Bill Cunliffe jazz piano; arranging; Fullerton Jazz Orchestra, Fullerton Big Band and combo director
Rodolfo Zuñiga* jazz studies, jazz percussion, and music techology; Fullerton Chamber Jazz Ensemble director
PIANO, ORGAN, PIANO PEDAGOGY
Bill Cunliffe jazz piano
Alison Edwards* piano, piano pedagogy, class piano
Dr. Robert Watson piano
MUSIC EDUCATION, TEACHER TRAINING, AND TEACHING CREDENTIAL
Dr. Christopher Peterson choral
Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore* instrumental
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Dr. John Koegel*
Dr. Katherine Reed
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Dr. Vivianne Asturizaga musicology
Dr. John Koegel* musicology
Dr. Katherine Reed musicology
STRINGS
Kimo Furumoto Director of Orchestra Studies and University Symphony Orchestra conductor
Bongshin Ko cello
Dr. Ernest Salem* violin
THEORY AND COMPOSITION
Dr. Hesam Abedini composition, theory
Dr. Pamela Madsen composition, theory
Dr. Ken Walicki* composition, theory
VOCAL, CHORAL, AND OPERA
Dr. Robert Istad* Director of Choral Studies and University Singers conductor
Dr. Kerry Jennings* Director of Opera
Dr. Christopher Peterson CSUF Concert Choir and Singing Titans conductor
Dr. Joni Y. Prado* voice, academic voice courses
Dr. Bri’Ann Wright general education
WOODWINDS, BRASS, AND PERCUSSION
Dr. Dustin Barr Director of Wind Band Studies, University Wind Symphony, University Band
Jean Ferrandis* flute
Sycil Mathai* trumpet
Ken McGrath* percussion
Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore
University Symphonic Winds conductor
Michael Yoshimi* clarinet
STAFF
Michael August Production Manager
Eric Dries Music Librarian
Gretchen Estes-Parker Office Coordinator
Will Lemley Audio Technician
Jeff Lewis Audio Engineer
Chris Searight Musical Instrument Services
Paul Shirts Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth Williams Business Manager
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Welcome to the Fall 2025 performing and visual arts season at Cal State Fullerton’s College of the Arts. Each new semester, our campus comes to life with the energy and creativity of thousands of arts students eager to share their unique visions. Whether you’re returning to our venues or here for the first time, we are so excited to present another season to you. Thank you for joining us.
On October 12, the School of Music presents the interdisciplinary performance “Shakespeare in Sound,” featuring the University Symphonic Winds along with vocal and theatre students. Later in the semester, “Here’s Johnny!: Celebrating 100 Years of Johnny Carson” swings its way onto the stage with a program of jazzy favorites on November 16. More toe tapping is in order when the Department of Theatre and Dance presents their fall musical “9 to 5,” based on the hit 1980 film and featuring the music of Dolly Parton. To close the season, “Fall Dance Theatre: Tethered” returns to the Hallberg Theatre with a fully interactive stage set for our dancers and choreographers to explore.
If you haven’t yet visited the College of the Arts Galleries, join us for the October 4 opening reception for the exhibitions Soo Kim: “(Charlie sings in the quietest voice)” and Carol Caroompas: “Mystical Unions.” Kim is known for her intricately cut and layered photographic work while trailblazing alumna Caroompas is widely recognized for her layered visual narratives. Don’t forget to stop by our student galleries while you’re there!
There are so many exhibitions, concerts, and performances to experience across the college this season, but they wouldn’t be possible without you – our extended Titan community. In every class, every rehearsal and with every hour spent in the studio, our students are pushing creative boundaries, but they need your support to thrive. The Dean’s Fund for Excellence provides arts students with necessary funds for scholarships, off-campus opportunities, and so much more. Help transform their potential into possibility by making a gift of any amount to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence today.
Thank you for joining us for this performance. Our students are ready to make the Fall 2025 season unforgettable, and we are so proud to share their artistry with you.
As the World Waits (2021) ........................... Mathew Campell (b. 1992)
Kalos Eidos (2020) ............................ Carol Britten Chambers (b. 1970)
Jared Seymour, conductor
Symphonic Dance No. 3,.......................... Clifton Williams (1923-1976) (“Fiesta”) (1964)
Midway March (1976) ...................................... John Williams (b. 1932)
Kevin Puts
Charm
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his opera Silent Night, Kevin Puts is hailed as one of the most important composers of his generation. Charm was commissioned by the American Composers Forum in 2012 as part of their BandQuest series, with the intention to create and promote new, fresh music to the educational band repertoire by today’s leading composers.
