Yale will celebrate its 300th anniversary and a century of music-making in Woolsey Hall with a special Tercentennial gala concert titled "Royal Blue" on Thursday, April 19.

Sponsored by Fleet Bank, the concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and College streets. The event is free, but tickets are required. For tickets, call (203) 432-0300.

The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Yale Glee Club, Yale Camerata and organists performing on Woolsey Hall's Newberry Memorial Organ will join forces under the baton of John Mauceri, a world renowned conductor and Yale alumnus who is currently a visiting professor at the University. Mauceri is the principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

School of Music Dean Robert Blocker said he selected Mauceri to conduct this gala concert because of his flair for programming, his sense of theater and his strong connections to Yale's undergraduate musical life and the School of Music.

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death, the program will include the New Haven premiere of the composer's overture to "Aida" and the triumphal scene from the opera. Also featured will be Strauss' "Festive Prelude for Orchestra and Organ," the third movement of Ives' "Symphony No. 4," Hindemith's prelude, introduction and fugue from the requiem "For those we Loved," Walton's "Crown Imperial" and Thompson's "Alleluia."

A New York native, Mauceri graduated from Yale College in 1967 and earned an M.Phil. in 1970. He joined the Yale faculty in 1968 and served as music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 1973. He went on to conduct some of the world's foremost opera companies and symphony orchestras, among these the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Also known for his work in musical theater and film, he was appointed the principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in 1991, a position created especially for him. He also writes and hosts a two-hour classic radio show called "The Evening Concert" for KMZT in Los Angeles.

Mauceri's recordings include "The Gershwins in Hollywood," "The King and I" (with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley), "American Classics," "The Great Waltz," "Journey to the Stars" and "Prelude to a Kiss" (with Dee Dee Bridgewater). He also conducted the soundtrack to the motion picture "Evita," starring Madonna. He has won numerous awards, including a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for "Candide" in 1987, the Wavendon Award for Conductor of the Year (presented by Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret) in 1990, High Fidelity Magazine's Record of the Year for Gershwin's "Girl Crazy" in 1991 and Billboard's No. 1 Classical Crossover Award in 1993. He was presented a Yale Arts Alumni Award in 1985.

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