Friday, August 25, Arts Quad
Inauguration of President Martha E. Pollack
Sunday, October 1, 3pm, Bailey Hall
Blaise Bryski, pianist
David Borden & Mark Winges, guest composers
Variations on “America” Charles Ives/trans. William Rhodes
Variations on America by Charles Ives as Heard on the Jingle Jangle Morning in Emerson Playground by You and the Signers of the United States Constitution (and who knows, maybe the FBI) David Borden/ed. James Spinazzola
Breath & Hammers Mark Winges, with pianist Blaise Bryski (world premiere *)
Irish Tune from County Derry
Shepherd’s Hey Percy Grainger
Angels in the Architecture Frank Ticheli
Friday, November 17, 8pm, Bailey Hall
Janice Macaulay, guest composer
With the Cornell Klezmer Ensemble
*Free dance lessons at 7pm!*
A Solemn Fanfare Byron Adams *
Early One Morning from “Old Wine in New Bottles” Gordon Jacob
March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis” Paul Hindemith/trans. Keith Wilson
Kaleidoscope Janice Macaulay *
Lost Vegas Michael Daugherty
Yiddish Dances Adam Gorb
* World premiere as part of the Karel Husa memorial commissioning project
Monday, December 4, 8pm, Bailey Hall
Oxford University Wind Orchestra
Saturday, March 10, 2pm, Woolsey Hall, Yale University
College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Eastern Division conference
Variations on “America” Charles Ives/trans. William Rhodes
Variations on America by Charles Ives as Heard on the Jingle Jangle Morning in Emerson Playground by You and the Signers of the United States Constitution (and who knows, maybe the FBI) David Borden/ed. James Spinazzola
Breath & Hammers Mark Winges, with pianist Blaise Bryski
II. South of Midnight
III. Blurry Scurry
Acknowledgement from “A Love Supreme” John Coltrane, arr. Wynton Marsalis, trans. James Spinazzola
Prologue from “West Side Story” Leonard Bernstein, arr. Dave Grusin, trans. James Spinazzola, with trumpeter Paul Merrill
Overture to “Candide” Bernstein, trans. Clare Grundman
Wednesday, March 28, 8pm, Bailey Hall
With A.D. White Professor-At-Large Wynton Marsalis & the Cornell Jazz Ensemble
Overture to “Candide” Leonard Bernstein, trans. Clare Grundman
Prologue from “West Side Story” Leonard Bernstein, arr. Dave Grusin, trans. James Spinazzola
Concerto for Cootie Duke Ellington, trans. James Spinazzola
Tourist Point of View from “The Far East Suite” Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, arr. James Spinazzola
Acknowledgement from “A Love Supreme” John Coltrane, arr. Wynton Marsalis, trans. James Spinazzola
Sunday, May 6, 3pm, Bailey Hall
Michael Sparhuber, percussionist
Serenade in C minor, K. 388 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band John Mackey
I. Hubris
Percussion Concerto Jennifer Higdon, with percussionist Michael Sparhuber
Additional selections TBA
* World premiere as part of the Karel Husa memorial commissioning project
