Yale College Family Weekend Concert
Saturday, October 4, 2025
7:30pm
Woolsey Hall
Program
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, Music Director
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
My soul’s been anchored in the Lord.
Before I’d stay in hell one day, I’d sing an’ pray myself away.
Goin’ shout an’ pray an’ never stop, Until I reach the mountain top.
Do you love Him? Will you serve Him? Will you praise Him?
Warum ist Licht gegeben, Op. 74, No. 1
Warum ist Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, Und das Leben den betrübten Herzen? Warum?
Die des Todes warten und kommt nicht Und grüben ihn wohl aus dem verborgenen; Die sich fast freuen und sind fröhlich, daß sie das Grab bekommen. Warum?
Und dem Manne des Weg verborgen ist, Und Gott vor ihm denselben bedecket? Warum?
Lasset uns unser Herz samt den Händen aufheben zu Gott im Himmel.
Siehe, wir preisen selig, die erduldet haben. Die Geduld Hiob habt ihr gehöret, Und das Ende des Herrn habt ihr gesehen; Denn der Herr ist barmherzig und ein Erbarmer!
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, in Gottes willen, getrost ist mir mein Herz und Sinn, sanft und stille.
Wie Gott mir verheißen hat, der Tod ist mir Schlaf worden.
Traditional spiritual arr. Moses Hogan
Johannes Brahms
Why has light been given to the weary of soul, And life to the troubled hearts? Why?
They who wait for death, and it doesn’t come; They who dig for it even out of secret places; Those who almost rejoice and are happy That they achieve the grave. Why?
And to the man whose way is hidden, And from whom God himself has been concealed? Why?
Let us lift up our hearts, together with our hands, to God in heaven.
Behold, we value them as blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, And the Lord’s conclusion you have seen: For the Lord is merciful and has compassion!
With peace and joy I depart in God’s will, My heart and mind are comforted, calm, and quiet.
As God had promised me: death has become my sleep.
Raise Your Voices Jeffrey Douma
Eli Yale Traditional Student Song
Kyle Thomas Ramos ‘26, president; Kinnia Cheuk ‘26, manager – soloists
Yale Football Medley arr. Fenno Heath ’50
Bright College Years Carl Wilhelm arr. Robert Bonds ’71
Yale Concert Band
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Tuttarana Reena Esmail
Tunbridge Fair Walter Piston
The Frozen Cathedral John Mackey
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Askren, Director
Ezra Calvino MUS ’26 and Thomas Nettle MUS ’26, Guest Conductors
Triptic (Tryptich) Adrian Pop
Alborada del Gracioso Maurice Ravel
Yale Glee Club — 165th Season
Jeffrey Douma, Music Director
T. Sean Maher, Operations and Production Manager
Kevin Vondrak, Assistant Conductor
Omeno Abutu, Student Conductor
John Raskopf, Student Conductor
President - Kyle Thomas Ramos
Manager - Kinnia Cheuk
Winter Tour Managers - Ayush Iyer, Anjal Jain
Domestic Tour Managers - Alliese Bonner, Matthew Chen
Social Chairs - Catalina Ossman, Elizabeth Wolfram
Publicity Chairs - Sofia Sato, Joleen Bakalova
Stage Managers - Logan Gilbert, Alex Kingma
Soprano I
Tamara Bafi ‘27
Joleen Bakalova ‘28
Yara Chami ‘26
Alliese Bonner ‘27
Kinnia Cheuk ‘26
Anjal Jain ‘26
Miriam Levinson ‘29
Erica Lu ‘28
Rhea McTiernan Huge ‘28
Elizabeth Wolfram ‘27
Soprano II
Kylie Berg ‘28
