Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band Spring Concert
Wayne Escoffery, music director. Program TBA.
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All Ages
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.
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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.)
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Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band Fall Concert
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. The music of Wayne Shorter.
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Yale Concert Band Twilight Concert
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. A Commencement eve concert of ceremonial music and Yale songs.
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Yale Concert Band "Pre-Commute Mini-Concert" for the Yale Community
Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director.
Our students want you to hear them play in the Yale Concert Band, without you having to come back to campus after a long day of work! Announcing the “Pre-Commute Mini-Concert” on Tuesday, February 21 at 5:15 p.m. – a 45-minute free concert in Woolsey Hall at the end of the work day.
Come for one or all of the four compositions on the short program:
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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!
OPEN TO ALL ASYMPTOMATIC, FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS. Proof of vaccination and matching photo ID will be required at the door. House opens at 7 pm.
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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.
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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.
Featuring Mingus hits “Nostalgia in Times Square,” “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,” “Moanin’,” and more. With guests Teddy Horangic on vocals and Alaman Diadhiou on vocals and tap dance.
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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.
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