WILLIAM CABISON CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER & PIANIST Curriculum Vitae
Name William Roxas Cabison Nationality USA Website williamcabison.com
Education 09/2013 - 06/2017 B.A. Music cum laude, Classical Piano University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Herb Alpert School of Music with Dean’s Medal. Acceptance into National German Honor Society, Delta Phi Alpha 06/2016 International Summer School Freie Universität Berlin 09/2009 - 06/2013 High school diploma Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, Los Angeles
Artistic Training 04/2018 - 06/2018 Orchestral conducting lessons. Maxim Kusin 07/2017 - 10/2017 Orchestral conducting lessons. Maxim Kusin 09/2016 - 06/2017 Piano lessons. David Kaplan, UCLA 09/2013 - 06/2016 Piano lessons. Walter Ponce, UCLA 09/2011 - 07/2013 Piano lessons. Miji Kim, Colburn Community School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles 2007 - 2011 Piano lessons. Mariana Sargsyan, Yamaha School of Music, Walnut, CA
Conducting Experience 06/2019 Guest supporting conductor (Sub-Conductor) Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. Lesley Leighton, conductor. Repertoire: crowd out (2014) by David Lang 04/2017 - 06/2017 Assistant conductor uclaFLUX. Maxim Kusin, conductor. Gloria Cheng, director Repertoire: (rehearsal only) Double Trio (2011) by Elliott Carter 01/2017 - 04/2017 Music director HOOLIGAN Theatre Company, UCLA. Ariana Garcia, artistic director and executive producer. Repertoire: Anything Goes 03/2016 - 06/2016 Assistant conductor UCLA Chorale. Lesley Leighton, director Repertoire: (rehearsal only) UCLA Chorale and UCLA Chamber Singers program in June 2016, including John Adams/LA Phil concert in April 2016 12/2015 - 03/2016 Conductor St. Martha Catholic Church, La Puente, CA. For the Mary Queen of All Hearts Choir
Educational Activities - Conducting 02/2019 XV International Sasha Mäkilä Conducting Master Class Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra. Helsinki, Finland. Repertoire: Serenade for Strings, IV. Finale, by Tchaikovsky; Symphony No. 5, IV. Adagietto, by Mahler (rehearsal only) Serenade for Strings, III. Élégie 02/2019 Paris Conducting Workshop Association des Jeunes Musiciens et Artistes pour le Développement des Arts et de la Culture. Paris, France. Adrian McDonnell, Director Repertoire: (rehearsal only) Die Hebriden by Mendelssohn; Chamber Concerto, I. Corrente (Fließend) by Ligeti 06/2015 Choral Conducting Institute Westminster Choir College. Charles Bruffy, et al., conductors; James Jordan, program dir. Repertoire: (rehearsal only) Entreat Me Not To Leave You by Dan Forrest 06/2015 Choral Conducting Intensive Westminster Choir College. James Jordan & Giselle Wyers, conductors 06/2015 Choral Conducting Symposium University of Michigan. Jerry Blackstone, Eugene Rogers, et al., conductors
Ensemble Experience 09/2016 - present Tutti baritone, chamber-choir baritone & soloist Los Robles Master Chorale. Lesley Leighton, artistic dir. 03/2016 - present Piano accompanist St. Martha Catholic Church, La Puente, CA. Mary, Queen of All Hearts Choir, Tess Masukawa, dir. 2011 - present Piano accompanist St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Filipino choir, Grethel Cabison, dir. 10/2014 - 06/2017 Tutti baritone UCLA Chamber Singers Lesley Leighton, dir. 2014-16; James Bass, 2016-17 10/2014 - 06/2017 Tutti baritone and soloist UCLA Chorale. Lesley Leighton, dir. 2014 -16; James Bass, 2016-17 01/2016 - 04/2016 Tutti baritone Rivals in Harmony. Kristen Simpson & Alexander Lloyd Blake, dir. 03/2015 - 06/2015 Pianist UCLA Camarades - piano trio. Antonio Lysy, coach 2011 - 2015 Piano accompanist St. Martha Catholic Church, La Puente, CA. Mary, Queen of All Hearts Choir, Tess Masukawa, dir. 09/2013 - 06/2014 Tutti baritone University Chorus, UCLA. Donald Neuen & Rebecca Lord, dir. 09/2013 - 12/2013 Pianist ContempoFlux, UCLA. Gloria Cheng, dir.
Selected Performances 06/2017 Solo piano recital Jan Popper Theater, UCLA 06/2017 Pianist Dialogues and Re-Imaginings Festival. UCLA 11/2016 Piano master class Daniel Schlosberg. Jan Popper Theater, UCLA 06/2016 Solo piano recital Ostin Music Center, UCLA 04/2016 Tutti baritone and chamber chorus baritone Los Robles Master Chorale and Los Angeles Philharmonic. John Adams, dir.; Lesley Leighton, chorus dir. Walt Disney Concert Hall. 05/2015 Second Prize Benno Rubinyi Memorial Piano Competition. UCLA
Premieres of Compositions 12/2018 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Solo soprano and SATB chorus. Los Robles Master Chorale (LRMC) commission, Lesley Leighton, dir. 06/2018 Sympathy Solo baritone, SATB chorus and piano. LRMC commission, Lesley Leighton, dir. 06/2017 Loam SATB chorus. LRMC commission, Lesley Leighton, dir. 04/2016 Moonrise SATB chorus and piano, Winner of Los Angeles Master Chorale Young Composers Contest. Los Angeles Master Chorale Chamber Singers, Lesley Leighton, associate conductor. 06/2015 Ecce Agnus Dei SATB chorus. UCLA Chamber Singers Lesley Leighton, dir.
Languages Englisch (native speaker), German (advanced), Filipino (basic), Spanish (basic)