Charm is a short, joyful piece written in the meter 7/8. Of the title, Puts writes, “I decided to call it Charm because, for me, the music conjures up magic, good-luck charms and such, and I was also thinking of the other meaning of the word, that intangible quality possessed by certain people and places that truly can cast a spell.”
Michael Markowski
Shadow Rituals
Shadow Rituals was Michael Markowski’s first published work for concert band, written when the composer was 20 years old and a student at Arizona State University. The work won first prize in the 2006 Frank Ticheli Composition Contest in the Young Band category. Markowski describes Shadow Rituals as “rhythmic, energetic, and challenges the performer to constantly stay engaged in the music. The piece is a dark and mystical dance—a reflection of something primitive or ancient.”
Mathew Campbell
As the World Waits
As the World Waits is a response to 2020, serving as a call to action to help one another overcome adversity in the darkest of times. The work was originally titled, The Wait of the World, a play on words describing both the status and the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through developing a single motif from beginning to end, this piece allows performers and audiences alike experience patience, frustration, hope, and resolution.
Carol Britten Chambers
Kalos Eidos
Kalos Eidos is a programmatic work meant to portray the characteristics of a kaleidoscope.
I originally intended to title the piece Kaleidoscope, but as I began to learn more about the origin of the word, I became very intrigued. Most people know that a kaleidoscope is an optical device, or tube, containing mirrors and bits of colored glass or paper. When the tube is rotated, an endless variety of patterns can be seen. But the work itself is derived from the Greek words kalos (beautiful) and eidos (form or shape). The word “scope” refers to seeing or observing, thereby forming the complete definition: the observation of beautiful forms or shapes.
As I related this to music, I began to envision with my ears various colors and patterns, similar to what one sees with the eyes when viewing a kaleidoscope.
PROGRAM NOTES
The overall form of the piece is fast-slow-fast, depicting three main episodes. These episodes are somewhat different from each other, but they also share similar colors and patterns, as all kaleidoscopes do. The very ending is a reverse bookend of the beginning; in other words, the beginning simply starts and continues to get busier and more complex, while the ending gradually winds down until the kaleidoscope eventually stops spinning and comes to rest.
- Program Note by composer
Clifton Williams
Symphonic Dance No. 3 (“Fiesta”)
Symphonic Dance #3 “Fiesta” is one of five symphonic dances commissioned by the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 1964. Each of the five dances represents the spirit of a distinct time and place in San Antonio’s history. This dance reflects the excitement and color of the city’s many Mexican celebrations, which Williams called “the pageantry of Latin American celebration—street bands, bright costumes, the colorful legacy of a proud people.”
The introductory brass fanfare creates an atmosphere of tense anticipation, while the bells, solo trumpet, and woodwinds herald the arrival of an approaching festival. The brass announce a matador’s arrival to the bullring, and the finale evokes a joyous climax to the festivities. Williams rescored this work for band, and it was first performed in 1967 by
the University of Miami Band, where he was chairman of music theory and composition.
John Williams
Midway March
The Battle of Midway was a victory that some say was the turning point of the U.S. war against Japan during World War II. The jaunty nature of the march celebrates the victory but omits the high cost of a battle. The victory was so important to American morale that the name found its way into the lexicon of the country. Chicago’s Midway Airport, for example, was named for the battle. Key to the victory was the breaking of the Japanese Naval encryption codes. The war had been going badly for the U.S. and the Japanese planned to deliver a devastating blow to finish off the U.S. fleet at Midway. However, due to the U.S. Signals intelligence breaking the Japanese encryption code, the U.S. was able to plan a counterattack that led to eventual victory, although with great loss of U.S. life.
Williams references the code in his march with a repetitive set of staccato notes in the brass. The march was composed in 1976 as part of the soundtrack for an epic movie. Despite its big-name cast, the movie was not a smashing success, but in June 1992 a more successful re-edit of the extended version aired on the CBS network commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Regardless of the success of the film, the score produced one of Williams’s most popular marches, Midway March.
Piccolo
Cameron Barfield
Branden Gu
Flute
Cameron Barfield
Melissa Cordova
Emileia Edwards-M.
