Yale Concert Band Yale’s Premier Wind Ensemble
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band Wayne Escoffery, Music Director present
side by side
The Nutcracker Swings! Friday, December 5, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., Woolsey Hall, Yale University THE NUTCRACKER SUITE Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Titre original Yale Concert Band Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band arr. Mayhew L. Lake arr. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn ed. Jeff Lindberg (2010) Overture Miniature Miniature Overture Overture Jazz Solos: Amelia Shaw – clarinet; Rohan Wassink - tenor saxophone; Leo Craig – trumpet Marche March of the Toy Soldiers Peanut Brittle Brigade Jazz Solos: Leo Craig – trumpet; Amelia Shaw - clarinet; Hari Viswanathan – piano; Wes Lewis – tenor saxophone Danse de la Fee-Dragee Dance - Sugar Plum Fairy Sugar Rum Cherry Jazz Solos: Allie Gruber – baritone saxophone; Rohan Wassink – tenor saxophone Danse Russe Trépak Russian Dance Volga Vouty Jazz Solos: Victor Herrera – trumpet; Chris Sylvester – alto saxophone; Wes Lewis - soprano saxophone; Naomi Wharry – trombone; Amelia Shaw – clarinet Danse Arabe Arabian Dance Arabesque Cookie Jazz Solos: Allie Gruber – flute; Amelia Shaw – clarinet; Solomon Geleta – alto saxophone Danse Chinoise Chinese Dance Chinoiserie Jazz Solos: Amelia Shaw – clarinet; Rohan Wassink – tenor saxophone; Hari Viswanathan - piano Danse Des Mirlitons Dance of the Reed Flutes Toot Toot Tootie Toot Jazz Solos: Allie Gruber – baritone saxophone; Amelia Shaw – clarinet; Valse des Fleurs Waltz of the Flowers Danse of the Floreadores Jazz Solos: Naomi Wharry, Jacob Lebroda – trombones; Allie Gruber – baritone saxophone; Truth Templeton – trumpet; Amelia Shaw – clarinet