Who: |
Department of Music at Cal State Fullerton |
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What: |
University Symphony Orchestra & University
Singers
Kimo Furumoto, conductor |
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When: |
4 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 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: |
Poulenc ..................... Gloria
Mussorgsky .............. Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) |
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Background: |
Conductor Kimo Furumoto continues to lead
the University Orchestra at California State University, Fullerton,
brining 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.
The University Singers have a long and distinguished
reputation as one of the United States’ finest collegiate
vocal ensembles, and have performed for numerous national
conventions, represented the United States at the first symposium
of the International Federation for Choral Music in Vienna
and have made appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta and Carlo Maria
Giulini, with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra under the direction
of John Mauceri, and with the Pacific Symphony under the direction
of Carl St. Clair. Last December marked the fifth consecutive
national holiday tour with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
led by Keith Lockhart. Director John Alexander is conductor
of the University Singers and Chamber Choir and oversees the
graduate and undergraduate conducting programs. He is artistic
director and conductor of the Pacific Chorale and has held
guest conducting engagements with the National Philharmonic
of Belgium, L’Orchester Lamoureaux de Paris, the Estonian
National Symphony, the Central Philharmonic of Beijing and
the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. |
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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., Mondays-Fridays
and one hour prior to performance. Or online at: www.tickets.com |
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Website: |
http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/events/ |
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Media Contact: |
Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at 657-278-2434 |