May 13, 2023
University Symphony Orchestra & Symphonic Chorus
Kimo Furumoto, Robert Istad, & Christopher Peterson, conductors
Framroze Virjee, President, California State University, Fullerton
Amir H. Dabirian, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (Interim)
Alexander Porter, Vice President, Administration and Finance/CFO
David Forgues, Vice President, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion
Rommel Hidalgo, Vice President, Information Technology
Tonantzin Oseguera, Vice President, Student Affairs
Gregory J. Saks, Vice President, University Advancement
Arnold Holland, EdD, Dean
Dave Mickey, Associate Dean
Bonnie Li Victorino, Academic Resource Manager
Christopher Johnson, Budget Coordinator
Heather Guzman, Assistant to the Deans
Visual Arts Special Projects, Jade Jewett
Dr. Randall Goldberg, Director, School of Music
Dr. James Hussar, Chair, Department of Visual Arts
Jamie Tucker, Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance
Jennifer Frias, Director, Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery
John Spiak, Director, Grand Central Art Center - Santa Ana
Ann Steichen, Director of Development
Erika Ochoa, Support Group Coordinator
Julie Bussell, Director, Marketing & Patron Services
Stephanie Tancredi, Box Office Manager
Heather Richards-Siddons
Marketing & Communications Specialist
Alvin Chiu, Graphic Designer
Jason Pano, Social Media Strategist
Greetings from the College of the Arts! It’s so good to have you back, and we have an exceptional spring season planned for you. With programming ranging from groundbreaking theatre productions to World-Premiere concerts, our spring offerings seem to shine a bit brighter this semester. On January 28, we kicked things off with the Visual Arts Modernization Project Preview Event and groundbreaking ceremony. More than 100 invited guests joined us for a sneak peek of the project as they engaged with some of the latest technology-driven art tools, experienced AR/VR project demonstrations by visual arts students, and viewed scale models of the complex. When completed, this renovation will transform our campus and community, positioning CSUF’s visual arts program – the largest in the Cal State system – as a leader in cutting-edge art education and practice within the CSUs. Follow our progress and join us on this extraordinary journey at art.fullerton.edu/vamod.
This season’s fresh slate of visual arts exhibitions and performing arts concerts and productions are sure to keep you coming back to campus! Beginning February 18, Begovich Gallery presents the exhibition “Figures, Poses, and Glances: The Coded Illustrations of J.C Leyendecker,” at MUZEO Museum & Cultural Center, exploring the coded depictions of queer culture in the eradefining images of this early twentieth-century American illustrator. The School of Music honors Black History Month with a performance of “Symphony No. 1 in E minor” by composer Florence Price – the first Black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. In Theatre, Maria Cominis’ “Women of Zalongo” weaves together the experiences of four generations of Greek women into a story of resilience, struggle, and survival. And in May, our student dancers and choreographers collaborate in rhythmic, expressive movement as “Spring Dance Theatre” returns to the Little Theatre.
Our diverse programming mirrors the diversity of the College of the Arts and is a testament to the values we hold. We embrace the possibility inherent in each of our students and celebrate their successes alongside them on their path to becoming future artists, educators, performers, and arts professionals. As patrons, donors, friends, and family, I know you also champion their success. Demonstrate your commitment to the future of the arts by supporting the Dean’s Fund for Excellence at any level. Donate today at arts.fullerton.edu/giving
I invite you to visit to campus our again for another performance, or to check out our progress as the Visual Arts Modernization Project moves into the next phase of construction. You may have even seen the walls of one of our new buildings going up along State College Blvd! Whatever brings you here, welcome. We are so proud to show you all that the College of the Arts at Cal State Fullerton has to offer.