Branden Gu
Jared Guebara
Sam Julian
Dr. Kristin Kurianski
Jiayang Li
Jessica Lua
Eferyn Salti
Riley Whelan
Oboe
Jamie Gellatly
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Alonzo Zavala
Clarinet
Jonathan Bass
David Caro
Chris Cordero
Alex Grandstaff
Amanda K. Yepiz
Ana Lucia Dolores
Mitchell Rhine
Fiorella Vasquez
Bass Clarinet
Diego Esparza
Reem Sayed
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Sebastian Amador
Citlali Gamez
Katrina Horn
Shuxiang Jiang
Guillermo Nava Jimenez
Sage Kozaki
David Valdez
Josiah Zapata
Jacob Trejo
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Brooke Allred
Ashley Cruz Beatriz
Margareth Gongora
Leonardo Gutierrez
Matthew Hitt
Marybeth Preciado
Daniel Santos Cruz
McKenna Snyder
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Anthony D. Hilly
Cory Perez
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Patrick Boling
Mercedes Bracey
Gordon Capp
Corbin Morris
Aidan Mota
Julian Antonio Olvera
Sam Reynolds
Gustavo Rivera
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Mathew Weninger
Horn
Michael August
Alex Gellatly
Ren Guerrero
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Adam Sevilla
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Lucas A. Mociler
Summer Balthrop
Merri Lynn Casem
Mia Cisneros
Arnold Garcia
Daniel Hasegawa
Gregory Holtorf
Marcanthony Ponce
Asher Stetson
Bass Trombone
Tyler August
Anthony Bustillo
David Nguyen
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Olivia Barber
Alan Flores
Arturo Huerta Castro
Ryan McAlindin
Roger Rodriguez
Tuba
Damien Roldan
Mason Schoenfeld
Percussion
Esmeralda G. Amezquita
Ethan Arana
Sunii Dominguez
Julian Haughton
Seth Johnson
Justin Lidè
Jesus Reyes
Milo Sabat
Mark Stoffel
Madison J. Waiss
Piano
Jiayang Li
Graduate
Student Conductors
Emma Johnson Miranda
Jared Seymour
Ensemble Managers and Librarians
Emma Johnson Miranda
Ensemble
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Galadriel Pokracki
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
Dustin Barr
Dustin Barr is the Director of Wind Studies and Associate Professor of Music at California State University, Fullerton, where he leads the university’s comprehensive band program. He conducts the acclaimed University Wind Symphony and University Band, oversees the graduate wind conducting program, and teaches courses in conducting and music education. Prior experiences include appointments as Assistant Director of Bands at Michigan State University, Director of Bands at Mt. San Antonio College, and Assistant Director of Bands at Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California.
A leading pedagogue in the field of conducting, Barr collaborated with theatre director Jerald Schwiebert to integrate performance theory with various movement disciplines, pioneering innovative approaches to conducting instruction. Their co-authored book, Expressive Conducting: Movement and Performance Theory for Conductors (Routledge, 2018), has become an essential resource for conductors worldwide. His work in movement theory has resulted in invitations to present masterclasses and lectures throughout the USA and in Spain. Moreover, his research on Scandinavian chamber wind ensemble music resulted in published editions of Asger Lund Christiansen’s Octet, op. 43 and Svend Schultz’s Divertimento for Wind Octet.
Barr’s accomplishments have garnered wide recognition, including winning Second Prize of the 2024 American Prize in Conducting and Second Prize of the 2024 American Prize in Collegiate Wind Band Performance. His leadership of the CSUF University Wind Symphony has resulted in prestigious performances at the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) conferences at both national (2019) and regional (2024) levels, as well as a headlining performance at the 2023 California All State Music Education Conference. The University Wind Symphony’s 2022 album, Effigy, is another noteworthy achievement. This album features the music of composer Brian Baumbusch and was the result of innovative musical practices and remote recording projects undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Barr’s direction, the ensemble also received Third Prize in the 2021 American Prize Ernst Bacon Award for the Performance of American Music.
Barr has guest conducted prominent ensembles, including the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” and the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, in addition to numerous collegiate bands across the country. Additionally, he has appeared as guest conductor of leading municipal bands in Valencia and Almería, Spain. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Michigan, and both Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from California State University, Fullerton. His principal mentors include Michael Haithcock and Mitchell Fennell.
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