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
MUSIC IN GENERAL EDUCATION
Dr. John Koegel*
Dr. Katherine Reed
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE
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
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
* Denotes area coordinator
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.
Sincerely,
Arnold Holland, EdD Dean, College of the Arts
Opening Narration
PROGRAM
“Shakespeare In Sound”
CSUF UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WINDS
Gregory Xavier Whitmore, conductor
Rich Capparela, narrator
Trevor Canon • Andrew Levy • Kristen Lawrence
Em Nguyen • Cameron Rodriguez • Rudy Xool, guest soloists
Leo Van Bindsbergen - Tybalt • Malerie Tabayoyon - Tybalt
Rich Capparela, narrator
Canzon Duodecimi Toni (1597/1958)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554-1612), ed. King
Romeo & Juliet: Act One – Prologue - Ensemble
Terpsichore, Mvt. One (1981/1984) ...............................................
Andrew Levy, soloist
Kristen Lawrence, soloist
Bob Margolis (b. 1970)
Romeo & Juliet: Act One – Scene One: Benvolio & Romeo
Selections from “The Dansyere,” Mvt. 3 (1551/2002) ..... Tielman Susato (1510/15-1570) arr. Patrick Dunnigan
Romeo & Juliet: Act Two – Scene Two: Romeo & Juliet
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (1730) ......................Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Trevor Canon, soloist • Em Nguyen, soloist
Cameron Rodriguez, soloist
Con voce Festiva (1706) ................................................. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1787)
Kristen Lawrence, soloist • Em Nguyen, soloist
Cameron Rodriguez, soloist
Romeo & Juliet: Act Two – Scene Two: Juliet
Selections from “The Dansyere,” Mvt. 5 (1551/2002) .............................. Tielman Susato arr. Patrick Dunnigan
Romeo & Juliet: Act Three – Scene One: Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo
Terpsichore, Mvt. Four (1981/1984).............................................................. Bob Margolis
Kristen Lawrence, soloist
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Canzon Duodecimi Toni (1597/1958)
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Giovanni Gabrieli was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms. While not much is known about Gabrieli’s early life, he probably studied with his uncle, the composer Andrea Gabrieli; he may indeed have been brought up by him, as is implied in some of his later writing. He also went to Munich to study with the renowned Orlando de Lassus at the court of Duke Albrecht V; most likely he stayed there until about 1579. By 1584, he moved to Venice, where he became principal organist at Saint Mark’s Basilica in 1585, after Claudio Merulo left the post; following his uncle’s death the following year he took the post of principal composer as well.
Gabrieli’s career rose to further acclaim when he took the additional post of organist at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, another post he retained for his entire life. San Rocco was the most prestigious and wealthy of all the Venetian confraternities, and second only to San Marco itself in splendor of its musical establishment.
Though Gabrieli composed in many of the musical forms current at the time, he clearly preferred sacred vocal and instrumental music. He used the unusual layout of the San Marco church, with its two choir lofts facing each other, to create striking spatial effects. Most of his pieces are written so that a choir or instrumental group will first be heard from the left, followed by a response from the musicians to the right (antiphon). While this polychoral style had existed for decades—Adrian Willaert may have made use of it first, at least in Venice—Gabrieli pioneered the use of carefully specified groups of instruments and singers, with precise directions for instrumentation, and in more than two
groups. The acoustics were such in the church—and they have changed little in four hundred years—that instruments, correctly positioned, could be heard with perfect clarity at distant points. Thus instrumentation which looks strange on paper, for instance a single string player set against a large group of brass instruments, can be made to sound, in San Marco, in perfect balance.
- Program Note from Windrep.org
On Duodecimi Toni:
Giovanni Gabrieli’s music has been regarded as some of the most representative and influential music of the Renaissance, with much of it still performed regularly. Gabrieli, who served as organist at the Basilica San Marco in Venice, Italy, from 1584 until his death in 1612, wrote for voices, instrumental ensembles, and organ. The Basilica, itself an architectural wonder, contains a main floor flanked by a balcony high above on either side. Gabrieli would often take advantage of this space by placing instrumental choirs in both balconies, performing his music antiphonally.
Canzon duodecimi toni, from his Sacrae Symphoniae, uses two brass choirs which took full advantage of the space within the Basilica San Marco. Contrasting moments of majesty and introspection alternate within this work, creating a conversation between choirs and providing a unique and fascinating aural experience for the listener.
- Program Note from University of Kansas Wind Ensemble concert program, 20 October 2016
Terpsichore (1981/1984)
BOB MARGOLIS
Bob Margolis is an American composer and music publisher. He studied recorder with Bernard Krainis and pursued the study of music at Brooklyn College before transferring to the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied design.
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He later returned to Brooklyn College, completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in speech and television production in 1974. Margolis subsequently studied composition under William Schimmel and Robert Starer and orchestration with Arnold Rosner. He earned his Master of Arts degree from Brooklyn College in 1977. He is the owner of Manhattan Beach Music in Brooklyn, New York.
- Program Note from Windrep.org
On Terpsichore:
Terpsichore (1981/1984) is based upon dances from the Court of Henry IV of France by Michael Praetorius in 1612. Margolis details the piece:
Terpsichore is the Greek Muse of dancing. She is one of the nine Muses who are the daughters of Mnemosyne (the goddess of memory) and Zeus.