Arnold Holland, Ed.D. 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
FULL-TIME 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 Zuniga - 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
Dr. Robert Watson - piano
Music Education, Teacher Training, and Teaching Credential
Dr. Christopher Peterson - choral
Dr. Dennis Siebenaler* - general
Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore - instrumental
Music in General Education
Dr. John Koegel*
Dr. Katherine Reed
Music History and LIterature
Dr. John Koegel - musicology
Dr. Katherine Reed - musicology
Strings
Kimo Furumoto - Director of Orchestra Studies
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. Mark Goodrich* - voice, academic voice courses
Dr. Robert Istad - Director of Choral Studies and University Singers
Dr. Kerry Jennings - Director of Opera
Dr. Christopher Peterson - CSUF Concert Choir and Singing Titans conductor
Patricia Prunty - 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 Symphonic Winds conductor
SCHOOL OF MUSIC 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
Sue Winston - Office Coordinator
* denotes Area Coordinator
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No One Can Hear Themselves Saying (world premiere) Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978)
Szu-yun (Eleanor) Wang, violin
Emma Hill, violin
Esra Arin, viola
Evan Heidebrink, cello
Kirsten Leon, soprano
I. Agnus Dei: Lento
II. Beat! Beat! Drums!: Allegro moderato
III. Reconciliation: Andantino
IV. Dirge for Two Veterans: Moderato alla marcia
V. The Angel of Death has been abroad: L’istesso tempo
VI. O man greatly beloved
Courtney Taylor, soprano
James Martin Schaefer, baritone
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UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kimo Furumoto, conductor
Violin
Emily Arnold
Charlotte Bouck
Ruisi Gong
Tayler Hinrichsen
Daryuish Khashayar
Emma Hill*#
Xueying (Lisa) Li
Soo Hyun Park
Ricardo Rios Medina
Jonathan Nagano
Jieming Tang
Kristina Tsanova#
Isaac Visoutsy#
Szu-yun (Eleanor) Wang +#
Xiao Wang#
Shaochong (Jimmy) Zhou
Bass
Ronald Allen
Andrew De Stackelberg
Nathan Eskridge*
Josia Sulaiman
Flute
Anthony Alcain
Michelle Chang*
Joseph Loi#
Kaylee Yeon
Oboe
Issac Chyun
Victoria Solis*
Trombone
Carlo Bonelli#
Zakary Brewer
Ashley Kocour
Jacob Marsh*#
Tuba
Michael Salgado#
Percussion
Andrew Alvidrez
Victoria Canonizado
Bradley Harris
Galadriel Pokraki*
John Sunderman*
Viola
Joshua Allen
Esra Arin*#
Yangyu Chen#
Valerie Jocson
Ty Kanauchi
Zoe Lee
Justine Williams
Xinyi Yan#
Cello
Evan Heidebrink*
Benjamin Her
Jiyeong Im
Michelle Jung
Edward Montalvo
Shane Nagatani
Ji Won Park
Ryan Phipps#
Julian Van Aalst
Quintessa Wedell
Clarinet
Daniel Hernandez#
Monserrat Rodriguez
Duarte Vale*#
Bassoon
Gildardo Alvarado#
Alejandra Conde#
Sloan Quessenberry*#
Horn
Alexander Delperdang*
Grant Laren
Sam Stevens#
Quitin Toma
Trumpet
Trevor Cannon
Ethan Hong
Michael Kerr*
Susanna Sun
Organ
Kevin Phan
Harp
Brian Noel + Concertmaster * Section Principal # Graduating Student
SYMPHONIC CHORUS
UNIVERSITY SINGERS
Robert Istad, conductor
Gukhui Han and Jared Pugh, graduate assistant conductors
Soprano 1
Beatriz
Avila Casillas**
Jordan
Birgy-Krasnoff**
Kirsten Leon* **
Mai Saito**
Soprano 2
Corina Gonzales
Gukhui Han* **
Jenna Hansen
Thalia Moore-Shearer
Alto 1
Adena Bentley**
Martina Goldring**
Bekka Knauer*
Ahlitney Lucas-Krebs
Alto 2
Hannah Black**
Joy Dorko
Elizabeth Provencio*
Jessica Salsgiver**
Tenor 1
Zachary Lindquist*
Sam Miller**
Jaime Reza
Frank Watnick
Tenor 2
Abraham Cervantes**