Senlee Dieme ‘26
Sophie Dvorak ‘26
Manon Gilles ‘29
Katie Gurney’ 26
Aurelia Keberle ‘27
Rose Kosciuszek ‘27
Catherine Lee ‘27
Christina Logvynyuk ‘26
Teresa Ng ‘29
Cayley Tolbert-Schwartz ‘28
Naomi Tracey-Hegg ‘29
Claire Zhong ‘28
Alto I
Omeno Abutu ‘27
Ziqi Cui ‘27
Logan Gilbert ‘28
Mika Hiroi ‘28
Sreetama Kushari ‘29
Alistair Lam ‘27
Sofia Sato ‘28
Archivists - Kylie Berg, Angelique Wheeler
Alumni Coordinators - Nate Stein, Anna Zoltowski
Community Engagement Officer - Claire Zhong
Wardrobe Managers - Mika Hiroi, Joshua Li
Website Managers - Erika Lu, Aurelia Keberle
Francesca Sisskind ‘29
Sarah Sparling ‘26
Hila Tor ‘28
Angelique Wheeler ‘26
Alto II
Temiladeoluwa Adeniran ‘29
Alexis Cruz ‘28
Audrey Jamieson ‘29
Alexis Mburu ‘27
Catalina Ossman ‘27
Aryana Ramos-Vazquez ‘26
Fiona Ress ‘29
Myla Toliver ‘28
Thisbe Wu ‘26
Anna Zoltowski ‘28
Dibora Yilma ‘29
Tenor I
Matthew Chen ‘27
Schandy Cordero ‘28
Ayush Iyer ‘26
Harry Pambianchi ‘29
Bill Qian ‘26
John Raskopf ‘27
Gbemiga Salu ‘27
Nate Stein ‘28
Noah Stein ‘26
Kevin Vondrak YSM ‘26
Tenor II
Jonathan Akinniyi ‘26
Andrew Jean-Charles ‘27
Tavian Jones ‘26
David Liebowitz ‘26
Parker Mednikow ‘29
Stephen Morris ‘27
Prithvi Narayanan ‘28
Jaden Nicita ‘28
Max Ondik ‘28
Ari Tsomocos ‘27
Corin Wang ‘2
Andrew Xu ‘27
Bass I
Andrew Boanoh ‘27
Alexandre Campant ‘29
Aviv Fetaya ‘26
Creed Gardiner ‘26
Cameron Gray-Lee ‘27
Alex Kingma ‘28
Lukas Koutsoukos ‘27
Frank Petty ‘29
Vishwa Rakasi ‘29
August Rivers ‘28
Everett Tolbert-Schwartz ‘26
Jeffrey Yang ‘28
Bass II
Seung Min Baik ‘26
Ethan Cooper ‘29
Ben Graham ‘28
Zach Jarvis ‘28
Josh Li ‘26
Kyle Thomas Ramos ‘26
Lukas Vander Elst ‘28
Ben Weiss ‘27
Ben Xu ‘26
Charlie Zhong ‘29
Upcoming Yale Glee Club Concerts
Sunday November 2, 2025 – 4:00PM
Tunisia 8 Choir in concert
Battell Chapel, 400 College Street, New Haven, Admission is free.
Saturday November 15, 2025 – 7:30PM
East Coast Premiere, Christopher Theofanides’ Siddhartha, She Yale Philharmonia, Yale Glee Club, Yale Choral Artists, soloists. Tickets- 203-432-4158
Friday November 21, 2025 – 7:30PM
Harvard Joint Glee Club Concert
Harvard and Yale Glee Clubs with Radcliffe Choral SocietyWoolsey Hall, Corner of College and Grove Streets – Admission is Free.
Sunday December 7, 2025 - 1:30PM
Handel Messiah Audience Singalong with the Yale Symphony Orchestra
Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm Streets - $10 suggested donation, scores available for purchase – a portion of the donation proceeds to benefit New Haven residents impacted by homelessness.
Friday February 13, 2026 – 7:30PM
Susan Botti Vespers with the Yale Concert Band
Woolsey Hall, Corner of College and Grove Streets – Admission is Free.
Wednesday April 8, 2026 – 7:00PM
New Haven High Schools Choral Festival
Woolsey Hall, Corner of College and Grove Streets – Admission is Free.
Saturday April 18, 2026 – 7:30PM
Garcia Requiem with Yale Symphony Orchestra
Woolsey Hall, Corner of College and Grove Streets – Admission is Free.
Saturday May 16, 2026 – 8:00PM
Annual Commencement Concert
The Yale Glee club performs their annual commencement concert, featuring highlights from their season repertoire of motets, newly commissioned works, world folk music and college songs – Sprague Hall - 470 College Street – Tickets available at https://music-tickets.yale.edu.
