Jazz Orchestra: "Nutcracker Suite" by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Get into the swing of the holiday season as guest artist Stafford Hunter and the Interlochen Arts Academy Jazz Orchestra perform Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker Suite. A Grammy-nominated trombonist and 21-year veteran of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Hunter will lead the Arts Academy musicians in playful takes on Nutcracker favorites such as “Toot Toot Tootie Toot” (Dance of the Reed Pipes), “Danse of the Floreadores” (Waltz of the Flowers), and “Peanut Brittle Brigade” (March).

To learn more about the event, please download the PDF program below.

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