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November 18, 2003 :: No. 110

University Symphony Orchestra

Who: Cal State Fullerton Department of Music
   
What: University Symphony Orchestra, Kimo Furumoto, director
   
When: 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003
   
Program: Symphonic Fantasies
Berlioz........................ Rákoczy March from “The Damnation of Faust”
Ives............................. The Unanswered Question
Tchaikovsky.............. The Nutcracker Suite
Beethoven................. Symphony No. 5
   
Background:

Conductor Kimo Furumoto leads the University Orchestra at California State University, Fullerton, in their second concert this year. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at Cal State Fullerton, Furumoto is music director/conductor of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra in West Virginia. Previously, he held the director of orchestral activities and chair, string division at Ohio University, and music director of the Concert Orchestra position at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music. After completing a one-year position as conducting assistant with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, he was invited to return as a guest assistant conductor. He has also served as associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as guest conductor with orchestras both in the United States and Europe, and has worked with noted conductors such as Leonard Bernstein and Robert Shaw.

   
Admission: Advance sales $15; $10 with Titan Discount (student, senior or CSUF ID)
At the door all tickets $15
   
Box Office: Tickets available at the Performing Arts Center box office 657-278-3371. Hours: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Mondays-Fridays and one hour prior to performance. Or online at: tickets.com
   
Internet Site: http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/events/
   
Media Contact:

Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at 657-278-2434