Yale Concert Band — 107th Season
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Stephanie Hubbard, Operations and Productions Manager
Piccolo
Salena Huang YSEAS ’26
Flutes
Zoe Frost MY ’27*
Noah Watson TD ’28
Diego Lee TC ’29
Allie Gruber PC ’26
Allan An BR ’28
Kaustuv Mohanty MC ’29
Peter Nelson JE ’26
Mei Hao ’28
Noelle Smith BK ’28
Alto Flute
Kaustuv Mohanty MC ’29
Bass Flute
Zoe Frost MY ’27*
Oboes
Sophia Graham DC ’26*
Penelope Emerson MY ’29
Estelle Balsirow JE ’26
Cameron Gray-Lee DC ’27
English Horn
Sophia Graham DC ’26
Eb Clarinet
Nickolas Hamblin MUS ’25/MMA ’26
Bb Clarinets
Sammy Feingold MY ’28**
Amelia Shaw TC ’28
Joshua Chen SY ’27
Su Min Pyo PC ’29
Trevor Strano MC ’28
Eleanor Kandoll PC ’29
Cameron Nye BR ’27
Amalee Bowen GSAS ’28
President - Jared Wyetzner PC ’27
General Managers -
Isaiah Harvey TD ’28
Julien Yang TC ’27
William Wakefield BF ’29
Bass Clarinet
Jacob Knowles ES ’28
Bassoons
Ari Blehert JE ’28*
Bryce Falkoff TC ’29
Contrabassoon
Laressa Winters MUS ’26
Soprano Saxophone
Lizzie Seward DC ’27*
Alto Saxophones
Lizzie Seward DC ’27*
Sean Yu PC ’29
Daniel Guo DC ’29
Richard Wong DC ’28
Tenor Saxophone
William Wakefield BF ’29
Baritone Saxophone
Hanson Qin ES ’28
Cornets/Trumpets (rotating)
Jared Wyetzner PC ’27*
Lydia Berger MY ’29
Graydon Nolen DC ’28
Isaiah Harvey TD ’28
Kyle Chen SY ’27
French Horns (rotating)
Micah Draper PM ’28*
Esther Orlov-Mayer MUS ’27
Atticus Chan TC ’29
Shell Ross GH ’26
Zakariya Bouzid GH ’28
Trombones
Griffin Rupp MUS ’26*
Beatrice Beale Tate PC ’28
Nathan Lange SY ’27
Social Chairs -
Zoe Frost MY ’27
Lizzie Seward DC ’27
Publicity Chairs -
Greta Garrison BF ’28
Amelia Shaw TC ’28
Euphonium
Alfred Ma JE ’29
Tubas
Benson Wang BK ’27*
Gregory Wolf TD ’26
Lillian Adey MY ’29
String Bass
Ziv Shah SM ’29
Piano/Celeste
Matthew Li MY ’29
Harp
Sebastian Goebbels MUS ’26†
Organ
Rory Bricca ES ’26†
Percussion (rotating)
Madeline Chun SM ’26*
Nikolai Stephens-Zumbaum BF ’26*
Gaby Garcia SM ’29
Jacob Leshnower GH ’27
Mirabel Solomon BF ’28
Tally Vaneman GH ’27
Zahra Virani SY ’26
Kyle Thomas Ramos MY ’26†
John Raskopf PC ’27†
Max Su SY ’25†
*=principal
**=The Keith L. Wilson Principal Clarinet Chair. 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.
†=performing on The Frozen Cathedral only
Upcoming Yale Bands Concerts
NOVEMBER 5, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band - Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Celebrating the Centennial of Miles Davis – “Birth of the Cool” World premieres of big band orchestrations for the YJEBB by Michael Philip Mossman, feat. Boplicity, Budo, and Deception
NOVEMBER 16, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. in Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Concert Band - Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Out of Darkness (Dana Wilson), featuring guest artist Ole Akahoshi, Yale School of Music Professor of Cello; Tone Parallel to Harlem (Duke Ellington, trans. James Spinazzola), James Spinazzola, guest conductor; Symphony No. 2 (David Maslanka).
DECEMBER 5, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall
General Admission: $15, Student: $12
Yale Concert Band - Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band - Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Side by Side: The Nutcracker Swings!
With both bands seated side by side on stage, the YCB performs the traditional classical arrangement (by Mayhew F. Lake) of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, with the YJEBB answering movements with Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn’s jazzy interpretation of this holiday classic.
FEBRUARY 13, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Concert Band - Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Vespers (Susan Botti), with special guests the Yale Glee Club, Jeffrey Douma, Music Director. Other music TBA.
MARCH 4, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band - Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Celebrating the Centennial of Miles Davis. Program TBA.
APRIL 8, 2026 at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. at Dizzy’s Club (10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019)
Info/Tickets: https://jazz.org/dizzys/
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band - Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
APRIL 10, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Concert Band - Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
The Thomas C. Duffy Annual Spring Concert. Juvenalia for Solo Percussion and Wind Ensemble (Robert Honstein), feat. Garrett Arney, percussion. Also feat. Frank Morelli, Yale School of Music Professor of Bassoon. Program TBA.
