May 3, 2004 :: No. 238
Who: |
Cal State Fullerton Department of Music |
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What: |
University Symphony Orchestra, Kimo Furumoto,
director
with guest clarinetist Virginia Figueiredo |
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When: |
4 p.m. Sunday, May 16, 2004 |
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Where: |
Little Theatre, California State University,
Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd. (Nutwood and State College Blvd.)
Fullerton |
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Program: |
Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet.........................
Debussy
Fanfare from “La Peri”...........................................
Dukas
Symphony No. 32 in G major............................... Mozart
Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”...
Mendelssohn
Short Ride in a Fast Machine...............................
Adams
Adagio for Strings...................................................
Barber
American in Paris...................................................
Gershwin |
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Background: |
Guest clarinetist Virginia Figueiredo is this
year’s winner of Cal State Fullerton’s Music Associates
Solo Competition. She began her musical studies at the age
of 7. Subsequently she studied at the Music Conservatory of
Coimbra and at the Superior School of Music in Lisbon where
she receive her bachelor’s degree. As a member of the
Orchestra of Wind Instruments in Coimbra she toured France,
Italy, Spain and Russia. She was also a member of the Youth
Symphony Orchestra in Lisbon. She has been heard in solo performances
with the Beiras Symphony Orchestra and the Youth Symphony
Orchestra in Portugal. Her primary clarinets teachers have
included Carlos Alves, Nuno Silva and Bruno Graça,
and has attended master classes with internationally renowned
clarinetists such as Jacques di Donato, Karl Leister, Joan
Lluna, Perez Piquer, Walter Seifarth, António Saiote,
Walter Boeykens, Philippe Cuper, and others. A founding member
of the Diaphonia Quintet, she has given performances throughout
Portugal and she was awarded top prize in chamber music category
in 2003 at the Portuguese Classic Radio in Portugal.
Figueiredo is currently a student in the Master of Music
program at the California State University, Fullerton where
she studies with Professor Håkan Rosengren through scholarships
from CSUF’s Department of Music, Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation and Foundation for the Science and the Technology,
both in Portugal.
Conductor Kimo Furumoto continues to lead the University Symphony
Orchestra at California State University, Fullerton, bringing
it to new musical and academic heights. In addition to Furumoto’s
responsibilities at Cal State Fullerton, he is music director/conductor
of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra in West Virginia. He
has been music director of the Concert Orchestra at the University
of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music, guest assistant
conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and 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. |
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Admission: |
Advance sales $15 ($10 with advance Titan discount
& $6 with advance CSUF student discount) At the door all
tickets $15 |
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Box Office: |
Tickets available at the Performing Arts Center
box office 657-278-3371. Hours: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday-Friday
and one hour prior to performance.
Or online at: www.tickets.com |
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Internet Site: |
http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/events/ |
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Media Contact: |
Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at
657-278-2434 |