The beginning of this band work is a quiet invocation to the spirit of ancient dance, and is followed by a street scene depicting wild and savage goings-on. The energy level and tunes are explosive, the moods constantly and unpredictably changing. Speed, flexibility, and energy dominate. Towards the middle of the movement, a brass quintet plays the original Renaissance music upon which the movement is based. The invocation reappears, and the music ends in a florid swirl of notes.
The second movement begins with a quintet of gently chirping flutes, followed by a slow Spanish dance for solo harp and then band. Next comes a brazen ballet, Amazones; and finally a loud chime introduces a scintillating and vibrant jumping dance, or “volte,” coming to a breathless and abrupt close.
The third movement begins with a bright xylophone solo, followed by a series of “bourrées.” Sounds are bright and transparent. The end of the movement reproduces, as nearly as is possible in the modern symphonic band, the sound of an actual Renaissance wind band.
The final movement – the longest, most complex, and most exciting one – begins with a sprightly “gaillarde” for solo organ. This is followed by a series of warmly peaceful variations called “reprinses,” next comes a unique series of tunes that feature the individual instrumental choirs of the band. Finally, an exhilarating and strongly rhythmic “volte” first shows off the euphonium soloist and builds energy to a resplendent close.
The work is filled with symbolism and emotion, but two particular musical elements evoke aspects of the metaphysical in unexpected ways: the pervasive use of percussive metals and the choice of a lullaby at the end. The bright, glittering shimmer of the metal percussion recalls the imagery found in Ecclesiastes 12:7, “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” Although the physical body no longer endures, the soul, represented by the tuba, remains and sings a sweet, restful melody above the accompanying notes of the piano. By harmonizing with the other brass instruments, the soul initially lingers with the family, then, as indicated when the piano rises from the lowest D to the highest, it ascends to heaven. Dust…spirit…soul. As Shakespeare’s Prospero said, “We are such stuff as dreams are made on,” and what better way to end this piece than with a lullaby, rocking us to sleep and continuing the dream.
- Program Note from University of North Texas Symphonic Band concert program, 28 April 201
Selections
from “The Dansyere”
TIELMAN SUSATO
Tielman—or Tylman—Susato was a Renaissance composer, instrumentalist and publisher of music in Antwerp. While Susato’s place of birth is unknown, some scholars believe that because of his name —Susato meaning de Soest, of the town of Soest—he may be from the town of
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that name in Westphalia, or the town of Soest in The Netherlands.
Not much is known about his early life, but he begins appearing in various Antwerp archives around 1530 working as a calligrapher as well as an instrumentalist: trumpet, flute and tenor pipe are listed as instruments that he owned.
In 1543, he founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Netherlands. He could be found in Antwerp “At the Sign of the Crumhorn.” Until Susato set up his press in Antwerp, music printing had been done mainly in Italy, France and Germany. Soon afterwards, Susato was joined by Pierre Phalèse at Leuven and Christopher Plantin, also in Antwerp, and the Low Countries became a regional center of music publishing. It is possible that Susato also ran a musical instrument business, and he attempted several times to form partnerships with other publishers, but none was successful. In 1561 his son, Jacob Susato, who died in 1564, took over his publishing business. Tielman Susato first moved to Alkmaar, North Holland, and later to Sweden. The last known record of him dates from 1570.
Susato was also an accomplished composer. He wrote and published several books of masses and motets which are in the typical imitative polyphonic style of the time. He also wrote two books of chansons which were specifically designed to be sung by young, inexperienced singers: they are for only two or three voices. Most important of his publications in terms of distribution and influence were the Souterliedekens of Clemens non Papa, which were metrical psalm settings in Dutch, using the tunes of popular songs. They were hugely popular in the Netherlands in the 16th century.
Susato also was a prolific composer of instrumental music, and much of it is still recorded and performed today. He produced one book of dance music
in 1551, Het derde musyck boexken ... alderhande danserye, composed of pieces in simple but artistic arrangement. Most of these pieces are dance forms (allemandes, galliards, and so forth).
Often Susato dedicated his publications to prominent citizens of the town. Sometimes he devoted an entire volume to the works of one composer (for example Manchicourt and Crecquillon). Not surprisingly, he seems to have favored other Flemish composers as subjects for publication. He was also one of the first to publish music of the great late Renaissance composer Lassus.
On Selections from “The Dansyere:”
The Danserye is a set of instrumental dances based on popular tunes of the time, arranged by Susato and published in 1551 as Het derdemusyckboexken. With more than 50 individual dances in a variety of forms, the collection is notable for its simple textures and strict homophony. Specific instrumentation is not indicated, thus suggesting that the tunes were performed by whatever combination of winds and strings was available.
Selections from “The Danserye” is a new setting for wind band consisting of nine dances fashioned into an extended symphonic suite. The arrangement utilizes the full resources of the modern wind band, featuring various sections (or consorts of instruments) in alteration with powerful tutti passages. While the wind parts remain faithful to the original material, the dances are energized with a healthy dose of contemporary percussion effects and a significant part for acoustic guitar. This blend of sound generates a new but familiar element, thus making something very modern out of music that is more than 450 years old.
The arrangement was created for the Florida State University Symphonic Band and was premiered on April 17, 2002. The professional premiere by the Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin conducting, was
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on November 19, 2002, at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas.
- Program Note by Patrick Dunnigan
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (1730)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. Bach enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organization, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach’s compositions include the Brandenburg concerti, the Mass in B minor, The Well-Tempered Clavier, two Passions, keyboard works, and more than 300 cantatas, of which nearly 100 cantatas have been lost to posterity. His music is revered for its intellectual depth, technical command, and artistic beauty.
