Jazz Ensemble to be headed by student
Now that long-time Yale Jazz Ensemble director Dave Brandenburg ’92 is being replaced by a Yale School of Music graduate student, the YJE will just have to play it by ear.
Thomas C. Duffy, director of Yale Bands, said the decision to place the YJE under student direction has nothing to do with the quality of the ensemble or the band’s financial situation. Instead, he said, the goal is to create closer ties between the YJE, which started as an unofficial undergraduate organization in the 1970s, and the School of Music.
Brandenburg, who directed the YJE for 11 years,...
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