In addition to the music of Yale composers Charles Ives ‘1898 and Cole Porter ‘1913, and Yale faculty composers Paul Hindemith, Chris Theofanidis, Martin Bresnick, and Han Lash, the Yale Wind Ensemble performs music by a diverse collection of standard and contemporary wind band composers. The Yale Wind Ensemble often reads music composed by its own members and other members of the Yale musical community and programs these pieces. Regular highlights of the Yale Wind Ensemble’s contemporary repertoire are the music of its director, Thomas C. Duffy, and premieres of compositions commissioned by the bands.
Here are some representative recordings of music programmed by the Yale Wind Ensemble.