YCB 2018-2019

Director Thomas C. Duffy
Business Manager Stephanie Hubbard
President Beatrice Brown
General Managers
Maddie Bender, Heather McClure
Social Chairs
Shannon Yasuda, Ally Hammer
Personnel Manager Adam Tucker
Publicity Chair Jeremy Goldwasser
Music Librarian James Brandfonbrener
Principals

Flute: Beatrice Brown
Clarinet: Christopher Zhou
Bassoon: Maddy Tung
Alto Saxophone: Nick DeWalt
Cornet/Trumpet: Eli Baum
Trombone: Elliott Smith
Tuba: Josef Lawrence
Percussion: David Zuckerman

Concerts & Repertoire

10/6/18 FAMILY WEEKEND GALA CONCERT
Leonard Bernstein (trans. Lavender): Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

10/12/18 CENTENNIAL SEASON OPENER “REMEMBERING 1918”
Percy Aldridge Granger (arr. Goldman): Handel in the Strand
Irving Berlin: God Bless America
Irving Berlin (arr. Lamb): James Reese Europe & His Society Orchestra
Charles E. Ives (arr. Elkus): Decoration Day
Daniel Bukvich: Agincourt Hymn
Oliver E. (“Chick”) Story (arr. Duffy): The Yankee Division March
Leonard Bernstein (trans. Lavender): Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

10/14/18 WORLD WAR ONE CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION & RE-DEDICATION OF THE WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AND HONOR ROLL
George M. Cohan: Over There
Irving Berlin: God Bless America
Samuel Augustus Ward: America, the Beautiful
Oliver E. (“Chick”) Story (arr. Duffy): The Yankee Division March
“TAPS” performed by YCB soloist Eli Baum, trumpet

John Stafford Smith: National Anthem

11/11/18 A VETERANS DAY MATINEE
Walter Piston: Tunbridge Fair
Kenneth Amis: Spring Overture, commissioned by a consortium including the YCB, funded in part by the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissions Endowment Fund
Kathryn Salfelder: Reminiscence, commissioned by a consortium including the YCB, funded in part by the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissions Endowment Fund
Jodie Blackshaw: Twist
George M. Cohan: Over There
Fred W. Clement: Yankee Division AEF
Samuel Augustus Ward: America, the Beautiful
Stanleigh P. Friedman (arr. Leidzén): Down the Field
Presentation: Yale Band Centennial 1918-2018 with address from Peter Salovey, President, Yale University
Stanleigh P. Friedman (arr. Lowden): Armed Forces Salute
Leonard Bernstein (trans. Stith) Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town”

12/1/18 SIDE BY SIDE: THE NUTCRACKER SWINGS! feat. Yale Jazz Ensemble, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Peter I. Tchaikovsky (arr. Lake): The Nutcracker Suite

2/15/2019 IN THRALL feat. arx duo, guest artists
Chen Yi: Spring Festival
Jennifer Higdon: Rhythm Stand, feat. Christian Fernandez, guest conductor
Christopher Theofanidis: Sweet Like That, feat. Beatrice Brown, guest conductor
Chris Brubeck: Ghost Walk
Christopher Sainsbury: The Magic of This Dawn
Ted Hearne: In Thrall (world premiere, commissioned funded in part by the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissions Endowment Fund), feat. arx duo: Garrett Arney, percussion; Mary Yoshinaga, percussion
Presentation: Yale Band Centennial 1918-2018/9, address from Andrew Wolf, Director, City of New Haven Arts, Culture, and Tourism
William Grant Still (arr. Teter): Summerland
H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana

4/12/19: CENTENNIAL SEASON CLOSER ~ THE RITE OF SPRING ~
Frank Ticheli (trans. Green): Symphony No. 1, feat. Luis Aguilar Regalado, tenor
Igor Stravinsky (arr. Vosbein): The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)

Special Events

4/23/19 City Spirit Recognition Award, The Atrium, New Haven City Hall

Paul Festersen Award  
Tour  
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