Yale Concert Band 4-24-22 Woolsey Hall

Yale Concert Band Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director

A Special Concert of Works by Thomas C. Duffy to Celebrate His 40th Year at Yale University Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., Woolsey Hall, Yale University

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Snakes! (1989)

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Butterflies and Bees! (1999)

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Power and Light (2020) I. Power and Light II. Light – And Cut Him Out In Little Stars

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A+: A “Precise” Fanfare and an “Excellent” March (1998)

Movie: “Whispers of the Patriots” (1993) – Walter Cronkite, narrator Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director February 11, 1993, Woolsey Hall THOMAS C. DUFFY

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1992) Danielle Maeng YSM 22, flute Will Stevens YSM 22, oboe Katia Osorio, YSM 22, bassoon Lloyd Van՚t Hoff YSM 23, clarinet Ava Conway YSM 22, horn

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And Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest (2000)

We, the members of the Yale Concert Band, proudly dedicate this concert to Mr. Thomas C. Duffy — beloved director, caring mentor, and lifelong musician. Thank you for your unyielding dedication to Yale, to the musical community, and to your students. You have made us virtually indestructible indeed.

– Alina Martel, President

Program notes for this concert will be presented from the stage.

Snakes! was commissioned in 1989 by the Elizabeth C. Adams Middle School (Guilford, CT), Barbara Tedeschi, director.

Butterflies and Bees! was commissioned in 1999 by the Bishop Ireton Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Alexandria, VA), Garwood Whalley, director.

Power and Light was commissioned in 2020 by The Williamsville (NY) Central School District’s Casey, Heim, and Transit Middle Schools. It is published by Plankton Press.

A+: A “Precise” Fanfare and an “Excellent” March was commissioned in 1998 by the American Composers Forum as the inaugural piece for its Bandquest series. It is published by Hal Leonard LLC. Whispers of the Patriots was written for and premiered by CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite in 1993. It is published by Plankton Press. This recorded presentation was filmed in Woolsey Hall in February of 1993.

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel was commissioned in 1992 by the Earl Banquer Woodwind Quintet. It is a setting of the children’s book of the same name by Virginia Lee Burton, and is used with permission from publisher Houghton Mifflin.

And Flights of Angels Sing Thee To Thy Rest was commissioned in 2000 by the New England College Band Association, in memoriam Stanley Hettinger. It is published by Plankton Press.

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About the Music Director Thomas C. Duffy is Professor (Adjunct) of Music, Director of University Bands, and Clinical Professor of Nursing at Yale University, where he has worked since 1982. He is known as a composer, a conductor, a teacher, an administrator, and a leader. His interests and research range from non-tonal analysis to jazz, from wind band history to creativity and the brain. Under his direction, the Yale Bands have performed at conferences of the College Band Directors National Association and New England College Band Association; for club audiences at New York City’s Village Vanguard, Birdland, Dizzy’s Club, and Iridium; Ronnie Scott’s (London); the Belmont (Bermuda); as part of the inaugural ceremonies for President George H.W. Bush; and concertized in twenty-one countries in the course of eighteen international tours.

Duffy produced a two-year lecture/performance series, Music and the Brain, with the Yale School of Medicine; and, with the Yale School of Nursing, developed a musical intervention to train nursing students to better hear and identify body sounds with the stethoscope. He combined his interests in music and science to create a genre of music for the bilateral conductor – in which a “split-brained conductor” must conduct a different meter in each hand, sharing downbeats. His compositions have introduced a generation of school musicians to aleatory, the integration of spoken/ sung words and “body rhythms” with instrumental performance, and the pairing of music with political, social, historical and scientific themes. He has been awarded the Yale Tercentennial Medal for Composition, the Elm/ Ivy Award, the Yale School of Music Cultural Leadership Citation and certificates of appreciation by the United States Attorney’s Office for his Yale 4/Peace: Rap for Justice concerts – music programs designed for social impact by using the power of music to deliver a message of peace and justice to impressionable middle and high school students.

