CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON CSUF SCHOOL OF MUSIC
SYLVIA A. ALVA
President, California State University, Fullerton
AMIR H. DABIRIAN
Provost and VP for Academic Affairs (Interim)
ARNOLD HOLLAND, EDD Dean, College of the Arts
DR. RANDALL GOLDBERG Director, School of Music
KIMO FURUMOTO
Assistant Director, School of Music
BONGSHIN KO
Assistant Director, School of Music
SCHOOL OF MUSIC FULL-TIME FACULTY AND STAFF
Faculty
Conducting
Kimo Furumoto – instrumental
Dr. Robert Istad – choral
Dr. Dustin Barr – instrumental
Jazz and Commercial Music
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
Ning An – piano
Bill Cunliffe – jazz piano
Alison Edwards* – piano, piano pedagogy, class piano
Myong-Joo Lee – 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 Powers – 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. 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
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
Staff
Michael August – Production Manager
Eric Dries – Music Librarian
William Lemley – Audio Technician
Jeff Lewis – Audio Engineer
Chris Searight – Music Instrumental Services
Paul Shirts – Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth Williams – Business Manager
* denotes Area Coordinator
Welcome to the Spring 2024 Performing Arts Season at Cal State Fullerton’s College of the Arts. Whether you are a first-time or long-time patron, a friend, or parent to one of our exceptional students, thank you for joining us. Your support makes all the difference to their success.
I am pleased to present another semester of programming powered by the incredible gifts of our Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre students. This spring, the School of Music starts the season with a trio of concerts February 16–18 by artists-in-residence Talich Quartet; faculty artist Damon Zick and his Quarteto Nuevo featuring fellow faculty artist Bill Cunliffe; and University Symphony Orchestra. In May, University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus will close the concert season with a performance of Mozart’s emotionally charged “Requiem.” Begovich Gallery presents the Begovich Visual Arts Lecture Series with visiting artists’ talks throughout the semester, including multidisciplinary artist Hings Lim on February 22, whose work will also be exhibited at Grand Central Art Center. The Department of Theatre and Dance begins their season in March with “Marisol,” a darkly comedic fantasy where the title character must find hope in a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn where angels are taking up arms and coffee is extinct. Hilarious, multiple Tony award-winning modern musical send-up “Urinetown” closes the theatre season just as CSUF’s dancers and choreographers take to the stage for “Spring Dance Theatre.”
When our students demonstrate their talents on stage and in the studio, their creative energy is undeniable, but the sacrifice and struggle it took to get there is often less perceptible. We can’t see the hours spent creating, the days of rehearsals, and the years of practice. For many students, the sparks of innovation and artistry that drove them to pursue the arts are often diminished by the high cost of an education. The Dean’s Fund for Excellence provides support for students in need through scholarships, artist residencies, and other financial assistance, ensuring them the opportunity to thrive in the arts. If you believe in their sparks of brilliance, please consider a donation of any amount to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence.
Thank you again for joining us this season and for championing the arts in higher education. I hope to see you at one of the college’s many performances and events this spring.
Sincerely,
Arnold Holland, EdD Dean, College of the Arts
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FRIDAY MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
9:00am
SONORA HS SYMPHONIC BAND
Jerome Diebolt, director
American Barndance
RICHARD L. SAUCEDO
Kalos Eidos (Kaleidoscope)
CAROL BIRTTIN CHAMBERS
9:30am
LA SERNA HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Matt Rohrs, director
Lord Tullamore
CARL WITTROCK
Existence Infinite ROSSANO GALANTE
10:00am
LOARA HS 4TH PERIOD BAND
Scott Domingues, director
Slava!
LEONARD BERNSTEIN, TRANS. GRUNDMAN
Kingfishers Catch Fire
JOHN MACKEY
Following falls and falls of rain
Kingfishers catch fire
10:30am
KATELLA HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Dylan Harlan, director
Chorale and Jubiloso
JAMES BARNES
Elements BRIAN BALMAGES Air Water Earth Fire
12:45pm
CSUF UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WINDS
Gregory Xavier Whitmore, conductor
Johnston Nguyen, graduate student conductor
John Hallberg, CSUF faculty saxophone soloist
Fanfare, Hymn, and Finale (2018) PETER BOYER (b. 1970)
Pacem (2005)
ROBERT SPITTAL (b. 1963)
Johnston Ngyuen, graduate student conductor
Aria & Allegro (1989)
GREGORY PASCUZZI (b. 1952)
John Hallberg, faculty saxophone soloist
FRIDAY MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
11:00am
SAN ELIJO MS WIND SYMPHONY
Anastasia Homes, director
Pelican Dance
STEVE DUNN
La Belle Ame
GARY D. ZIEK
Deus Ex Machina
RANDALL D. STANDRIDGE
11:30am
CATHEDRAL CITY
HS SYMPHONY BAND
Matthew Howe, director
Dream of Ember, Dream of Star
DAVID BIEDENBENDER
Until the Scars
JOHN MACKEY
2:00pm
SAN MARCOS HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Geoffrey Radant, director
The Winged Stallion
ROSANNO GALANTE
Shadow Rituals
MICHAEL MARKOWSKI
2:30pm
SHADOW HILLS HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Willard Lacro, director
Mt. Everest ROSANNO GALANTE
Chasing Sunlight CAIT NISHIMURA
Vesuvius
FRANK TICHELI
3:00pm
SANTA MONICA HS
SAMOHI WIND ENSEMBLE
Kevin McKeown, director
Amen!