Evan Banks**
David Melendez**
Jared Pugh* **
Baritone
Daniel Freeman
Ashton Hackwith
Emilio
Lopez Felix* **
Dylan Leisure**
Bass
Adam Daruvala
Mitchell Sampang
Fernando Muñoz*
Bryce Livingston**
Soprano 1
Angel Hudak Hawkins
Lilah Hernandez
Alejandra Morales* **
Nya Nulty
Hannah Park
Sara Preston
Gabrielle Roberts
Abigail Sorber* **
Marissa Valenzuela
Soprano 2
Alliah Anid
Gabriela Atkinson
Sarah Cabrera
Alyssa Cavero
Irene Crain
Sarah Gediman
Sophia Khurana
Amber Napoli
Sidney Wu
Alto 1
Elizabeth Butler*
Kimberly Calica
Katelyn Cruz
Benny Fisher**
Emily Hernandez
Minji Kim
Emily Morley
Savana Thomas
Alto 2
Z Dickerson*
Karlee Dix
Gabriela Gonzalez
Madeline Miranda
Marilyn Negron
Elizabeth Provencio
Hyerin Song
Korie Smith
Melanie Whiter
CONCERT CHOIR
Christopher Peterson, conductor
Elizabeth Provencio, graduate assistant conductor
Tenor 1
Timothy Coleman**
Aron Demarest
Juan de Leon
Josh Evans **
Ryan Guidotti*
Enrique Ortega* **
Reinhard Siedenburg
Tenor 2
Michael Judge Ferrer
Jacob Gonzalez
Nathan Oelkers
Anthony Osborn
Alexei Rehorn
Bryce Rivera
Jakob Swetland**
Baritone
Walker Dixon
Michael Kronenberg**
Michael Monaghan
Allan Morales
Jeremy Peña-Barrios
Jack Pruitt**
David Pulanco
Bass
CJ Koehn
Jonathan Ongman*
Ben Reyes
Miles Rojo*
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, she grew up in Santa Cruz where she sang in folk music groups as a child with Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie.
In November 2019, Taylor 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, Taylor resides in Long Beach, California with her husband Todd Strange and their two dogs.
Baritone James Martin Schaefer has an active performing career throughout the United States. He has received wide acclaim in such operatic roles as Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Belcore in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, Elder Ott in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, and as Fiorello in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia Other operatic credits include The Mandarin in Puccini’s Turandot, and The Jailer in Puccini’s Tosca, including Maestro John Mauceri’s final appearance conducting opera as Director of Music of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and Dottore Grenvil in Verdi’s La Traviata. He has performed in numerous productions with Los Angeles Opera including Wagner’s Gotterdammerung, Lohengrin, and Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and he was a member of Opera Pacific’s O.P.E.R.A. artist program.
Recent performances include baritone soloist for the Pacific Chorale’s Paris Tour, singing the baritone solos for the Faure and Durufle Requiem, Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony Number Nine and Choral Fantasie, Arnold Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte with The Debut Orchestra, Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and Dona Nobis Pacem, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Les Noces, performed with Les Grande Ballet Canadien de Montreal and Erich Korngold’s song cycle, Fünf Lieder, in concert recital for the Pacific Symphony.
Schaefer has appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops Esplanade! Orchestra, the Pacific Chorale, the Long Beach Symphony, Les Grande Ballet Canadiens de Montreal, Opera San Luis Obispo, Distinguished Concerts International, New York, The Young Musician’s Fund Debut Orchestra, The California Quartet, Opera Pacific, the Bakersfield Symphony, the Roswell Symphony Orchestra, and the Long Beach Camerata.
