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February 15, 2019 | |||
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| 7:30pm | Yale Concert Band to premiere double percussion concerto "In Thrall" (Ted Hearne), feat. arx duo, guest artists |
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Ted Hearne to feature arx duo (Garrett Arney and Mari Yoshinaga, percussionists) in the world premiere of his new double percussion concerto, “In Thrall.” The work delicately weaves a complex texture of harmony and rhythm, demanding the attention of performer and listener alike. H. Owen Reed’s “La Fiesta Mexicana” pays homage to Mexico’s relationship with Catholicism, depicting a religious festival devoted to La Virgen (the Virgin Mary). The three-movement piece encapsulates the many contradictions and simultaneities of such an event. It is both serious and comical, festive and solemn, devout and pagan, boisterous and tender. William Grant Still was a leading musical figure of the early 20th century. Due to his close association with artists such as Langston Hughes, he is often associated with the Harlem Renaissance movement, and is the first African American to have conducted a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony performed by a leading orchestra, and the first to have an opera performed by a major company. His classical work, “Summerland,” originally the second of Three Visions (1936) for piano, is recast here for band. Calm and relaxed, the piece evokes a quiet, warm afternoon. “The Magic of This Dawn” by Christopher Sainsbury takes inspiration from Jay Sigmund’s poem “Morning Mists on the Wapsipinicon”, which speaks to the dispossession of First Nations Peoples. Sainsbury draws on Sigmund’s regionalism and his own Australian Aboriginal heritage to pay homage to “the idea of the whole universe expressed in your own place”. Additional repertoire: Ghost Walk (Chris Brubeck), Rhythm Stand (Jennifer Higdon), FIRST YALE BAND CONCERT? |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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February 25, 2019 | |||
| 7:30pm | Yale Jazz Ensemble Centennial Season Winter Concert |
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Charts by Lou Donaldson (“Blues Walk”); Jackie McLean (“Appointment in Ghana”); Curtis Fuller (“Alamode”); a collection of Duke Pearson works (“Minor League,” “Ready When You Are, CB,” “New Girl”); “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” by Jerome Kern, feat. Hersh Gupta GH’20 (saxophone) and Jason Altshuler ES’22 (trumpet); and “Lehmer’s Machine” by Yale Jazz Ensemble trombonist Michael Gancz MY’21. The Yale Jazz Ensemble (YJE) is a seventeen-piece big band that performs a wide variety of music, from Yale’s Benny Goodman archive to the newest and most progressive jazz compositions. The Ensemble has performed extensively in the United States and internationally at such noted venues as New York’s Village Vanguard and Iridium jazz clubs, and London’s Ronnie Scott’s. The YJE has performed with or opened for The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band, the World Saxophone Quartet, Jane Ira Bloom, Jimmy Owens, and Branford Marsalis. On April 15, 2019, the Yale Jazz ensemble will be performing at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, featuring Randy Brecker and Wayne Escoffery. |
Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH)
470 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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March 31, 2019 | |||
| 2:00pm | Stan Wheeler and Marcia Chambers Memorial Jazz Concert |
Stan Wheeler/Marcia Chambers Memorial Jazz Concert, featuring the Yale Jazz Ensemble, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director, and the Reunion Jazz Ensemble, Jeff Fuller, Director. Reunion is a group of Yale alumni who, along with late Yale Law School professor and trumpeter Stanton Wheeler, were early members of the Yale jazz scene in the 1970s. Wheeler continued to play with the YJE until his death in 2007. Marcia Chambers ‘81 MSL, Senior Research Scholar in the Yale Law School and award-winning author and journalist, was involved in the Yale jazz world even before she married Stan in 1984. Stan and Marcia championed jazz at Yale as heads of Morse College, and hosted official and impromptu jazz gatherings in their home for four decades. Until her death in 2018, Marcia hosted eleven annual Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz concerts at the Yale Law School. This 12th concert is dedicated to their memories. This year’s Reunion roster includes jazz artists Brad Dechter ‘78 BA/’79 MM and Bob Kolb (alto sax), Paul Lieberman ‘78 BA (tenor sax), Gary Bennett ‘75 MM (bari sax), Steve Perrett ‘76 BA/’77 MM (trumpet), Tony Lombardozzi (guitar), Jeff Fuller ‘67 BA/’69 MM (bass), Paul Sullivan ‘77 BA (piano), and Frank Bennett ‘69 MMA/’76 DMA (drums). The Yale Jazz Ensemble (YJE) is an eighteen-piece big band that performs a wide variety of music, from Yale’s Benny Goodman archive to the most progressive jazz compositions. The Ensemble has performed extensively in the United States and internationally at such noted venues as New York’s Village Vanguard and Iridium jazz clubs, and London’s Ronnie Scott’s. The YJE has performed with or opened for The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band, the World Saxophone Quartet, Jane Ira Bloom, Jimmy Owens, and Branford Marsalis. |
Sterling Law Buildings (SLB ), Levinson Auditorium
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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April 12, 2019 | |||
| 7:30pm | Yale Concert Band Centennial Season Closer - The Rite of Spring |
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. The Rite of Spring (Igor Stravinsky/arr. Terry Vosbein); Symphony No. 1 (Frank Ticheli), feat. Yale School of Music tenor Luis Aguilar Regalado. |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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May 19, 2019 | |||
| 7:00pm | Yale Concert Band Twilight Concert |
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Annual outdoor concert on the eve of Yale’s Commencement, featuring ceremonial music and Yale songs. On the Old Campus Main Stage. |
Old Campus (OLDCAMP)
344 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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