CARLOS SIMON
Lively
Soulfully
Mysteriously
Candide Suite
LEONARD BERNSTEIN, ARR. GRUNDMAN
Make Our Garden Grow
3:30pm
SAVANNA HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Fernando Penaloza and James Cervantes, directors
Fantasia in G Major
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR. GOLDMAN
Halycon Hearts
KATAHJ COPLEY
English Folk Song Suite
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
March: Seventeen Come Sunday
Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
March: Folk Songs from Somerset
FRIDAY MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
4:00pm
SAN MARCOS HS WIND SYMPHONY
Geoffrey Radant, director
The Gum-Suckers March
PERCY GRAINGER
Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa IRA HEARSHEN
After the Thunderer
Awayday ADAM GORB
4:30pm
MIRA MESA HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Jeanne Christensen, director
Victory ROSSANO GALANTE
Alleluia! Laudamus Te ALFRED REED
5:45pm
CSUF UNIVERSITY WIND SYMPHONY
Dustin Barr, conductor
Daniel Castellanos, graduate student conductor
Rong-Huey Liu, CSUF faculty oboe soloist
La Silla (2023)
JUAN PABLO CONTRERAS (b. 1987) (Consortium Premiere Performance)
Children’s March (1919)
PERCY GRAINGER (1882-1961), ED. ERICKSON
Daniel Castellanos, graduate student conductor
apricity (2023)
HILARY PURRINGTON (b. 1990)
if you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy joy is not made to be a crumb (Consortium Premiere Performance)
Legacy Concerto for Oboe and Wind Band (2015)
OSCAR NAVARRO (b. 1981)
Rong-Huey Liu, CSUF faculty oboe soloist
SATURDAY MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
9:00am
CALIFORNIA HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Denny Bui, director
Kirkpatrick Fanfare ANDREW BOYSEN JR.
Meditation
DWAYNE S. MILBURN
Undertow
JOHN MACKEY
9:30am
TESORO HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Taylor Smith, director
Undertow
JOHN MACKEY
O Magnum Mysterium
MORTEN LAURDISEN
ARR. H. ROBERT REYNOLDS
The Hounds of Spring
ALFRED REED
10:00am
RANCHO CUCAMONGA HS
WIND ENSEMBLE
James Ana, director
Festive Overture
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH TRANS. HUNSBERGER
Stillwater
KELIJAH DUNTON
Windsprints
RICHARD SAUCEDO
10:30am
JOHN F. KENNEDY HS
SYMPHONIC WINDS
Joshua Parsons, director
Irish Tune from County Derry
PERCY GRAINGER ED. ROGERS
The Red Machine
PETER GRAHAM
11:00am
LA QUINTA HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Dave Jewett, director
Critical Mass TODD STALTER
Cajun Folk Songs
FRANK TICHELI
La Belle et Capitaine Belle
11:30am
SOUTH POINTE MS WIND ENSEMBLE
Susan Willmering, director
Second Suite in F
GUSTAV HOLST
ARR. ROBERT LONGFIELD March
Song without Words: “I’ll Love my Love”
Song of the Blacksmith
Fantasia on the Dargason
Redemption
ROSSANO GALANTE
J.S. Jig
BRANT KARRICK
SATURDAY MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
12:45pm
CSUF UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WINDS
Gregory Xavier Whitmore, conductor
Johnston Nguyen, graduate student conductor
John Hallberg, CSUF faculty saxophone soloist
Fanfare, Hymn, and Finale (2018)
PETER BOYER (b. 1970)
Pacem (2005)
ROBERT SPITTAL (b. 1963)
Johnston Ngyuen, graduate student conductor
Aria & Allegro (1989)
GREGORY PASCUZZI (b. 1952)
John Hallberg, faculty saxophone soloist
2:00pm
BREA OLINDA HS WIND ENSEMBLE
James Charrette, director
Kentucky 1800
CLARE GRUNDMAN
Amazing Grace
FRANK TICHELI
El Camino Real
ALFRED REED, ARR. LONGFIELD 2:30pm
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HS
WIND ENSEMBLE
Bill Fritz, director
Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme
MICHAEL GANDOLFI
Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa
IRA HEARSHEN
After the Thunderer
3:00pm
GAHR HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Darren Loney and Matthew Miller, directors
