“…everyone has a Christmas album, but this one, for sure, is distinctive, different, and delightful. And a worthy successor to Ellington and Strayhorn.” – Richard J Salvucci, “All About Jazz,” Review
“The Pan American Nutcracker Suite is an aural tour de force, an all-encompassing, immersive sound experience.” – Ken Micallef, Music Writer
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Program TBA.
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Season opener, featuring music of the masters of the tenor sax. Charts by John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Frank Foster, George Coleman, and more.
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Feat. Jennifer Jolley’s “Dust” for brass quintet and wind ensemble, Seraph Brass, guest artists.
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Program TBA.
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Feat. “Symphony No. 4” by David Maslanka. Other music TBA.
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Yale’s wind symphony opens its season with music with a Latin flair: “Fuga con Pajarillo” by Venezuelan composer Aldemaro Romero, featuring Venezuelan cuatro guitarist Hector Molina; and music by Mexican composers: “Onda Tropical” by Rodrigo Martinez Torres, Abi Pak, acordeón; and “Tundra” by Nubia Jaime-Donjuan. Other music: “Suite Française” (Darius Milhaud), “Fanfare Ritmico” (Jennifer Higdon), “Decoration Day” (Charles Ives).
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director. Celebratory music and Yale songs on the eve of Yale’s Commencement. Outdoors on the Old Campus (chairs provided).
Featuring the Yale Glee Club (Jeffrey Douma, Music Director), Yale Concert Band (Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director), and Yale Symphony Orchestra (William Boughton, Music Director).
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director. Celebrating American drummer and composer Max Roach (1924-2007) and his commitment to championing equality and social justice through music.
The program will feature two movements of his avant-garde jazz album and vocal-instrumental suite “We Insist!” (subtitled Max Roach’s “Freedom Now Suite”) on themes related to the Civil Rights Movement. Both movements were orchestrated and arranged specifically for the YJE Big Band by Michael Philip Mossman.
