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October 8, 2021 | |||
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7:30pm | Yale Concert Band Fall Concert |
Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Featuring “Overture to Candide” (Leonard Bernstein), “Danzón” (Arturo Marqúez), “Second Suite in F for Military Band” (Gustav Holst), “Three Negro Dances”(Florence Price), “Folk Suite” (William Grant Still), “Miške (In the Forest)” (M.K. Čiurlionis), and “Keeping Step With the Union” (John Philip Sousa). |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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November 3, 2021 | |||
7:30pm | Yale Jazz Ensemble -- The Music of Duke Ellington & Thelonious Monk |
Wayne Escoffery, Grammy award-winning saxophonist and two-time Downbeat Critics Poll winner for tenor and soprano saxophones, makes his debut as director of the 2021-22 Yale Jazz Ensemble big band at tonight’s concert. |
Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH ), Morse Recital Hall
470 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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December 3, 2021 | |||
8:00pm | Yale Concert Band |
Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Featuring “High Water Rising,” (Sally Lamb McCune), “Of Our New Day Begun” (Omar Thomas), “Roma” (Valerie Coleman), “Firefy” (Ryan George), “Resonances I” (Ron Nelson), “Power and Light” (Thomas C. Duffy). |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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December 13, 2021 | |||
7:30pm | Yale Jazz Combos Fall Showcase |
Need a study break or just a shot of good jazz? Come hear the Yale Jazz Ensemble Fall Combos present their fall showcase. The Legacy and Modern Combos are coached by Wayne Escoffery and promise a night of great music! |
William L. Harkness Hall (WLH ), Sudler Hall
100 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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February 26, 2022 | |||
7:30pm | Yale Concert Band - "The Planets" -- feat. new graphic projections |
Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. “The Planets” by Gustav Holst (trans. Christian Janssen), featuring new graphic projections by Camilla Tassi ’22 and John Horzen ’24 – students at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University – and original visual art by Mikayla Johnson Yale College ‘24. With special guest The Elm City Girls’ Choir, Rebecca Rosenbaum, Music Director. |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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March 7, 2022 | |||
7:30pm | Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band Celebrates the Centennial of Charles Mingus |
Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band, Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Celebrating the centennial of the birth of bassist and composer Charles Mingus, one of the most important composers in jazz and the first African American musician to have the entire body of his work acquired by the Library or Congress. |
Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH)
470 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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April 14, 2022 | |||
7:30pm | Yale Concert Band Spring Concert |
Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Featuring works by Duffy, composer and Director of Yale University Bands since 1982. George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” and Duffy’s “A Parisian in America,” “Frozen Flames March,” “Crystals,” “Century Shouts,” “To the Horizon,” “And Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest,” and Duffy’s transcription of Alan Hovhaness’ “Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints,” Alex Wynn TD ‘22, marimba. |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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April 19, 2022 | |||
7:30pm | Yale Jazz Combos Spring Showcase |
Yale Jazz Combos Spring Showcase, with the Legacy and Modern Jazz Ensembles, Wayne Escoffery, coach. Featuring a mix of Jazz classics made famous by Frank Sinatra, to modern gems composed by James Williams, Victor Lewis, and Roy Hargrove. Come and experience the joy of live music performed by some of Yale’s brightest students dedicated to exploring and celebrating the rich tradition of Jazz music. |
William L. Harkness Hall (WLH ), Sudler Hall
100 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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April 24, 2022 | |||
2:00pm | Yale Concert Band Special Concert. Works by Thomas C. Duffy to Celebrate His 40th Year at Yale |
Yale Concert Band Special Concert, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Works by Duffy, composer and Director of Yale University Bands since 1982, to celebrate his 40th year at Yale University. Feat. “Butterflies and Bees!,” “Power and Light,” “A+,” “Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel,” “And Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest,” and a special showing of the Yale Concert Band’s 1993 performance of “Whispers of the Patriots,” Walter Cronkite, narrator. |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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