Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 7:30 PM Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Yale Jazz Ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
“The Nutcracker Swings!” __________________________________________________________________ with special guests The Yale Percussion Group Yifei Fu, Matthew Keown, Kramer Milan, Jeffrey Stern, Terry Sweeney, Georgi Videnov
Traditional African Drumming Music for Pieces of Wood
Traditional Steve Reich (1973)
Yale Jazz Ensemble The Nutcracker Suite
I.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1892) arr. Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn (1978) ed. Jeff Lindberg (2010)
Overture Benjy Steinberg, Jonathan Adler – tenor saxes; Adé Ben-Salahuddin – trumpet; Johnathan Weisgerber – trombone
II. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes) Alex Pappas – baritone sax; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
III. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Colum O’Connor – drums; Jonathan Adler – tenor sax
IV. Entr’acte Mike Hoot – alto sax; Alex Pappas – baritone sax; Jonathan Adler – tenor sax; Curtis Biggs – trombone; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
V.
Volga Vouty (Russian Dance) Miki Sasaki – trumpet; Mike Hoot – alto sax; Curtis Biggs – trombone; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
VI. Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance) Alexander Ringlein – clarinet; Benjy Steinberg – tenor sax
VII. Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) Curtis Biggs, Rich Liverano, Johnathan Weisgerber – trombones; Alex Pappas – baritone sax; Adé Ben-Salahuddin – trumpet; Alexander Ringlein – clarinet
VIII. Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance) Curtis Biggs, Rich Liverano, Johnathan Weisgerber – trombones; Tim Moran – clarinet; Alex Pappas – bass clarinet; Mike Hoot – alto sax
IX. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March) Alexander Ringlein – clarinet; Adé Ben-Salahuddin – trumpet; Hanoi Hantrakul – piano; Jonathan Adler – tenor sax
Yale Jazz Ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director Stephanie Hubbard, Business Manager Alto Saxophones Michael Hoot BR 17 Tim Moran*
Trombones Curtis Biggs YSM 15* Richard Liverano YSM 16* Johnathan Weisgerber YSM 16*
Tenor Saxophones Benjy Steinberg CC 17 Jonathan Adler TD 17
Piano Lamtharn (Hanoi) Hantrakul MC 15
Baritone Saxophone/Bass Clarinet Alex Pappas SM 15
Bass Jason Brooks DC 16
Clarinets Tim Moran* Alexander Ringlein BR 18
Drums Colum O’Connor BR 18
Trumpets Eli Brown ES 17’ Miki Sasaki YSM 15* Sam Becker CC 16 Adé Ben-Salahuddin PC 18
Music Librarian Jacob Neis SY 17
* these artists are supported in part by the Rosamonde Safier Yale Band Endowment, established in honor of Rosamonde Safier, a piano prodigy and Tin Pan Alley song composer, to support collaborations between the Yale Bands and the professional world.
UPCOMING YALE BANDS CONCERTS: Yale Concert Band Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director Friday, February 20, 2015 at 7:30 PM Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Free Yale Jazz Ensemble Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director Sunday, March 1, 2015, at 2:00 PM Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, Free Yale Concert Band Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Free _________________ Yale University Bands • P.O. Box 209048 •New Haven, CT 06520-9048 tel: (203) 432-4111 • fax: (203) 432-7213 • stephanie.hubbard@yale.edu • www.yale.edu/yaleband