Duffy has served as associate, deputy and acting dean of the Yale School of Music. He has served as a member of the Fulbright National Selection Committee, the Tanglewood II Symposium planning committee, the Grammy Foundation Music Educators Award Screening Committee, and completed the MLE program at the Harvard University Institute for Management and Leadership in Education. He has served as: president of the Connecticut Composers Inc., the New England College Band Directors Association and the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA); editor of the CBDNA Journal, publicity chair for the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles; and chair of the Connecticut Music Educators Association’s Professional Affairs and Government Relations committees. He is a member of American Bandmasters Association, American Composers Alliance, the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Connecticut Composers Incorporated, the Social Science Club, and BMI. Duffy has conducted ensembles all over the world, including the National Association for Music Education’s National Honor Band in the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. (More extensive data is available at www.duffymusic.com, including a high resolution downloadable photo.)

Upcoming Yale Bands Performance • Tuesday, April 26, 2022: Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band in New York, Wayne Escoffery, Music Director and saxophone.

Celebrating the centennial of the birth of legendary bassist and composer Charles Mingus. With special guests trombonist Frank Lacy and trumpeter Michael Philip Mossman. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dizzy՚s Club, 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY. $ Tickets required/get tickets here: https://2022.jazz.org/the-yale-jazz-ensemble.

Attendance at this afternoon’s concert is limited to asymptomatic, fully vaccinated individuals with an up to date vaccination status. Up to date means a person has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines for their age range, including any booster doses when eligible. Guests will be required to show proof of vaccination and a matching photo ID at the door. N95, KN95, KF94, or ASTM face masks must be worn at all times while inside the venue. Other individuals are invited to view the live stream at https://bands.yalecollege.yale.edu/listen-yale-bands-0.

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Piccolo Salena Huang GSAS 26

Bassoons Pax Ryan BK 25 Katia Osorio YSM 22

Flutes Rosa Kleinman BF 23 principal Emily He DC 24 Maddy Park MY 25 Seb Seager SM 23 Yaa Owusu JE 22 Katie Handler TC 22 Elijah Bakaleynik DC 24 Denise Peng ES 25

Alto Saxophones Tony Ruan BF 25 principal Sahil Mane TC 24 Matthew Fan BF 24 Dennis Lee DC 24 Alina Martel TC 23

Oboes Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma BR 23 principal Ana Rodrigues BR 25 Ryan Tie-Shue SM 22 Zara Ashford SY 25 Bb Clarinets Jalen Li PC Keith L. Wilson Principal Clarinet Chair* Margalit Patry-Martin GH 24 Daphne Zhu ES 22 Joshua Rothbaum TD 23 Jessica Liu GH 25 Daniel Denney ES 24 Kayleigh Hackett SY 25 Bb Bass Clarinet Kean Xiong YSM 23

Bb Tenor Saxophones Aaron Yu MC 25 Eb Baritone Saxophone Michael Chen GH 23 Cornets/Trumpets James Brandfonbrener MC 22 principal Jordan Romano TC 25 Izzy Lopez MY 24 Shania Cordoba YSM 23 French Horns Stephanie Fritz YSM 23 Keenan Miller DC 24 Annie Citron MC 25 Connor Totilas BF 24 Trombones Theo Haaks BR 24 Aaron Smith BF 25 Cody Uman MC 25

Euphonium John Liu TD 25 Tubas Bridget Conley YSM 23 Sourav Roy TC 25 Vivian Kung YSM 22 Organ Ryan Rogers YSM 23 Percussion Jack McArthur MY 22 Max Su SY 25 Tristan Weaver SM 22 Alex Wynn TD 22 Michael Yeung YSM 22 Triangles Risha Chakraborty SY 25 Matthew King ES 22 Allie Liebmann JE 23 Tyler Schroder MY 25 Ely Sibarium MC 22 Annie Sidransky DC 25 Michael Ying BK 24

Music Librarian Michael Chen GH 23 * Friends of Keith L. Wilson (Director of Yale Bands from 1946-1973) honored him by endowing the principal clarinet chair in the Yale Concert Band in his name. If you would like information about naming a Yale Concert Band chair, please contact the Yale Bands Office.

YALE CONCERT BAND OFFICERS President: Alina Martel General Managers: Theo Haaks, Tony Ruan

Publicity Chair: Seb Seager Social Chairs: Jalen Li, Joshua Rothbaum

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