Bach was born in Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach, into a great musical family; his father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was the director of the town musicians, and all of his uncles were professional musicians. His father probably taught him to play violin and harpsichord, and his brother, Johann Christoph Bach, taught him the clavichord and exposed him to much contemporary music. Apparently at his own initiative, Bach attended St Michael’s School in Lüneburg for two years. After graduating, he held several musical posts across Germany: he served as Kapellmeister (director of music) to Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Cantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig, and Royal Court Composer to August III. Bach’s health and vision declined in 1749, and he died on 28 July 1750. Modern historians believe that his death was caused by a combination of stroke and pneumonia.
Bach’s abilities as an organist were highly respected throughout Europe during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized as a great composer until a revival of interest and
performances of his music in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is now generally regarded as one of the main composers of the Baroque period, and as one of the greatest composers of all time - Program Note from Windrep.org
On Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen: Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, possibly written in 1730, after the great burst of cantata-writing in his first years at the Thomaskirche, is a relatively unusual example, and one of the comparatively few cantatas for solo voice. The libretto, probably by Bach himself, is a perfectly conventional sacred text, appropriate to a specific Sunday in the Church Year, the 15th Sunday after Trinity, but Bach also added a note to the effect that this was appropriate for “all other times as well.” It is the vocal part itself that is unusual, however. The vast majority of his cantatas were written with the highly trained but limited boy’s voices of the Thomaskirche chorus in mind, but the solo part of Cantata 51 was clearly written for a professional and highly skilled soprano.
One possibility is that Bach wrote the solo part for his wife, Anna Magdalena, to be sung at some private function. (Women did not sing in the Thomaskirche choir.) Another possibility is that Bach wrote this showpiece with an eye towards impressing singers and potential patrons outside of Leipzig. One biographer has suggested that the cantata was written for the leading prima donna of the glittering Dresden court opera, Faustina Bordini, or perhaps even for the Dresden castrato Giovanni Bindi.
- Program Note from Peoria Symphony Orchestra
Con voce Festiva (1706) DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (also known as Domingo or Doménico Scarlatti 26 October 1685, Naples ‘(then
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a kingdom) – 23 July 1757, Madrid, Spain) was an Italian composer. Scarlatti was the sixth of ten children of the composer and teacher Alessandro Scarlatti. He first studied music under his father. Other composers who may have been his early teachers include Gaetano Greco, Francesco Gasparini, and Bernardo Pasquini, all of whom may have influenced his musical style. Muzio Clementi brought Scarlatti’s sonatas into the classical style by editing what is known to be its first publication.
Scarlatti was appointed as composer and organist at the royal chapel in Naples in 1701. In 1703, he revised Carlo Francesco Pollarolo’s opera Irene for performance at Naples. Soon afterward, his father sent him to Venice. After this, nothing is known of Scarlatti‘s life until 1709, when he went to Rome and entered the service of the exiled Polish queen Marie Casimire. Scarlatti was already an accomplished harpsichordist: he has been heralded as the “greatest Italian harpsichord composer of all time.” While in Rome, Scarlatti composed several operas for Queen Casimire›s private theatre. He was Maestro di Cappella at St. Peter‘s from 1715 to 1719. In 1719 he traveled to London to direct his opera Narciso at the King‘s Theatre.
Scarlatti was in Lisbon from 1719 to 1727. In 1729 he moved to Seville, staying for four years. In 1733 he went to Madrid as a music master to Princess Maria Barbara, who had married into the Spanish royal house. Scarlatti remained in the country for the remaining twenty-five years of his life and had five children
there. Among his compositions during his time in Madrid were most of the 555 keyboard sonatas for which he is best known.
Scarlatti is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style. Like his renowned father, Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas. Aside from these, Scarlatti composed a number of operas, cantatas, and liturgical pieces. Well-known works include the Stabat Mater of 1715 and the Salve Regina of 1757, which is thought to be his last composition.
Only a fraction of Scarlatti’s compositions were published during his lifetime; Scarlatti himself seems to have overseen the publication in 1738 of the most famous collection, his 30 Essercizi (Exercises). These were well received throughout Europe, and were championed by the foremost English writer on music of the eighteenth century, Charles Burney.
- Program Note from Windrep.org
On Con voce Festiva:
Con voce Festiva is one of seven arias by Scarlatti from his work, Arie con tromba sola. Composed in D Major and written in Italian, the piece is set to a lively, festive “giga” style – expressing joy. The aria features a prominent trumpet part that engages in an echo-like dialogue with the soprano voice.
UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WINDS
Flute
Kimberly Areas
Charlize Finlay
Nadia Fowler
Kelly Garcia
Jonathan Lim
Jessy Linares
Omar Lopez
Evan Posadas Miller
Oboe
America Dionati
Jaylen Eddins
Nalani Viray
Bassoon
Litzy Gonzalez
Valeria Guadamuz
Sebastian Montoya-Heredia
Clarinet
Susan Aguilar
Isabella Boschini
Mia Cruz
Diego Esparza
Eric Gong
Haley Hua
Charlotte Ly
Yvonne Martinez
Nathan Nguyen
Warren Robinson (E-Flat)
Rodrigo Sauceda
Joshua Schaefer
Charles Taylor
Alex Warner (BCL/Contra)
Nicholas Wilson
Justin Xieu
Saxophone
Ana Adame (alto)
Christopher Benitez (tenor)
Drake Bolt (alto)
Lennon Gamez (alto)
Andrea Gutierrez (alto)
Miles Luong-Gonzales (tenor)
Lorraine Ngyuen (alto)
Jon Salarda (baritone)
Daniel Saucedo (baritone)
Kaylee Vazquez (alto)
Trumpet
Oscar Cardoso
Miguel De Santiago
Angel Kuk
Isaiah Long
Adonai Mejia
Jordan Sandoval
Isaiah Velasquez
Jennifer Whiteman
Horn
Tyler Bartow
Samuel De los Santos
Alyssa Fuentes
Abraham Jaimes Sandoval
Trombone
Jesus Amaro Pineda
Jordi Campbell
Nestor Cuamani
Luis Hernandez
Milo Penner
Jacob Stone
Bass Trombone
Landon Barron
Nicholas Perez
Euphonium
Brianna Aponte
Derek Edous-Brauers
Nathan Linares
Tuba
Gregory Barnes
Christopher Gallo
Joshua Nava
Fabiola Padilla
Double Bass
Kevin Karagozian
Percussion
Jonathan Brown
Geneva Daniels
Dan Angelo Esguerra
Gabriela Guzman
Joshua Powell
Markie Rosas
Brooklynne Summers
Adam Van Boerum
Piano
Cameron Rodriguez
ABOUT THE ACTORS
Jonah Camacho
Jonah Camacho is a Junior BFA acting major here at California State University, Fullerton who is overjoyed to be invited again to the Meng Hall. Recently closing his first Shakespeare play, Comedy of Errors, as Antipholus of Syracuse, and before then, a Studio Series production on campus (The Day They Shot John Lennon), he owes substantial thanks to his acting director, Maria Cominis, and entire CSUF acting program for the opportunities it has provided him to explore with knowledge inside his passion. In the same vein, Jonah thanks “Shakespeare in Sound” for an idea he could have only dreamed of.
Nathan Camacho
Nathan Camacho is a current junior Acting BFA student here at Cal State University Fullerton. It’s his second time performing Shakespeare in Meng Hall, which he owes tremendous gratitude to Maria Cominis, his former acting professor, for making it possible both times. In his sophomore year, Nathan was cast in two CSUF Studio Series productions (The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later and Dryland). This semester, he’s also working on The House of Spirits (his first CSUF mainstage production) where he’ll be acting, singing, puppeteering, and playing guitar all in the same show. In addition, he’s playing “Dudard” in CSUF’s mainstage production of Rhinoceros coming in the Spring. Nathan is proud to be doing what he loves around a theatre community he loves doing it with.
Liam Somerville
Liam Somerville is a Junior Acting BFA who is thrilled to perform for the first time in Meng Hall! He would like to thank Maria Cominis for this wonderful opportunity! Liam is very grateful for the support he has from his friends, teachers, and parents, and looks forward to growing as both an actor and collaborator at CSUF.
Leo Van Bindsbergen
Leo Van Bindsbergen has over eight years of acting experience in the theatre, and is a junior BFA Acting student at Cal State Fullerton. During his time at CSUF, he has performed in Twelfth Night, Urinetown the Musical, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later and The Day They Shot John Lennon. He will be performing in the 2026 spring semester as ”Jean“ in Rhinoceros. He is thrilled to work towards his degree and perform with his cohort.
ABOUT THE ACTORS
Grace Gremel
Grace Gremel is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major here at California State University Fullerton. Grace grew up acting, singing, and dancing in her hometown, Stockton, California. She is so grateful to her professors, one of whom was Maria Cominis, for the transformative training and unforgettable opportunities she has had here at CSUF. You may have seen Grace as Little Sally in Urinetown, Young Eleni in Women of Zalongo, or as Callie/B in Lost Girl. You can also see her this November as Tess in The Gradient at Grand Central Theatre!
Malerie Tabayoyon
Malerie Tabayoyon (They/them) Tybalt (Act III)- Malerie is a 2nd year devised/physical theatre transfer student, and exuberant to make their Fullerton debut in this project! Malerie is from Sacramento, and performed in over two-dozen productions there, notable shows include American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, The Language of Flowers, Romeo and Juliet, My Corner, Julius Caesar, and Airness. During their studies here they hope to refine their craft and absorb all the knowledge they can. Their dream is to work as an equity actor, fight choreographer, and teach at the collegiate level!
Trevor Canon
Trevor Cannon, trumpet, is currently a senior music performance major studying at California State University, Fullerton. During his time under the baton of Dr. Dustin Barr and Maestro Furumoto in the University Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra, he has served as principal trumpet on many works including world premieres in addition to orchestral masterworks such as Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Johannes Brahms’s A German Requiem, and Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome. In addition to performance ensembles, Trevor also competed in the CSUF Music Associates Student Concerto/Aria Competition and received the 2nd place prize in 2024. Outside of CSUF he is an established music educator at Eleanor Roosevelt High School where he holds a private lesson studio of 20+ students in the Riverside County area. He owes a tremendous amount of gratitude to his trumpet professor at CSUF, Sycil Mathai, for his excellent guidance in trumpet performance and musical development.