Robert Istad is Director of Choral Studies at California State University, Fullerton and Artistic Director of Pacific Chorale. He regularly conducts and collaborates with Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Sony Classical Records, Yarlung Records, Berkshire Choral International, and Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. He and Pacific Chorale are featured on an album of Tarik O’Regan’s compositions on Yarlung Records and the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s live recording of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony on Deutsche Grammophon for which Istad won a GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance, on April 3, 2022. Istad has prepared choruses for a number of America’s finest conductors and orchestras, including: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carl St.Clair and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, as well as conductors Esa–Pekka Salonen, Keith Lockhart, Nicholas McGegan, Vasilly Sinaisky, Sir Andrew Davis, Bramwell Tovey, John Williams, Eugene Kohn, Eric Whitacre, Giancarlo Guerrero, Marin Alsop, George Fenton, and Robert Moody. He is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at California State University, Fullerton. He was recognized as CSUF’s 2016 Outstanding Professor of the Year. At CSU Fullerton, he conducts the University Singers, coordinates CSUF’s graduate choral conducting program, and teaches courses in conducting, performance practice and literature. Recently, he and the University Singers performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Bocelli, Kathleen Battle, recorded albums with Yarlung Records and with composer John Williams and Sony Classical.
Istad and his singers brought staged performances of David Lang’s little match girl passion throughout Spain in 2019. They performed a retrospective of Tarik O’Regan’s music for Distinguished Concerts International New York at Carnegie Hall in November 2015. They have performed at numerous regional and national ACDA conferences including the 2018 ACDA Western Division Conference and 2013 ACDA National Conference in Dallas, Texas. They also performed for the 2013 National Collegiate Choral Organization National Conference in Charleston, SC. Istad and the CSUF University Singers have performed all over the world, including a 2017 performance in Russia’s famous Glinka Cappella, a 2015 residency and performances in Paris, France, engagements at the 2012 Ottobeuren Festival of Music in Germany, the 2012 Eingen Festival of music in Germany, a 2010 performance for UNESCO in Pisa, Italy, and in 2008 at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
Istad received his Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, his Master of Music degree in choral conducting from California State University, Fullerton, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral music at the University of Southern California. He studied conducting with William Dehning, John Alexander, and Jon Hurty. He serves on the Executive Board of Directors of Chorus America, and as Dean of Chorus America’s Conducting Academy, and is in demand as an adjudicator, guest conductor, speaker and clinician throughout the nation.
Christopher Peterson is a teacher, conductor, choral clinician, author, editor, and choral arranger of music and books published in the United States and around the world. In his over thirty years as a music educator he has taught in elementary, middle school, high school, church, community, festival, and collegiate settings. He earned the Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Southern Maine in choral and instrumental music education and taught music for nine years in the public schools of Maine. He earned the Master of Music in Choral Conducting degree at the University of Maine, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education and Choral Conducting at Florida State University.
At CSUF Peterson trains and mentors undergraduate and graduate choral music educators and conductors and directs the Concert Choir and the Singing Titans Chorus. In May of 2019 he was honored as the University-wide recipient of the CSUF Carol Barnes Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has served as State Choral Representative and Southern Section President for the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), as well as the Western Division Representative for the National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) Council for Choral Education. He has also served the California Choral Directors Association in various offices, including CCDA President since 2021. His collegiate textbook “RESONANCE: The ART of the Choral Music Educator” is published by Pavane and is being used across the United States to train future choral music teachers and conductors.
Peterson has been invited to teach, judge, and conduct choirs in more than thirty US states, five Canadian Provinces, and nine countries including China, England, Sweden, Japan, Germany, New Zealand, and Holland, and has conducted All-State Choirs across the nation including Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, Wisconsin, and California. He also holds the position of Director of Music at Irvine United Congregational Church in Irvine, CA. His “hobby” for many decades has been enjoying singing barbershop harmony, and he is a BHS District Quartet Champion baritone, a top-5 medalist chorus director, and a four-time gold medalist with the Masters of Harmony, nine-time International Men’s Chorus Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Kimo Furumoto is the Orchestra Director at California State University, Fullerton. He is also Music Director and Conductor of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra (West Virginia) as well as the Whittier Regional Symphony. His guest conducting appearances have taken him throughout the United States and Europe with many stellar orchestras.
Previous positions include music director of the Concert Orchestra at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music, conducting assistant with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with noted conductors such as Leonard Bernstein and Robert Shaw.
Furumoto holds degrees in conducting from Chapman University and the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music. His ballet “The Mandarin Ducks” has been enthusiastically received by audiences.