Cry of the Last Unicorn ROSANNO GALANTE
Dancing Fire
KEVIN DAY
3:30pm
NORTHWOOD HS WIND ENSEMBLE
Whitney Tavlarides, director
Overture Jubiloso
FRANK ERICKSON
Arabesque
SAMUEL R. HAZO
SATURDAY MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
4:00pm
CANYON CREST ACADEMY WIND ENSEMBLE
Amy Villanova, director
A Movement for Rosa MARK CAMPHOUSE
Timba GIOVANNI SANTOS
4:30pm
NORTHWOOD HS WIND SYMPHONY
Ben Case and Cole Quizon, directors
Overture to “Candid” LEONARD BERNSTEIN TRANS. GRUNDMAN
Aurora Awakes JOHN MACKEY
5:45pm
CSUF UNIVERSITY WIND SYMPHONY
Dustin Barr, conductor
Daniel Castellanos, graduate student conductor
Rong-Huey Liu, CSUF faculty oboe soloist
La Silla (2023)
JUAN PABLO CONTRERAS (b. 1987) (Consortium Premiere Performance)
Children’s March (1919)
PERCY GRAINGER (1882-1961), ED. ERICKSON
Daniel Castellanos, graduate student conductor apricity (2023)
HILARY PURRINGTON (b. 1990)
if you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy joy is not made to be a crumb (Consortium Premiere Performance)
Legacy Concerto for Oboe and Wind Band (2015)
OSCAR NAVARRO (b. 1981)
Rong-Huey Liu, CSUF faculty oboe soloist
Flute
Christian Azarias
Janeva Garibay
Karla Hernandez
Shawnee Herrera
Krystal Jasso
Rogelio Justo
Jeffrey Nguyen
Aylin Zuazo
Oboe
Brett Houston
Megan Kimmel
Bassoon
Gil Alvardao
Alejandra Conde
Albert Godinez
Clarinet
Shawn Bryant
Adan Hernandez
Julio Hernandez
Aaron Luthi
CSUF UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WINDS
Ryan Nguyen
Matt Prichard
Jesus Santiago
Joshua Schaefer
Saxophone
Lennon Gamez (alto)
Silvia Ibarra (alto)
Andrew Ramos (alto, tenor)
Jon Salarda (baritone)
Trumpet
Dominick Bonelli
Carl Fong
Alonna Freeborne
Andrew Gonzalez
Isaac Montano
Yasmin Olmos
Julian Quiroz
Isaiah Soto
James Teubner
Rudy Xool
Horn
Alex Gellatly
Tim Moy
Anthony Olague
Quintin Toma
Trombone
Gio Gallegos
Arnold Garcia
Rami El Ghossaini
Luis Hernandez
Matheu Padua
Bass Trombone
Nikolas Hernandez
Nicholas Perez
Euphonium
Stephen Lopez
Jackson Nguyen
Tuba
Dre Barlow
Gregory Barnes
Double Bass
Andrew de Stackelberg
Percussion
Cameron Abrahamson
Maritza Alejos
Daussel Echevarria
Sylvie Furman
Gabriela Guzman
Peyton Johnson
Diego Mendoza
Piano
Julia Chubb
Harp
Brian Noel
Flute
Anthony Alcain
Daniella Arditti
Joel Charboneau
Crystal Lee
Oboe
Issac Chyun
Luke Dodson
Johnston Nguyen
Bassoon
Elizabeth Low-Atwater
Emma
Johnson Miranda
Clarinet
Grigorii Avetisian
Rodney Borg
Daniel Hernandez
James Nguyen
Manami Ogura
CSUF UNIVERSITY WIND SYMPHONY
Monserrat Rodriguez
Josiah Sanchez
Tomoya Sano
Saxophone
Julio Hernandez
Joshua Lopez
Kimberly Orozco
Sam Tobilla
Colin Ward
Trumpet
Trevor Cannon
Ethan Hong
Michael Kerr
Christian Perez
Alex Santiago
Taylor Shirley
Susanna Sun
Horn
Alexander Delperdang
Jeffrey Gumpertz
Grant Laren
Dan Lozada
Trombone
Zakary Brewer
Ashley Kocour
Bryan Melchor
Bass Trombone
Carlo Bonelli
Euphonium
Dylan Barnum
Chris Zavala
Tuba
Eduardo Bonilla
Miguel Jimenez Maldonado
Cody Kleinhans
Percussion
Andrew Alvidrez
Wilson Le
Salvador Montano
Galadriel Pokracki
Jesus Santamaria
John Sunderman
Jacob Wetzel
Piano
Haosen Wang
Harp
Brian Noel
Music Librarians
Daniel Castellanos
Emma Johnson
Miranda
Johnston Nguyen
Logistics Manager
Daniel Hernandez
ABOUT THE FACULTY ARTISTS
John Hallberg, a native of Southern California, is a saxophone performer and educator currently based in Southern California. He has performed across the United States, Europe, and Asia in venues such as Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Segerstrom Hall, Mozart Concert Hall of Zuhai, McCormick Place, Bovard Auditorium, and at numerous university campuses around the world. He has performed under the batons of notable conductors such as H. Robert Reynolds, Frank Battisti, Ray Cramer, Carl St. Clair, Larry Rachleff, Richard Heidel, and John Carnahan.