Kristen Lawrence
After studying piano for five years, Kristen Lawrence began organ studies at age 12. She accepted an organ music scholarship to Brigham Young University, receiving her Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance and Pedagogy. Kristen plays organ with Pacific Symphony for their family concerts and youth orchestras at the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts. She also composes and records Halloween music, featuring many different musicians including Monte Pittman (guitarist for Madonna), Steve Bartek (guitarist and orchestrator for Danny Elfman), and grammy-winning percussionist MB Gordy.
A Keyboard Magazine review states, “If the Halloween Town of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas had a resident keyboardist, it would be Kristen Lawrence.” Rue Morgue Magazine’s music editor described Lawrence’s music this way: “With sweeping string arrangements, handsome lyrics and layers of her own graceful voice, Lawrence spins ethereal tales with a balance of macabre elements and kid-friendly whimsy ... that give her creations an instantly classic, fun-for-all-ages feel.”
Andrew Levy
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Andrew Levy has performed in the United States, the Netherlands, and Germany with groups including Voices of Music, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, the Royal Wind Music, American Bach Soloists, Marin Baroque, MUSA, and Ensemble Mirabile. He has served as a co-director of the East Bay Junior Recorder Society and taught at the SFEMS Recorder Workshop, Music Discovery Workshop, and Marin Headlands Workshop. He holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and the Royal Conservatory of the Hague. Andrew enjoys practicing karate and reading.
ABOUT THE MUSIC PERFORMERS
Em Nguyen
Soprano Em Nguyen is currently pursuing their Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at California State University, Fullerton. During their time at CSUF, Em has sung the roles of the First Spirit in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Mademoiselle Silberklang in a scene from Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor. Additionally, Em is an active choral singer in the University Singers and was recently selected as a featured soloist in the ensemble’s premiere performance of Lakbay ng Agila by Saunder Choi at the 2025 ACDA National Convention in Dallas, Texas. Outside of the School of Music, Em is also beginning a career as an emerging artist performing concert works with the Liminal Voices and Orchestra, Vietnamese traditional folk music with the Lac Hong Traditional Performing Arts organization and most recently, the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York. They are excited to be collaborating with the Symphonic Winds for this unique and immersive concert experience.
Cameron Rodriguez
Cameron Rodriguez is a dedicated musician, educator, and performer with a passion for using music to positively impact the world. He holds a Bachelor of Music in French horn Performance from Azusa Pacific University, where he studied with Stephanie Thomas. As a collaborative pianist, Cameron has had the opportunity to perform in various genres, including musical theater, classical, jazz, sacred, and popular music. Some of his recent accomplishments include playing piano and celesta with the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra in Branson, Missouri, and playing keyboard on the presentation of a new musical, The Last Used Car Lot in America. Cameron is now pursuing a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano Performance at California State University, Fullerton, studying with Dr. Robert Watson.
Rudy Xool
Rudy Xool is a current student at California State University, Fullerton studying for his Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance. He has been part of the Symphony Orchestra, University Wind Symphony and University Symphonic Winds. Some of his previous music ensembles have been the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Whitmore and The Southern California School Band & Orchestra Association (SCSBOA). Outside of CSUF he has been performing with his British Brass Band where he is Principal Cornet.
ABOUT THE THEATER FACULTY
Maria Cominis
Maria Cominis is a first-generation Greek American and lives, creates and works in Los Angeles, Orange County and New York. An actor, writer, and producer, she is in her twentieth year of teaching at CSUF. Recently, a guest speaker at the Hellenic American Women’s Council conference celebrating “Hollywood Muses”. She appeared in Gladys Magazine in Spring, 2023, 100 Success Stories. As a playwright, she is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Grant and has placed in the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference for her play WOMEN OF ZALONGO. Television: Hacks, New Girl, Desperate Housewives.
Anne James
Anne James brings over 40 years as a professional “working” actor in theatre, television, film, commercials and voiceovers in New York, Los Angeles and throughout the regions. Acting credits include: Film/Television: “The Unknowable,” “Delicate Condition,” “Mid Century,” “Law & Order SVU” (Recurring – 5 Seasons), “90210,” “Amelia’s 25th”, “Numb3rs,” “All My Children,” “Ed,” “Spin City,” “Guiding Light,” “Flatliners.” Theater: W.P.A (Off-Broadway), Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, New York Theatre Workshop, Virginia Stage, Utah Shakespeare Festival. She’s performed at Caroline’s Comedy Club, Upright Citizens Brigade, Chicago City Limits and The Groundlings. Teaching credits: Rutgers University; NYU; Loyola University New Orleans; Marymount Manhattan College; Neighborhood Playhouse. She currently serves as a Professor and the Area Coordinator for Devised Performance/Physical Theatre B.F.A program at California State University, Fullerton. She received her MFA from UC Irvine and a BA Degree from California State University, Fullerton. She is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voice Work, a Certified Yoga Instructor and served for sixteen years as the co-founder of Disneyland’s Vocal Health program.
