alonzo
John Philip Sousa: Peaches and Cream
Percy Grainger: Country Gardens
Johann Strauss: Perpetual Motion
Arthur Pryor: Love’s Enchantment, feat. Edward Chansky, trombone
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger - Prelude, Act III

4/19/80 WITH THE UNITES STATES COAST GUARD BAND
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona XX
Hector Berlioz: Grand Funeral and Triumphal Symphony, feat. Edward Chansky, trombone
Florent Schmitt: Dionysiaques
Piotr Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, feat. the Yale Russian Chorus

Special Events  
Tour 1980: Puerto Rico
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