YCB 2024-2025

Director Thomas C. Duffy
Business Manager Stephanie Hubbard
President Ana Rodrigues
General Managers Cody Uman, Julien Yang
Social Chairs Zoe Frost, Lizzie Seward
Publicity Chair Sophie Graham
Music Librarian Madeline Chun
Principals

Flute: Tiffany Jiang
Oboe: Ana Rodrigues
Clarinet: Ben Swinchoski
Alto Saxophone: Lizzie Seward
Tenor Saxophone: Esteban Figueroa
Cornet/Trumpet: Jared Wyetzner
Trombone: Cody Uman
Euphonium: John Liu
Tuba: Benson Wang
Percussion: Max Su

Concerts & Repertoire

9/28/24 FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT
Aaron Copland (arr. Duffy): The Promise of Living (joint with the Yale Glee Club)
Darius Milhaud: Suite Française
Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico

10/4/24 COMPOSERS AND SOLOISTS FROM NEW MEXICO
Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico
Charles Ives (arr. Elkus): Decoration Day
Darius Milhaud: 
Suite Française
Nubia Jaime-Donjuan: 
Tundra: A Cold That Burns (Danzón No. 2 for Winds) (commissioned with funds from the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissioning Endowment)
Rodrigo Martinez Torres: Onda Tropical, feat. Abigal Pak, acordeón (commissioned with funds from the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissioning Endowment)
Aldemaro Romero (trans. Messier): 
Fuga con Pajarillo, feat. Héctor Molina, cuatro (commissioned with funds from the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissioning Endowment)

11/15/24 NOVEMBER CONCERT
Kevin Day: Stride (commissioned with funds from the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissioning Endowment)
Charles Ives (arr. Sinclair): Country Band March
Jim Colonna: The Pursuit of Happiness: A Symphony for Wind Ensemble [world premiere] (commissioned with funds from the Robert Flanagan Yale Band Commissioning Endowment)
David Maslanka: Symphony No. 4

12/6/24 SIDE BY SIDE - THE NEW YORK AFRO BOP ALLIANCE BIG BAND “PAN AMERICAN NUTCRACKER SUITE” AND THE YALE CONCERT BAND (Yale School of Music Ellington Jazz Series)
The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band: Pan American Nutcracker Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

2/14/25 WINTER CONCERT
Karl Jenkins (arr. Robert Longfield): The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, I. Marziale (feat. Mark Gahm, guest conductor)
Thomas C. Duffy: The Philosopher’s Stone (feat. Mark Gahm, guest conductor)
Jonathan F. Weiss (YC ‘24): The Cancer-Free Party (feat. Rory Bricca, guest conductor)
Percy Grainger (arr. Richard Franko Goldman): Handel in the Strand (feat. Nicole Lam, guest conductor)
Gustav Holst (ed. Frederick Fennell): First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band (feat. Mark Gahm, guest conductor)
Edward Elgar (ed. Earl Slocum): Enigma Variations (feat. Nicole Lam, guest conductor)
Henry Fillmore (ed. Frederick Fennell): Americans We (feat. Mark Gahm, guest conductor)

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