Michael Polak
Michael Polak is part of the Devised Performance/ Physical Theatre faculty. He has choreographed stage violence for South Coast Repertory, Seattle Rep, La Mirada Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, 3D-Theatricals, New Swan Shakespeare Festival, CSUF, Concordia University, The Electric Company Theatre and others as well. As an actor he has worked at the Mint Theatre in NYC and regionally at: Pioneer Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare, A.C.T., Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Shakespeare Theatre, Playmaker’s Rep, Ensemble Theatre Company, & Hartford Stage, among others. Film and television credits include: BEL-AIR, 86 MELROSE AVENUE, THE CHRONICLES OF JESSICA WU, and MID-CENTURY. He received his M.F.A. from Penn State University and B.A. from California State University, Fullerton. www.michaelpolakactorfd.com
Sycil Mathai
Sycil Mathai is currently an Associate Professor of Trumpet at California State University Fullerton’s School of Music where he also serves as the Brass Area Coordinator. His musical career spans genres and ensembles like The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra to Broadway show in New York City and experimental new music ensembles. He has worked with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the dance companies of Merce Cunningham and Mark Morris Dance Group, and movie directors Andy Kaufman and the Coen Brothers. He has recorded for RCA, PBS, CBS, EA Sports, and Warner Classics, and has shared the stage with artists ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to Stevie Wonder to Plácido Domingo. He has premiered and recorded hundreds of works, celebrates the music of underrepresented composers, and has received multiple Grammy nominations for his work with The Knights orchestra. Sycil is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Texas Christian University, and State University of New York Fredonia.
Rob Watson
Rob Watson is Professor of Music (piano) and Director, Performance Science Centre Lab at California State University, Fullerton. As a solo pianist, he has played recitals in Austria, Bulgaria, China, England, Italy, Japan, and the USA, and he has performed chamber music with such outstanding musicians as the St. Petersburg String Quartet, and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony, and the Verdi Conservatory (Milan, Italy). His recordings were released on the Educo label.
In 2011, Watson was awarded a grant to establish the Performance Science Centre lab that serves as the nucleus of instruction and research into peak performance for musicians in the School of Music, at California State University, Fullerton. Beginning Fall 2020, he provides an introduction for all new undergraduate music students into principles of peak performance and musician-focused health and wellness. On a more advanced level, he is developing a post-baccalaureate certificate program, Performance Science for Musicians, as a science-based approach to optimal performance psychologically, physically, and healthfully.
In order to promote student performances, Watson created (spring, 2000) and curates a community outreach program, “Pianists In Performance,” under whose aegis CSUF piano students perform community concerts, and, under sponsorship from an intramural grant process, brings guests artists to campus for masterclasses, student interaction, and performances.
Watson is an alumnus of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the University of Notre Dame de Namur, and the University of Arizona, and he has worked with faculty of the Guildhall School (UK). He is a member of the Performing Arts Medicine Association, Music Teachers National Association, Music Teachers’ Association of California, and PI KAPPA LAMBDA, national music honor society.
ABOUT THE MUSIC FACULTY
Courtney Taylor
Courtney Taylor is a highly sought-after classically trained soprano who performs regularly as a soloist and preference chorister with Grammy® winning Los Angeles Opera Chorus and Los Angeles Master Chorale. A California native, Courtney grew up in Santa Cruz where she sang in folk music groups as a child with Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie.
In November 2019, Courtney made her Kennedy Center solo debut in 3 Paderewskis, a one-act opera from librettist Oliver Mayer and composer Jenni Brandon. She holds a Master's Degree in Vocal Performance from Manhattan School of Music, a Bachelor of Music from Chapman University, and a Graduate Certificate in Vocal Performance from USC.
Professionally performed opera roles include Pat Nixon in John Adams' Nixon in China, Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni, the title role in Puccini's Suor Angelica, Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata, Musetta in Puccini's La Boheme, and Countess in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro). Her performance as Marie alongside Deborah Voigt in Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna at the Aspen Music Festival received critical acclaim. Other notable performance companies include Orange County Opera, Pacific Opera Project, and Tuscia Opera Festival in Viterbo, Italy. She has sung on numerous film scores, including Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) for Maestro John Williams, Mulan (2020), and The Call of the Wild (2020).
A proud member of SAG-AFTRA and the American Guild of Musical Artists, she resides in Long Beach, California with her husband Todd Strange and their two dogs.
Rich Capparela
In 1972 an employment counselor asked Rich Capparela, “If you could be anything in the world, what would you be?” Without hesitation he replied, “A classical music radio announcer!” Today Rich is one of the best-known classical music radio personalities in the United States. He joined Los Angeles classical radio station KUSC-FM in 1980 as the morning host. He’s also known for his airwork at Southern California classical radio stations KMZT-FM and KFAC-FM. Nowadays he can be heard once again on KUSC-FM. His recording company, Cardiff Studios, produces commercials and programming for U.S. arts organizations, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Caparela’s appeared as narrator at Carnegie Hall in music by Benjamin Britten and has performed in Southern California with the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart, narrating The Night Before Christmas. In 2009 he began an association with the Metropolitan Opera when he started hosting the Met’s prestigious Western Region Finals competition. Capparela has hosted live radio broadcast concerts by the Pacific Symphony.
In December of 2001 as part of Los Angeles Music Week, Capparela was honored in chamber by the Los Angeles City Council for his contributions to the city’s music community.
In 2002 Capparela provided program notes for the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet’s Grammy nominated album LAGQ: Latin.Rich continued his association with the Grammys in February of 2004 when he presented the year’s classical Grammys in Los Angeles. In January 2010 Capparela hosted the Grammy Salute to Classical Music honoring Placido Domingo.
Capparela is active as a lead singer and guitarist with a three-piece cover rock band, Otherwise Normal. Rich and his wife Marcia, a retired independent school administrator, live in Santa Monica, California.
Gregory X. Whitmore
Gregory X. Whitmore is Conductor of the University Symphonic Winds at California State University Fullerton (CSUF). In addition to this artistic responsibility, he is an Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education and serves as Area Coordinator of the CSUF Music Education Department. He is also in his 10th season as Music Director of the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble, one of only a handful of youth wind ensembles connected to a group one professional symphony orchestra (Pacific Symphony) in the United States.
