2022–23
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige
Guest Conductor: Walter Blanding Jr.
The Music of Charles Mingus
Guest Conductor: Tatum Greenblatt
The Music of Hermeto Pascoal
Guest Conductor: Jovino Santos Neto
Guest Percussionist: Fabio Pascoal
Wynton Marsalis: The Ever Fonky Lowdown
Guest Conductor: Damien Sneed
Guest Narrator “Mr. Game”: Damon Gupton
21st Century Compositions
Guest Conductor: Darcy James Argue
Composers Performed: Christine Jenson, Andy Farber, Rufus Reid, Dafnis Prieto, John Sturino, and Tracy Yang
Ellington Suites and Rare Gems
Guest Conductor: Andy Farber
Juilliard Small Ensembles
Young Lions of the 1990s
Composers Performed: Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Peter Bernstein, and Eric Reed
What We Heard: Our Alumni Compositions
Composers Performed: Nick Finzer, Andrew Guauskas, Adam Birnbaum, and Ryan Kerbele
New Orleans Parade
Music from the Church and the Street
The Music of Gerry Mulligan
Perfect Potpourri: Music of the 1960s
Composers Performed: Buster Williams, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Grachan Moncur III, Eric Dolphy, and Tommy Tucker
What We Hear: Student Compositions
Student Originals
O Bruxo: Hermeto Pascoal
Ballads, Blues, Burlesque, and Boleros
Literature and Music
Music inspired by William Faulkner and Zora Neale Hurston
Women of Color in Jazz
Composers Performed: Carmen Lundy, Abbey Lincoln, Dorothy Ashby, Lizz Wright, Betty Carter, Maxine Sullivan, Amina Claudine Myers, Maria Grever, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dorothy Donegan, and Lette Mbulu
2021–22
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Julliard Jazz Commissions With Bebop Legends
Guest Conductor: Tim Armacost
Composers Performed: Drew Zaremba, Dizzy Gillespie, Courtney Wright, Miles Lennox, Tadd Dameron, Matt Wong, Thelonious Monk, and Joe Block
Standards Revisited: The Legacy of Juilliard Jazz
Guest Conductors: Brandon Lee, Jennifer Krupa, Ryan Keberle
Composers Performed: Charles Strouse, Irving Berlin, Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein, Charlie Parker, Hoagy Carmichael, Kenny Barron, Thelonious Monk, Eric Miller, Kurt Stockdale, Ryan Keberle, and Ellis Marsalis
Trumpet Playing Arrangers: Eddie Sauter, Neal Hefti, Gerald Wilson, and Charles Tolliver
Guest Conductor: Tatum Greenblatt
The Clave Over Time: From Jelly Roll Morton to Today
Guest Conductor: José Madera
Composers Performed: Jelly Roll Morton, Chico O’Farrill, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Moisés Simons, Tito Puente, Robert Wright, Bobby Manrique, and Bronislaw Kaper
Ballads, Bebop, and the Blues: Showcasing Music by Student Writers
Guest Conductor: Andy Farber
Juilliard Small Ensembles
The Hot Five and Hot Sevens
Composer Performed: Louis Armstrong and Lil Hardin Armstrong
The Latin Tinge: Eddie Palmieri and Chico O’Farrill
Music Inspired by Minton’s: Gillespie, Monk, Parker, and Their Disciples
In This House on This Morning: Music From the Church
Composers Performed: Duke Ellington, Issac Watts, King Curtis, Charles Gabriel, Ralph Carmichael, and Andraé Crouch
What We Hear: Student Compositions
20 Years of Juilliard Jazz: Duke Ellington Ensemble
Composers Performed: Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and John Lewis
20 Years of Juilliard Jazz: Betty Carter Ensemble
All Student Work
20 Years of Juilliard Jazz: Dave Brubeck Ensemble
Composers Performed: Blue Mitchell, Nat King Cole, Gerry Mulligan, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Slide Hampton, and Joe Henderson
20 Years of Juilliard Jazz: An Anniversary Celebration
Composers Performed: Jerome Kern, John Coltrane, Mongo Santamaria, Michel Legrand, Sam Chess, Donald Vega, and Zoe Obadia
