Pacific Jazz Combos
Mell Combo
Andrew Mell, director
Britt Combo
Sean Britt, director
Dubberly Combo
Jamie Dubberly, director
Fulkerson Combo
Melissa Fulkerson, director
Saturday, April 26, 2025
2:00 pm
Recital Hall
Beautiful Love (1931)
Little Sunflower (1967)
Honeysuckle Rose (1929)
Mell Combo
Alejandro Villalobos, trumpet
Jenna Kalik, vibraphone
Fabian Beltran, piano
There is No Greater Love (1936)
Iterations (2025)
Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 (1718–1720)
Britt Combo
Jamie Lue, violin
Victor Young (1899–1956)
Wayne King (1901–1985)
Egbert Van Alstyne (1878–1951)
Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008)
Fats Waller (1904–1943)
Isham Jones (1894–1956)
Don Parker (b. 2004)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) arr. Wesley Shafer
Warren Wigfall, tenor saxophone
Don Parker, guitar
Michael Andersen, bass
Wesley Shafer, drum set
If I had You (1928)
Lucky Southern (1972)
Bluesette (1962)
Wishing Well (2001)
Painted on Canvas (2012)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Dubberly Combo
Kai Hatton, trumpet
Bergen Finley, piano
Victor Camacho, bass
Pete Norman, drum set
Jimmy Campbell (1903–1967)
Reg Connelly (1895–1963)
Keith Jarrett (b. 1945)
Toots Thielmans (1922–2016) arr. Bergen Finley
Route 66 (1946)
Fulkerson Combo
Mike Stern (b. 1953)
Gregory Porter (b. 1971)
T Sammy Fain (1902–1989)
Bob Hilliard (1918–1971)
Bobby Troup (1918–1999)
Jordan Hendrickson, Ria Patel, Zoie Macapanpan, sopranos
Zoie Macapanpan, Shazza Lyons, Rebecca Mahon, altos
Jayden Laumeister, Leo Hearl, tenors
Ian Orejana, Austin Nie, basses
Michael Andersen, double bass
Sean Britt, guitar
Brian Kendrick, drum set
Andrew Mell joined University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music faculty as assistant professor of practice in jazz and music industry studies in 2023. As a bassist, Mell has performed across the country at renowned venues with jazz, Latin, classical, and popular music groups. He has shared the stage with celebrated artists such as Emilio Solla, Marcus Lewis, Jeffery Jenkins, and Mitch Towne. Mell has worked in many areas of the music industry. He has held the position of artistic operations coordinator for the Eugene Symphony, stage manager for the Stanford Jazz Festival, and recording engineer for the University of Oregon.
Mell holds a bachelor’s degree from Willamette University, a master’s degree from the University of Oregon, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He has also held the position of bass instructor at Willamette University and taught in the jazz and music technology departments at University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Sean Britt, a Massachusetts native, became the first guitarist for the Brubeck Institute Fellowship program at University of the Pacific in 2013. He was a member of the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (currently Pacific Jazz Ambassadors) which Downbeat Magazine named the best undergraduate jazz combo in their Student Awards Poll in 2016. Currently, he serves on Pacific’s jazz studies faculty. While at Pacific, Britt performed with visiting artists including Christian McBride, Stefon Harris and Chris and Darius Brubeck among others. Britt transferred to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City where he received his BFA in Jazz Studies. He went on to receive a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 2019.
At University of the Pacific Jamie Dubberly teaches advanced improvisation and intro to jazz. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Georgia, and a master’s degree in music from the Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford). Currently, he also on teaches the low brass studio, student chamber and jazz ensembles at California State University, Stanislaus.
A multitalented trombonist, composer, and bandleader, Dubberly moved to California in 2003. He has been a part of the burgeoning Bay Area Latin and jazz scenes and is currently a member of the following prominent ensembles: Avance, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Realistic Orchestra, Jazz Mafia Symphony, Montuno Swing, Brian Andres’s Afro Cuban Jazz Cartel, and Orquesta Dharma (leader). He also works frequently with notable Bay Area bands such as La Fuerza Gigante, Mazacote (Louie Romero).
Having come from a classical/orchestra background, Dubberly performs with Bay Area and Central Valley orchestras such as the Townsend Opera Orchestra (principal trombonist) or the Oakland Opera Orchestra. He has also performed with many internationally known acts such as The Manhattans, Joan Rivers, Bloodstone, and Gene Chandler and has performed along jazz artists such as Bobby Shew, Ernie Watts, Steve Davis (trombone), Arturo O'Farrill, Kenny Rampton, Doug Beavers, Alan Ferber, Marc Gross, Jimmy Greene, Paul Contos, and Mic Gillette. He has also performed with bands backing top salsa names including Frankie Vazquez, Tony Vega, Eddie Santiago, Willy Torres, Marco Bermudez, Tito Rojas, Willie Gonzales, and Cali Aleman.
Dubberly helped initiate a monthly jazz vespers service at First United Methodist Church in Modesto, California. Additionally, he has formed a Latin jazz orchestra, Dharma, which showcases his writing and arranging skills. Their debut album, Road Warrior, was selected as the "2011 next generation Latin jazz album of the year" by the latinjazzcorner.com and ranked number seven on Rudy Mangual’s "top ten albums of 2012" by Latin Beat Magazine.
Melissa Fulkerson is a lecturer in jazz studies and director of vocal jazz at University of the Pacific. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), where she studied privately with Julia Dollison. Also privately, she studied classical voice with San Francisco Opera member Bill Neely.
During her college years, Fulkerson performed as the lead soprano with the Santa Rosa Junior College Vocal Ensemble alongside such world-class artists as Bennett Friedman, Al Garth, Charles McNeal, and Julia Dollison. At CSUS she has performed in vocal jazz ensembles Vox2, C sus, and Jazz Singers under the direction of Kerry Marsh. With Fulkerson as the lead soprano, C sus took first place in the 2008 Reno Jazz Festival.
Fulkerson appeared in DownBeat magazine for winning the Solo Outstanding Performance award in 2010 and for the Large Vocal Ensemble award in 2011 and 2015. She has performed on CSUS’s DownBeat Award-winning album Pale Blue Dot and sang with the Jazz Singers on Ben Folds’s University A Cappella album. In 2014 she performed with Ben Folds and the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.
In addition to Pacific, Fulkerson has taught various jazz-related subjects at Natomas Charter School, American River College, Sierra College, and CSUS.
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