Whitmore’s previous appointments in higher education include tenure as Director of Bands at Irvine Valley College (Irvine, CA), Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut, CA), and College of the Desert (Palm Desert, CA). Prior to his work in higher education, he spent 13 years as Director of Bands at Cathedral City High School (Cathedral City, CA).
A proud Midwesterner and native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Whitmore earned his bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education from The University of Michigan School of Music, Theater and Dance. While a student at Michigan, he performed in the University of Michigan Symphony and Concert Bands; and led the University of Michigan Marching Band as “Michigan’s Man Up Front” - Drum Major - from 1999 to 2001 –becoming the second Black Drum Major in the history of the University of Michigan. Dr. Whitmore received his master’s degree in music with an emphasis in wind conducting from California State University Fullerton. He holds a master’s degree, and a doctorate in music and music education from Columbia University (Teachers College) in the city of New York.
A Second Place Winner of the 2017 American Prize in Conducting, Whitmore has conducted ensembles around the world in such notable concert venues as The Golden Hall of The Musikverein (Vienna), The Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna), The MuTh (Vienna), Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (Costa Mesa), Symphony Hall (Chicago), The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Carnegie Hall (New York City), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Meng Hall (Fullerton, California), Holy Trinity Church (Stratford, England), St. John’s Smith Square (London), Chateau Vaux le Vicomte (Paris), and Heidelberg Castle (Germany). Under his direction, the Cathedral City High School Symphony Band was selected to perform as the showcase ensemble during the 2008 California Band Directors Association Annual Convention. He is a conductor for the World Strides Honors Performance Series.
With a research interest in music educator values as operationalized into pedagogy, in addition to investigating the concert band as an artistic medium, Whitmore has presented research at music education symposia in the United States and abroad. He research has been published in Visions of Research in Music Education. He has been recognized in four editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and he has been included in the 2005/2006 Edition of the National Honor Roll’s Outstanding American Teachers He was selected to represent the State of California by School Band and Orchestra Magazine in the 2008 edition of “50 Band Directors Who Make a Difference.”
Whitmore belongs to professional organizations that include College Band Directors National Association, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, The National Association for Music Education, Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association, and the California Music Educators Association.
Learn more about Dr. Whitmore at gwhitmore.com
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Johnny Carson Foundation
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CSU Northridge Foundation
Leo Freedman Foundation
Ms. Susan Hallman in Memory of Ernie Sweet ‘77
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Mr. Steve & Mrs. Robin Kalota
Dr. Sallie Mitchell*
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Mrs. Louise Shamblen
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Mrs. Lee C. Begovich
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Mr. Bob & Mrs. Terri Niccum
Mr. Ernest & Mrs. Donna Schroeder
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Continuing Life LLC
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Mr. William S. Cornyn
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Ebell Club of Fullerton
Friends of Jazz, Inc.
Dr. Margaret Gordon
DONOR APPLAUSE
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Ms. Teri Kennady
Mrs. Jill Kurti Norman
Morningside of Fullerton
Mrs. Bettina Murphy
Mr. David Navarro
Dwight Richard Odle Foundation
Dr. Stephen Rochford, DMA
Southern California Arts Council
Swinerton Builders
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Mrs. Judy Atwell
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Mr. Tod Beckett-Frank
Ms. Karen Bell
Mr. John &
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Mr. Allan & Mrs. Janet Bridgford
Mrs. Marion Brockett
Mr. James & Mrs. Diane Case
Mr. Stephen Collier & Ms. Joann Driggers
Mr. William H. Cunliffe, Jr.
D Barry Schmitt Trust
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Mr. Gordon & Mrs. Lorra Dickinson
Mr. Kenneth & Mrs. Stacey Duran
Mr. Greg & Mrs. Shawna Ellis
Ms. Judi Elterman
Dr. Anne Fingal
Fullerton Families & Friends Foundation
The Jane Deming Fund
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Mrs. Janet M. Green
Mr. James Henriques
Mr. David &
Mrs. Margret Hoonsbeen
Mr. Mike Ibanez
Mr. Darren &
Mrs. Tatyana Jones
Ms. Michelle H. Jordan
Ms. Gladys Kares
Ronald L. Katz
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Family Foundation
Mr. Raymond & Mrs. Masako Kawase
Mr. Jeffrey & Mrs. Gayle Kenan
Dr. Kristin Kleinjans & Mr. Anthony Dukes
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Gifts received from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024
ONTIVEROS SOCIETY
The Ontiveros Society includes individuals who have provided a gift for Cal State Fullerton through their estate plan. We extend our deep appreciation to the following Ontiveros Society members, whose gifts will benefit the students and mission of the College of the Arts:
ANONYMOUS
JOHN ALEXANDER
LEE & DR. NICHOLAS A.* BEGOVICH
GAIL & MICHAEL COCHRAN
MARC R. DICKEY
JOANN DRIGGERS
BETTY EVERETT
CAROL J. GEISBAUER
& JOHN* GEISBAUER
SOPHIA & CHARLES GRAY
MARYLOUISE & ED HLAVAC
GRETCHEN KANNE
DR. BURTON L. KARSON
ANNE L. KRUZIC*
LOREEN & JOHN LOFTUS
ALAN A. MANNASON*
WILLIAM J. MCGARVEY*
DR. SALLIE MITCHELL*
ELEANORE P. & JAMES L. MONROE
LYNN & ROBERT MYERS
MR. BOB & MRS. TERRI NICCUM
DWIGHT RICHARD ODLE*
SHERRY & DR. GORDON PAINE
*deceased
DR. JUNE POLLAK
& MR. GEORGE POLLAK*
DR. STEPHEN M. ROCHFORD
MR. STAN MARK RYAN ‘75
MARY K. & WILLIAM SAMPSON
LORENA SIKORSKI
DOUGLAS G. STEWART
ANDREA J. & JEFFREY E. SWARD
RICHARD J. TAYLOR
VERNE WAGNER
RICHARD WULFF
DR. JAMES D. & DOTTIE YOUNG*
The College of the Arts Proudly Recognizes the 300+ Members of Our VOLUNTEER SUPPORT GROUPS
ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: The Alliance for the Performing Arts (formerly MAMM) benefits performing arts students through underwriting visiting artists; special theatre, dance, and music performances; and other unique experiences for members.
