loadbang
Part of the 24th Annual New Music Series
February 27, 2024
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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>>liminal songs>> .................................................................... Christina George
Reckoning ................................................................................... Raven Chacon
Fragments from the Wasteland: ................................................ Pamela Madsen
The Burial of the Dead (2024) (WORLD PREMIERE)
Breath of Cinder Depth of Moss...................................................... Laura Cetilia ***** Intermission *****
I Am a Garden Adorned............................................................... Oscar Bettison
Bag of Bones ......................................................................
Niloufar Nourbakhsh
New York City-based new music chamber group loadbang is building a new kind of music for mixed ensemble of trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice. Since their founding in 2008, they have been praised as ‘cultivated’ by The New Yorker, ‘an extra-cool new music group’ and ‘exhilarating’ by the Baltimore Sun, ‘inventive’ by the New York Times and called a ‘formidable new-music force’ by TimeOutNY.
Creating ‘a sonic world unlike any other’ (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), their unique lung-powered instrumentation has provoked diverse responses from composers, resulting in a repertoire comprising an inclusive picture of composition today. In New York City, they have been recently presented by and performed at Miller Theater, Symphony Space, MATA, and by the Look and Listen Festival; on American tours at Da Camera of Houston, Rothko Chapel, and the Festival of New American Music at Sacramento State University; and internationally at Ostrava Days (Czech Republic), China- ASEAN Music Week (China), the Xinghai Conservatory of Music (China), Shanghai Symphony Hall (China), and the Musikverein (Vienna, Austria).
loadbang has premiered more than 400 works, written by members of the ensemble, emerging artists, and today’s leading composers. Their repertoire includes works by Pulitzer Prize winners David Lang and Charles Wuorinen; Rome Prize winners Andy Akiho and Paula Matthusen; and Guggenheim Fellows Chaya Czernowin, George Lewis, and Alex Mincek. Not content to dwell solely in the realm of notated music, loadbang is known for its searing and unpredictable improvisations, exploring the edges of instrumental and vocal timbre and technique, and blurring the line between composed and extemporaneous music. To this end, they have embarked on a project to record improvisations and improvised works written by members of the ensemble. These recordings are designed, fabricated, and released in handmade limited editions. loadbang can also be heard on a 2012 release of the music by John Cage on Avant Media Records, a 2013 release of the music of loadbang member Andy Kozar titled ‘On the end...’ on ANALOG Arts Records which was called ‘virtuosic’ by The New
ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE
Yorker, a 2014 release on ANALOG Arts Records titled ‘Monodramas,’ a 2015 release on New Focus Recordings titled ‘LUNGPOWERED’ which was called ‘new, confident, and weird’ by I Care If You Listen and ‘an album of quietly complex emotions’ by The New Yorker, a 2017 Bridge Records release titled ‘Charles Wuorinen, Vol. 3’, featuring the music of Charles Wuorinen, and a 2018 release on New Focus Recordings titled ‘old fires catch old buildings’ of which was said ‘Though they arrived on the scene without a repertoire to speak of, loadbang’s decadelong output now speaks for itself in quality and depth of involvement’ by I Care If You Listen.
loadbang is dedicated to education and cultivation of an enthusiasm for new music. They have worked with students ranging from elementary schoolers in the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids Program to college aged student composers at institutions including Columbia University, Cornell University, Manhattan School of Music, New York University, Peabody Conservatory, Princeton University, University of Buffalo, the University of California in San Diego, and Yale University. They are an ensemble-inresidence at the Charlotte New Music Festival, and through a partnership with the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Boston, they are on the performance faculty of Divergent Studio, a contemporary music festival for young performers and composers held each summer.
“Inventive” - NEW YORK TIMES
“formidable new-music force” - TIMEOUTNY “extra-cool new music group...a fascinating experience in sound and content”
- BALTIMORE SUN
“exhilarating” - BALTIMORE SUN
“a sonic world unlike any other”
- THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER
Brightwork newmusic
Thursday, February 22 at 8 p.m.
Meng Concert Hall
featuring Brightwork septet: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, Stacey Fraser, soprano
Brightwork newmusic Quartet featuring CSUF student award-winning work
Tuesday, March 26 at 8 p.m.
Meng Concert Hall
4:00-5:30pm student readings/ workshops (CPAC 254) 8 p.m. concert by quartet, to include at least one CSUF student piece
Galantrio: violin, cello, piano- performance/ workshop
Wednesday, April 24 at 8 p.m. CPAC 119
Composers Forum
Thursday, May 2 at 8 p.m.
Recital Hall
Loadbang Ensemble
Tuesday, February 27 at 8 p.m
Meng Concert Hall
Loadbang Ensemble Workshop with CSUF New Music Ensemble: Reading of Student Works
Wednesday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m
CPAC 119 (orchestra room)
Free admission
Nicholas Isherwood, The Electric Voice-bass/baritone & electronics
Tuesday, April 9 at 8 p.m.
Meng Concert Hall (April 10, workshop: CPAC 119)
New Music Ensemble
Wednesday, May 1 at 8pm CPAC 119
InterArts Collaborative Projects: The Art of Song
Tuesday, May 14 at 6 p.m. Recital Hall
featuring HEX Vocal Ensemble
$1,000,000 +
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
$10,000-$24,999
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
Louise P. Shamblen
Dr. Kristin K. Stang & Dr.Gordon P. Capp
Jeffrey A. Stang & Lisa McDaniel Stang
$5,000-$9,999
Boeing North American Fitness Inc.
Steven Caulk
Continuing Life LLC
Morningside of Fullerton
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Anonymous
Friends of Jazz, Inc
Leslie Garman
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