What We Heard: Our Alumni Compositions
Composers Performed: Clovis Nicolas, Reuben Allen, Alexa Tarantino, Addison Frei, Immanuel Wilkins, and Dave Baron
Unsung Women of Color in Jazz
Composers Performed: Geri Allen, Lil Armstrong, Dorothy Donegan, Terry Pollard, Hazel Scott, Mamie Smith, Ginger Smock, Valaida Snow, and Lizz Wright
2019–20
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Ah’ That’s Freedom
Guest Conductor: Jeff Hamilton
Arranged by Thad Jones
On The Cutting Edge: Vincent Gardner, Carlos Henriquez, Sherman Irby, Elliot Mason, Marcus Printup
Guest Conductor: Vincent Gardner
Classics From the Classic Era of Swing: Basie, Dorsey, Ellington, Goodman, Miller, Shaw
Guest Conductor: Scotty Barnhart
The Music of Chick Corea
Guest Conductor: Tim Armacost
Small Ensembles
The Beat Goes On: The Art Blakey Sound
Guest Coach: Bobby Watson
Composers Performed: Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Benny Golson, Bobby Watson, Horace Silver, and Freddie Hubbard
The Conceptual Genius of John Lewis and George Russell
Guest Coach: Aaron Diehl
Rhythm Masters: Gonzaga, Pixinguinha, Joplin, Morton
Jazz Singers of Civil Rights: Nina Simone, Bob Dorough, Abbey Lincoln, and Oscar Brown Jr.
Guest Coach: Carmen Lundy
The Music of John Coltrane
Americana: Folk, Country, and Church Music
Guest Coach: Doug Wamble
Composers Performed: Jimmie Rodgers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Professor Alex Bradford, Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, Curtis Burrell, and Charles H. Gabriel
Music Influenced by Jazz: Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas, Marquis Hill, and Kurt Rosenwinkel
Guest Coach: Jonathan Finlayson
Buddy Bolden: Jazz Pioneer
Guest Coach: Dr. Michael White
2018–19
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Kenya by Machito
Guest Conductor: José Madera
Master of Orchestration
Guest Conductor: Brandon Lee
Composers Performed: Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Thad Jones, Neal Hefti, Harry Warren, Al Cohn, and Harlan Leonard
JEN Conference Scholarship Concert Performance
Guest Trumpet: Sean Jones
Guest Saxophone: Antonio Hart
Guest Drummer: Peter Erksine
Guest Saxophone: Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
Guest Drummer: Alex Acuña
Composers Performed: Thad Jones, Duke Ellington, Neal Hefti, Bob Brookmeyer, Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chano Pozo
The Music of Modern Southerners: Chris Crenshaw and Victor Goines
Guest Conductor: Chris Crenshaw
Guest Conductor: Victor Goines
Millennials Make Their Mark
Guest Conductor: Andy Farber
Composers Performed: Matt Wong, Michael Thomas, Joseph Block, Jihye Lee, Steen Feifke, and Kyle Athayde
The Music of Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk
Guest Conductor: Wynton Marsalis
Small Ensembles
The Ambassadors: Armstrong, Goodman, Ellington, Brubeck, and Gillespie
Guest Coach: Loren Schoenberg
New Orleans Rhythm Kings and Queens of the Blues
Titans of Brazilian Music: Pixinguinha, Moacir Santos, and Antonio Carlos Jobim
Joint performance with students from ESPM in Sao Paoulo, Brazil
Playing in the Spirit: Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane, and McCoy Tyner
Guest Coach: Todd Williams
Billie Holiday: Swing Song Tradition
Guest Coach: Marion Felder
Guest Vocalist: Carla Cook
Lennie Tristano and Charlie Parker
Ballads, Blues, and Shouts: American Folk Music
Guest Coach: Doug Wamble
All Student Work
Power to the People: Wes Montgomery, Eddie Harris, and Rashaan Roland Kirk
What We Hear: Student Compositions
Ornette Coleman and Charlie Park
Guest Coach: Ted Nasher