SPECIAL SUPPORT AND EVENT UNDERWRITING
Judy Atwell
Drs. Voiza & Joe Arnold
Dr. Margaret Faulwell Gordon
Susan Hallman
Norma Morris Richard Odle Estate
Kerry & John Phelps
Jeanie Stockwell Verne Wagner
ART ALLIANCE: Art Alliance promotes excellence and enjoyment in the visual arts, and their fundraising efforts contribute to student scholarship, gallery exhibitions, opening receptions and sculpture acquisition on campus.
SPECIAL SUPPORT AND EVENT UNDERWRITING
Fay Colmar
John DeLoof
Joann Driggers & Steve Collier
Loraine Walkington
MUSIC ASSOCIATES: Music Associates maintains a tradition of active involvement and community support, and raises scholarship funds for School of Music students through annual fundraising events and membership dues.
SPECIAL SUPPORT AND EVENT UNDERWRITING
Marilyn Carlson
Evelyn K. Francuz
Sandy & Norm Johnson
Marti & Bill Kurschat
Karen & George Mast
Thelma & Earl Mellott
Bettina Murphy
Grace & Ujinobu Niwa
Kerry & John Phelps
Mary & Jerry Reinhart
Ann & Thad Sandford
Dodo V. Standring
Carolyn & Tom Toby
John Van Wey
MORE INFORMATION: Haley Sanford • 657-278-2663
There are many ways to support the College of the Arts, the School of Music, Department of Theatre and Dance, and Department of Visual Arts
shape the future of the arts
The College of the Arts at Cal State Fullerton is one of the largest comprehensive arts campuses in the CSU system. We proudly serve as an academic institution of regional focus with national impact that combines rigorous arts training with cross-disciplinary exploration to encourage the artistic expression and individual achievement of thousands of students throughout the arts every day.
Our students’ success increasingly depends on the support of our community. More of our students are facing significant challenges to their ability to continue their education. Be part of the solution! We invite you to support the Dean’s Fund for Excellence. Help provide students with the education, the tools, and the opportunities to succeed both on campus and off.
Empower our students to become the successful creative professionals our economy so desperately needs! Consider making a gift of any amount to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence today.
COLLEGE OF THE ARTS • SELECT EVENTS | FALL 2025
*Molly Pease, mezzo-soprano, with David Bergstedt, piano
September 19 • Meng Concert Hall
33rd Annual Fall Choral Festival
September 27 • Meng Concert Hall
Simon Shiao, violin
October 2 • Meng Concert Hall
Soo Kim: (Charlie sings in the quietest voice) and Carole Caroompas: Mystical Unions
October 4, 2025 – May 17, 2026
College of the Arts Galleries
University Symphony Orchestra
October 4 • Meng Concert Hall
University Wind Symphony & Alumni Band: Alchemy of Sound
October 5 • Meng Concert Hall
Caroline Chin, violin
October 9 • Meng Concert Hall
Men on Boats
October 9–18 • Hallberg Theatre
9 to 5: The Musical
October 23–November 1 • Little Theatre
Shakespeare in Sound feat. the University Symphonic Winds
October 12 • Meng Concert Hall
University Singers and Concert Choir
October 19 • Meng Concert Hall
Fullerton Jazz Orchestra and Fullerton Jazz Chamber Ensemble
October 24 • Meng Concert Hall
Dr. Garik Pedersen, piano
October 25 • Meng Concert Hall
Ernest Salem, violin & Alison Edwards, piano
November 1 • Meng Concert Hall
Irina Kulikova, guitar
November 4 • Meng Concert Hall
The House of the Spirits
November 6–15 • Young Theatre
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
November 9 • Meng Concert Hall
Opera Scenes
November 14–16 • Recital Hall
Fullerton Pops Here’s Johnny: A Tribute to Johnny Carson feat. University Symphony Orchestra and Fullerton Jazz Orchestra
November 16 • Meng Concert Hall
Jazz Singers
November 19 • Meng Concert Hall
University Symphonic Winds
November 21 • Meng Concert Hall
Fall Dance Theatre: “Tethered”
December 4–13 • Hallberg Theatre
Fullerton Jazz Orchestra
December 5 • Meng Concert Hall
University Wind Symphony
December 7 • Meng Concert Hall
Titan Voices and Singing Titans
December 8 • Meng Concert Hall
Fullerton Jazz Chamber Ensemble and Fullerton Latin Ensemble