John is currently on faculty at California State UniversityFullerton, The Colburn School, and the Orange County School of the Arts. Additionally, he has previously taught applied saxophone at the University of Southern California. Many of his students have gone on to successfully audition into leading undergraduate, graduate, and teaching credential programs, as well as have gone on to successfully compete in North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) solo and chamber music competitions, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) solo and chamber music competitions, and multiple California honor bands.
John received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance with minors in Music Theory and Analysis, Music Technology, and Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California. He also holds a Master of Arts degree from The University of Iowa, and a Bachelor of Music degree from The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University-Long Beach. In his free time, John enjoys cooking, playing chess, and spending time with his wife and two children.
John is a Yamaha Performing Artist and plays on Yamaha Saxophones exclusively.
Taiwanese American oboist Rong-Huey Liu is a California-based high demand multi-faceted artist. As soloist, she has performed concertos of Bach, Corigliano, Daugherty, Ferran, Kalliwoda, Lebrun, Marcello, Mozart, Navarro, Saul, and Strauss.
As a Hollywood recording studio musician, Rong-Huey has collaborated with celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Chris Botti, Andrea Bocelli, Spinal Tap, The Who, and Weird Al. Her cinema credits include “Star Wars VIII,” “Hocus Pocus II,” “Disenchanted,” “Agents of SHIELD,” and “A Jazzman’s Blues,” to name a few.
Rong-Huey holds the principal oboe positions in the Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Ballet, Fresno Philharmonic, and Riverside County Philharmonic. She regularly performs and teaches at the music festival including the Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy (FOOSA).
Deeply committed to music education, Rong-Huey builds a diverse oboe studio with students from various cultures and frequently serves as guest artist at numerous institutes. She holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. She is currently the oboe professor at California State University Fullerton, La Sierra University, and Riverside City College. Rong-Huey is a Marigaux Artist.
ABOUT THE GRADUATE ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS
Johnston Nguyen is a passionate music educator, conductor, and oboist. He is currently a graduate student at California State University, Fullerton, where he studies wind conducting with Dr. Dustin Barr and oboe with Dr. Rong-Huey Liu. Nguyen is the inaugural recipient of the Alan V. Stang, PhD Endowed Scholarship for Instrumental Wind Conducting. Prior to graduate studies at CSUF, Nguyen was the Band Director at Palm Desert Charter Middle School in Palm Desert, CA where he taught Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Concert Band, Beginning Band, and Music Appreciation. At PDCMS, he led students through numerous festivals, competitions, and community engagement events. In 2020, he presented along with Dr. Marc Dickey on “Demystifying Oboe and Bassoon Octave Keys” at the annual Southern California Band and Orchestra Association Conference.
Johnston completed his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, also at California State University, Fullerton. As an undergraduate, he played in the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Winds, University Band, Symphony Orchestra, various chamber ensembles and received the Willard and Virginia Dickey Instrumental Music Education Student Teacher Scholarship.
Daniel Castellanos is a graduate assistant at California State University, Fullerton. He is currently studying wind conducting under the guidance of Dr. Dustin Barr and previously studied saxophone with Dr. John Hallberg. Castellanos earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education and a teaching credential from CSUF before starting his graduate studies. During his undergraduate studies, he played saxophone with the nationally recognized CSUF University Wind Symphony as an ensemble player and soloist.
