The Wind and Percussion Program at Cal State Fullerton offers an exciting and enriching variety of opportunities for a diverse education. From symphonic winds to orchestra and jazz bands to chamber ensembles, the Music Department at CSUF provides its students with a wide range of repertoire and performance skills to meet the demands of today’s musicians.

The University Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and University Band, with an emphasis on musical performance, are part of an ongoing tradition aimed to perpetuate and maintain a great American cultural heritage. These ensembles perform music by composers including Sousa, Gershwin, Bernstein, Ives, Copland and others. Through the study and performance of this genré, musicians will not only develop an appreciation for the music of our time, but will further the tradition of excellence in wind performance at Cal State Fullerton, as well as the traditions of the American Concert Band.

Jazz Ensembles are active in performing a wide variety of styles; from the cutting edge contemporary styles of Maria Schneider and Bob Mintzer to the classics of Count Basie and Duke Ellington. They perform regular concerts on campus and at top local, regional and international jazz festivals. Students may also audition for any of the jazz combos. All students on campus, regardless of major, are encouraged to audition. From participation in these groups, students are prepared for the numerous jazz and commercial performing opportunities available in the region.

University Orchestra is dedicated to the training of outstanding instrumentalists in the performance of a wide range of styles in the orchestral repertoire. In addition to the regular concert series, the orchestra collaborates with University choruses, Opera Theatre, CSUF faculty-artists and internationally renowned guest artists. Students have numerous opportunities to study orchestral repertoire in master class settings with CSUF faculty and other professionals from throughout the United States and abroad.

Diverse Instrument Ensemble, the Department’s cutting edge group, is open to all music majors by audition and/or consent of the director. The ensemble consists of a wide range of winds, brass and percussion, along with electric keyboards, and electric and amplified guitars. The ensemble performs reorchestrations, deconstructions and adaptations of a wide range of repertoire from the Middle Ages to the present.

Other performance opportunities include a variety of chamber ensembles.

Wind & Percussion Faculty
The faculty brings a unique mixture of professional and teaching experience to the university. All are professional musicians working in their fields, representing every aspect of the music performance industry.
> Marc R. Dickey, director, Symphonic Band
> Mitchell Fennell, director, University Wind Ensemble
> Kimo Furumoto, conductor, University Symphony Orchestra
> Lloyd Rodgers, director, Diverse Instrument Ensemble
> Charles (Chuck) Tumlinson, director, jazz ensembles

Applied Faculty
> Cynthia Ellis, flute, flute ensemble
> Diane Alancraig, flute
> Larry Timm, oboe
> Håkan Rosengren, clarinet
> James Rötter, saxophone
> Rebecca Rivera, bassoon
> John Steinmetz, bassoon
> Steven Mahpar, horn, horn ensemble
> Todd Miller horn, percussion
> Mark Garrabrant, trumpet, brass methods
> Robert Sanders, trombone
> Doug Tornquist, tuba
> Jim Lorbeer, percussion ensemble
> Jeff Ellwood, jazz saxophone
> Paul Kreibich, drum set
> Andy Martin, jazz trombone

Auditions
All students wishing to study woodwinds or brass at Cal State Fullerton must audition.
Audition information is available
1.) Online for Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
or;
2.) Watch your mail for information sent from the music department, or;
3.) Contact area coordinator, Dr. Mitchell Fennell, listed below, for more information.
Both scholarship/entrance auditions for incoming students are scheduled in the spring of each year. Students who hope to begin study in a spring semester may make special arrangements for an audition through the area coordinator.

To Learn More
Contact: Mitchell Fennell at
(657) 278-7102 or
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Write:
California State University, Fullerton
Department of Music
P.O. Box 6850
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850

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