Juilliard Celebration 2024: “Get Happy” | Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, Dance
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05-Feb-2024
The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and Juilliard Dance Class of 2027 team up for a lively and inspiring performance of “Get Happy” as part of the 2024 Juilliard Celebration: A Benefit for Scholarship.
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Harold Arlen (1905-86)
Ted Koehler (1894-1973)
Arr. Billy May (1916-2004)
“Get Happy”
World Premiere Choreography by Denys Drozdyuk (BFA ’09, Greene Fellow)
Kate Kortum (BM ’25, jazz studies), Vocalist
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Juilliard Dance Class of 2027
Aaron Flagg (BM ’92, MM ’93, trumpet; jazz chair and associate director), Conductor
Taylor LaBruzzo, Rehearsal Assistant
Antonina Skobina, Rehearsal Assistant
Performed and recorded on February 5, 2024, at Peter Jay Sharp Theater
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