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October 6, 2023 | |||
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| 7:30pm | Yale Concert Band Season Opener - "Chávez, 1927," "William Tell Overture," "Umoja: Anthem of Unity," and more |
The Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director, opens its season with an eclectic program: • Celebrating Hispanic Awareness Month. The Band premieres its commission of “Chávez, 1927” by Giovanni Santos, commemorating the life of Cesar Chávez (1927-1993), a Mexican-American civil rights activist and leader and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association. Chávez fought for equal rights and humane working conditions and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. • “William Tell Overture” (Gioachino Rossini). This lively overture from the opera of the same name is most famously known as the theme music for ‘The Lone Ranger’ in radio, television, and film. • “Variations on a Korean Folk Song” (John Barnes Chance) is based on Arrirang, an ancient folk tune of love and heartbreak that the composer learned while serving in the U.S. Army in Seoul, Korea. • “Intrada 1631” (Stephen Montague) is based on a 17th century South American liturgical chant, written in Quechua, the native language of the Incas. Juan Pérez Bocanegra’s original processional music has been expanded for the modern force of a brass choir and field drums. • “Umoja: Anthem of Unity” (Valerie Coleman). “Umoja” is a Swahili word meaning “unity.” It is the principle of the first day of Kwanzaa. Other music: |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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November 1, 2023 | |||
| 7:30pm | Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band Celebrates the Legacy of Wayne Shorter |
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Celebrating the legacy of Wayne Shorter (1933-2023), the legendary American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey’s “Jazz Messengers,” for whom he eventually became the primary composer. In 1964 he joined Miles Davis’ “Second Great Quintet,” and then co-founded the jazz fusion band “Weather Report” in 1970. He recorded more than 20 albums as a bandleader. Many Shorter compositions have become jazz standards, and his music has earned worldwide recognition, critical praise, and commendation. He was the winner of 12 GRAMMY awards, and was acclaimed for his mastery of the soprano saxophone since switching his focus from the tenor in the late 1960s and beginning an extended reign in 1970 as DownBeat’s annual poll-winner on that instrument. The New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff described Shorter as “probably jazz’s greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser.” |
Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH ), Morse Recital Hall
470 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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December 1, 2023 | |||
| 7:30pm | Yale Concert Band to Feature Projections and Electronics - Maslanka, Shapiro, and more |
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. • “A Child’s Garden of Dreams” by David Maslanka is a deeply rich piece, written as a meditation on the vivid dream images of a dying girl. It is accompanied by projections of the pastel drawings the composer made with his left hand while wrestling with the act of composing the piece. • “Trains of Thought” by Alex Shapiro. The electronically reproduced sounds of the chords and rhythms of a high-speed train in motion weave in and out of the musical texture provided by the band. • “Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed was commissioned in 1944 as a tribute to the friendship between the Russian and American allies in WWII. It celebrates the common bonds between peoples, which sustain regardless of political divisions and governmental disagreements. • “Duplicity” by Yale College sophomore Rory Bricca represents the dance between honesty and deception that plays out subconsciously in our minds. Tonight’s performance is the world premiere. |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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February 16, 2024 | |||
| 7:30pm | Yale Concert Band Winter Concert |
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. “Mother of a Revolution (Omar Thomas), “The Firebird” (Igor Stravinsky), “Luminance” (Shuying Li), and more.) |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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March 6, 2024 | |||
| 7:30pm | Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band Spring Concert |
Wayne Escoffery, music director. Program TBA. |
Sprague Memorial Hall (SMH ), Morse Recital Hall
470 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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April 12, 2024 | |||
| 7:30pm | Thomas C. Duffy Yale Concert Band Spring Concert |
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. “Afro-American Symphony” (William Grant Still), “Medieval Suite” (Ron Nelson) “New England Triptych” (William Schuman), more. |
Woolsey Hall (WOOL)
500 College Street
New Haven, CT
06511
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