After earning his bachelor's degree, Daniel taught at Day Creek Intermediate School, John L. Golden Elementary, and C.P. Lightfoot Elementary. While teaching in the Etiwanda School District, the Day Creek Intermediate Ensembles received Unanimous Superior ratings from the Southern California Band and Orchestra Association. Moreover, musicians from the Day Creek Bands were selected to perform with the SCSBOA All-Southern and CBDA All-State honor groups.
Daniel teaches applied saxophone lessons at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, California. He is passionate about helping young musicians succeed and strongly advocates for music education in public schools.
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
Dustin Barr is Director of Wind Studies and Associate Professor of Music at California State University, Fullerton where he actively manages all aspects of the university’s comprehensive band program, conducts the 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.
Dustin’s research includes working extensively with theatre director Jerald Schwiebert on the melding of performance theory with various movement theories and disciplines to establish innovative pedagogical approaches to teaching conducting. Their co-authored text, Expressive Conducting: Movement and Performance Theory for Conductors, was published by Routledge in 2018. This work has made Barr a highly regarded pedagogue in the field of conducting. He has given numerous masterclasses throughout the USA and in Spain. Furthermore, his research on Scandinavian music for chamber wind ensembles has produced published performance editions of Asger Lund Christiansen’s Octet, op. 43 and Svend Schultz’s Divertimento for Wind Octet.
Dustin is a recipient of numerous accolades for his conducting and scholarly work. Signal honors include the CSUF Wind Symphony’s invitations to perform at the 2019 National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association and the 2023 California All State Music Education Conference. The 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. Barr has been a guest conductor of prominent ensembles like the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” is a winner of the American Prize’s Ernst Bacon Award for the Performance of American Music, a finalist for the American Prize in conducting, a Rackham Merit Fellow at the University of Michigan, and he was recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent young conductors as part of the 2010 National Band Association’s Young Conductor Mentor Project.
Dustin holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Michigan. He received his Master of Music degree and Bachelor of Music degree from California State University, Fullerton. His principal conducting mentors include Michael Haithcock and Mitchell Fennell.
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
Gregory Xavier 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.
Gregg’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, Gregg 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. He 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, Gregg 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, Gregg has presented research at music education symposia in the United States and abroad. His 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”.
Gregg 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 Gregg Whitmore at gwhitmore.com
The SCHOOL OF MUSIC was among the first academic programs offered when Cal State Fullerton opened its main campus in 1960. From the very beginning, the emphasis on musical performance in an academically stimulating environment has been a cornerstone of the School of Music.
The members of the CSUF Wind Symphony and CSUF Symphonic Winds study and perform music as part of an overall university curriculum that prepares musicians for careers in the performing arts, education and business. With a strong emphasis on musical performance, the students in both of these ensembles are also part of an ongoing effort to perpetuate and maintain a great American cultural tradition.
Our purpose in studying and performing this music is to develop an appreciation for the music of our time, to further the tradition of excellence in wind performance at Cal State Fullerton as well as the traditions of the American concert band, and to provide an educational foundation from which our students and audience can contribute to the cultural landscape of society.
ADJUDICATORS AND FESTIVAL PERSONNEL
ADJUDICATORS
Glenn D. Price
CalTech: Director, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Director of Performing and Visual Arts
Christine Lundahl
La Sierra University: Interim Conductor, University Orchestra
Cal Poly Pomona: Conductor, Symphonic Winds
Kevin Mayse
Riverside City College: Conductor, RCC Wind Ensemble
FESTIVAL PERSONNEL
Dustin Barr
Director of Bands Associate Professor of Music
Charlotte Bouck
Audition Coordinator and Production Assistant
CSUF College of the Arts
Miguel Jimenez Maldonado President, Omicron Pi Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
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Terri & Bob Niccum
Stanley Mark Ryan
$100,000 - $999,000
Darryl Curran
Gregory & Shawna Ellis
David & Shirley Sepel
William Wagner
$25,000 - $99,999
Lee Begovich
Johnny Carson Foundation
Leo Freedman Foundation
Karyn L. Hayter
Robin & Steve Kalota
Sallie Mitchell Revocable Trust
Donna & Ernest Schroeder
Sue & Dr. Edward A. Sullivan
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
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Apple Inc.
Drs. Joseph and Voiza Arnold
Robin de la Llata Aimé & John B. Aimé
EMC Associates, Ltd
Ellen M. and William A. Groves
Kathleen A. Hein
J. P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund
Marianne R. Kreter
Eleanore & James Monroe
Lucina L. Moses & John Brennan
Dana Praitis
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Dr. Kristin K. Stang & Dr.Gordon P. Capp
Jeffrey A. Stang & Lisa McDaniel Stang
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