MAY 17, 2026 at 7:00 p.m on Yale’s Old Campus
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Concert Band - Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Annual Twilight Concert. Celebratory music and Yale songs on the eve of Yale’s Commencement
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Yale Symphony Orchestra — 60th Season
Elizabeth Askren, Director
Brian Robinson, Manager
President
Tobias Liu
Secretary
Eleanou Ohm
Publicity
Helen Qi
David Stoylarov
First Violin
Jinan Laurentia Woo ’29, Concertmaster
Ines Choi ’27, Co-Concertmaster
Gloria Baek ’27
Maxine Chen ’29
Camille Denman ’26
Richard Eichhorst ’29
Sofia Heredia ’29
Timothy Lee ’27
Ian Li ’29
Jane Lim ’29
Henry Liu ’28
Ruoshui Liu ’29
Tobias Liu ’26
Naomi-Jeanne Main ’26
Skylar Peck ’27
Parisa Verma ’27
Second Violin
Holly Lacey ’29, Principal
Amber Sun ’28, Co-Principal
Tai Caputo ’29
Mina Chang ’28
Toby Huang ’29
Josie Kelleher ’26
Rachel Kim ’26
Jonah Kwon ’29
Isabel Li ’29
Isabelle Ong ’28
Marco Opeña ’28
Ella Saputra ’27
Nate Strothkamp ’26
Amy Xiao ’29
Justine Xu ’27
Mindy Zhao ’29
Viola
Josephine Buruma ’29,Principal
Elan Jiang ’28, Co-Principal
Jia Dunsby ’28
R. Grady Flinn ’29
Social Sasha Tarassenko
Emily Zhang
Programming
Jacob Leshnower
Community
Jasmine Chen
Naomi Main
Nathaniel Strothkamp
Benjamin Graham ’28
Jewon Im ’27
Anna Koontz ’29
Lucian Mikush ’29
Aviv Pilipski ’29
Helen Qi ’27
Sarah Wagner ’29
Amanda Wu ’28
Violoncello
Kira Wang ’26, Principal
Sergey Blinov GRD ’29, Co-Principal
Josef Bell ’29
Gabriela Berger ’27
David Cho ’27
Lee Dufallo ’28
Benjamin Gruenbaum ’27
Sarah J. Lee ’28
Juliette Mandelbrot ’28
Danielle Yoon ’28
Justin Yu ’28
Contrabass
Yuvin Kang ’29, Principal
Eleanor Ohm ’27
Kayla Ruano-Lumpris ’28
Flute
Joelle Kim ’28
Lauren Kim ’26
Eugene Lee ’29
Sasha Tarassenko ’27
Oboe
Benjamin Hambleton ’28
Alex Moore ’26
Alexander Vakov ’29
Si Wong, GRD ’26
Clarinet
Ethan Chen ’28
Mia Gribbon ’29
Tour
Eric Zhang
Librarians
Gloria Baek, Head Librarian
Jasmine Chen
Ella Saputra
Stage Crew
Lee Dufallo
Grady Flinn
Eugene Lee
Daniel Lee ’29
Amelia Shaw ’28
Bassoon
Amber Sun
Eric Zhang
Amelia Newman ’29
Leah Wu ’29
Eric Zhang ’27
Linda Zhou ’29
French Horn
Thomas Chang ’29
Jasmine Chen ’27
Julian Kolthammer ’29
Joshua Lee ’29
Bryce Lowden ’28
Ethan Mash ’27
Trumpet
Evan Kessler ’28
August Lee Kovach ’29
Caden Mather ’29
Emily Zhang ’27
Trombone
Lucas Haas ’26, Principal
Sophie Richardson ’27
Konrad Kurczynski ’26
Tuba
Michael Toben ’27
Benson Wang ’27
Harp
Sophia Jho ’28
Timpani
Madeline Chun ’26
Jonny Duncan ’29
Jacob Leshnower ’27
Nate Mathew ’26
Nikolai Stephens-Zumbaum ’26
David Stolyarov ’28
Zahra Virani ’27
Upcoming Yale Symphony Concerts
November 20th, 2025 at 7:30pm in Woolsey Hall
with Brandon Du, violin winner of the 2025 William Waite Concerto Competition
Charles Ives
Hymn: Largo Cantabile
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto
Giacomo Puccini Prelude from Act III of “Madama Butterfly”
Claude Debussy La Mer
February 14th, 2026 at 7:30pm in Woolsey Hall
With Paul Ji, Piano winner of the 2025 William Waite Concerto Competition
Vicenzo Bellini
Overture to “I Capuletti ed i Montecchi”
Frederick Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
March 28th, 2026 at 7:30pm in Woolsey Hall
60th Anniversary Celebration
Program TBA
April 28th, 2026 at 7:30pm in Woolsey Hall
with Yale Glee Club, Jeffrey Douma, Music Director
Alberto Ginastera Iubilum
Gabriela Lena Frank La Centinela y la Paloma
José M. Nuñes Garcia Requiem in D minor