Caltech offers excellent opportunities for the study and performance of music, theater and the visual arts. The Performing and Visual Arts Faculty are committed to quality in performance and education, and share a dedication to serve the student who wishes to enrich and broaden his or her college experience. Students can receive academic credit for their participation. The Caltech – Occidental Concert Band Performing and Visual Arts plays a vital role in realizing the Institute’s mission of “… educating outstanding students to become creative Directed by William Bing members of society.” For more information about Performing and Visual Arts at Caltech, please call us at 626-395-3295 or visit us at www.music-theater-art.caltech.edu featuring Richards Instrumental Music Fund Paul Asimow, conductor In memory of Gertrude and Huldric Richards, and honoring Nori and Ray Richards for their support of Caltech’s Instrumental Music Mitch Cyman, bassoonist Program. Interest generated by the Richards Fund will be used at the discretion of Bill and Delores Bing, or those who may succeed Bruce Lofgren, conductor and composer them in guiding the Caltech Instrumental Music Program. Melson Varsovia, conductor COMING EVENTS Theater Arts at Caltech presents Pasadena Babalon Please call 626-395-4652 to purchase tickets Sunday, February 21 - 2:30pm & 7:30pm - Ramo Auditorium Caltech Percussion All Stars February 26, 27 - 8:00pm - Ramo Auditorium Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra directed by Scott Babcock Sunday, February 28 - 3:30pm - Ramo Auditorium Caltech Jazz Festival Caltech Clarinet Choir Saturday, April 17 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm - Gates Annex Patio Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra directed by Lynne Snyder Sunday, April 18 - 3:30pm - Ramo Auditorium Caltech Chamber Singers Concert Saturday, April 24 - 8:00pm - Dabney Lounge The Extracurricular Players at Caltech Presents Thorne Hall I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change - supported by TACIT Friday, May 7, 8 - 8:00pm - Ramo Auditorium Occidental College BANDORAMA - Caltech Jazz and Concert Bands Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15 - 8:00pm - Ramo Auditorium February 20, 2010 Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles Sunday, May 9 and 23 - 3:30pm - Dabney Lounge 7:30 pm Caltech Chamber Music Marathon Sunday, May 16 - 2:00pm - 6:00pm - Dabney Lounge Caltech Glee Clubs and Caltech Orchestra Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22 - 8:00pm - Ramo Auditorium Admission to all music performances is free of charge, no tickets required Tenor Saxophone Baritone Program Chris Berlind (Jr., Comp. Sci.) Aaron Eichelberger (CT Alumnus) * Double Happiness Joseph Curiale Paul Asimow, conductor Baritone Sax Tuba Vishnu Manoranian (Fr., ) Paul Asimow (Faculty) Atlantis Bruce Lofgren Peter Buhler (Soph., Geology) World Premiere Horn Brad Dooley (Alumnus) conducted by the composer Matthew Diamond (Fr., undeclared) Alex Rider (Fr., undeclared) Eduardo Gonzàlez (Jr., Chem. Eng.) Jimmy Scott (Fr., undeclared) Andante e Rondo Ongarese Carl Maria von Weber Jamie Jackson (Sr., CS) Mitch Cyman, bassoon Otfrid Liepack (JPL) Percussion Patrick Shopbell (CT Staff) * Scott Babcock (CT Music Staff) * Salute to the Cinema arranged by Carl Strommen Kelvin Fang (Fr., undeclared) Cornet and Trumpet Joe Jewell (Alumnus GS., Aero) Meredith Berbée, (Community) Daniel Kolodrubetz (Jr. , Physics) Intermission John Brugman (Community) Eric Olmon (GS, Chemistry ) Gregory Simonian (Fr., undeclared) Les Deutsch (CT Alum, JPL) Mutations Scott Babcock Sarvesh Garimella (Jr., Plan. Sci/ESE.) Jeff Weiss (JPL) Ran Huo (Jr., Physics) Heather Widgren (Sr., Chemistry) World Premiere Joshua Hutchins (Sr.,Mech. Eng.) Caltech Percussion All Stars David Lu (Soph., App. Phys.) Manager conducted by the composer John Maciejewski (JPL) Jack Cochran Duane Marsteller (Community) The Alcotts Charles Ives Nicholas Ogden (Fr., undeclared) Assistant Managers Melson Varsovia, conductor Matthew Sprague (GS, Chem.) * Jessica Davis Brett Teeple (GS, Physics) Sarvesh Garimella Introduction and Rondo Gordon Jacob Irving Zeidner (Community) Eduardo Gonzalez Caltech Clarinet Choir Nicole Thadani Directed by Lynne Snyder Trombone Second Suite for Military Band in F Major Gustav Holst Roger Northrop (Community) * principal player Andy Richards (GS, Mech. Eng.) ** band council member Jeffrey Thompson (G2, Geology)* March † clarinet choir member Song without Words Catherine Wehrey (Oxy, Alumna) Sarah Milkovich (Alumna, JPL) Song of the Blacksmith Fantasia of the Dargason The Liberty Bell March John Philip Sousa Caltech-Occidental Concert Band Biographies Flute Clarinet (continued) The Caltech-Occidental Concert Band rehearses one night a week for less than two hours at each rehearsal. That the band members are able to learn a great deal of music in so short a time is a true Brianne Blakesley (Jr., Chemistry) Jeffrey Lin (Soph.) † Patrick Chapan (Community) Christine Loza (GS, Chem. Eng.) ** † testament to their hard work and high level of musicianship. Tonight's concert, for example, was Hailey Crowel (Oxy, Alum) Stan Manatt (CT alumnus, Staff Chem.) prepared in only eight rehearsals of less then two hours each. Former soloists with the ensemble Mary Davis (CT Community) Brad Nitta (Oxy, Sr, Biochem.) ** include Allan Vogel (principal oboist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra), Jim Self (tuba player with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra), Allen Vizzutti (world renowned trumpet soloist), Amber Fandel (Oxy Sr., Biology) Thomas Ruchti (GS, Soc. Science) Stan Sander (JPL, CT Alumnus) † Loren Marsteller (premiere baritone and trombone soloist with the Marine Band and California Kelly Guan (Fr., undeclared) Sabrina Sun (Fr., undeclared) Philharmonic), and many others. The band has played in Carnegie Hall and for thousands of peo- Mythili Iyer (Soph., Chem. Eng.) ** † Nicole Thadani (Soph., Bioengineering) ** † ple over the years. If you would like to be on the mailing list for future concerts, or you would Cecilie Kern (Oxy, Soph., DWA/Span) Sean Wakayama (CT Alumnus) † like to play in the ensemble, please fill out the enclosed form and hand it to an usher. You can Shelby King (Fr., Economics) Michael Werner (JPL) also learn more about the band by going to the bands web site: www.bands.caltech.edu Stephanie Kwan (Fr., undeclared) Catherine Bingchan Xie (Fr., Bioeng.) Joyce Lee (Fr., Oxy) Melissa Xu (Fr., Biology) Shuaili Li (Fr., Chem. Eng.) William Bing, Director of Bands at Caltech, has been teaching at Caltech for over thirty-five years. During that time, the bands have played many premieres and performed for over ten thou- Shiyi Liu (Fr., Physics) E Flat Clarinet Anastasia Markovtsova (Fr., undeclared) Lynne Snyder (CT Music Staff) sand people. In addition to his work at Caltech, Bill is a busy trumpet player and teacher. Com- Chihiro Yasutake (Visitor, Bio) posers he has worked with include Howard Hanson, Roy Harris, Alan Hovaness, Olivier Messiaen, Alto Clarinet John Adams, John Harbison, Henry Mancini, and John Williams. Bill's trumpet students have per- Piccolo Trudi Anderson (Community)† formed with the "Red Hot Chili Peppers", "Green Day", "The Duke Ellington Orchestra", "Pancho Zhaoying Xian (Fr., undeclared) Sanchez", "Reel Big Fish", the Los Angeles Philharmonic and many other groups and ensembles. Bass Clarinet Bill and his wife Delores have won many teaching awards including the ASCIT Teaching Award, Oboes Jessica Davis (Soph., Astrophysics) Pasadena Youth Music Council Teachers of the Year, and most recently Honorary Membership in Susan Dittmer (Jr., Physics) * Jeremy Yager (JPL) * † the Caltech Alumni Association. Talia Weiss (Jr., Bioengineering) ** Contra Alto Clarinet Regular guest conductor Paul Asimow has a lengthy association with the Band going back to 1991 Clarinet Jeremy Yager * † when he started graduate school at Caltech in geology. Having been student conductor of the Har- Shir Aharon (Fr., ACM & BEM) Jane Bae (Soph., Math) Bassoon vard University Band, he was excited to continue conducting at Caltech. Now an Associate Profes- Marissa Barrientos (Soph., Chemistry) † Mitch Cyman (Community) * sor of Geology and Geochemistry, Paul has conducted and played in the group for over 18 years Suzanne Birner (Soph., Geology) Alex Ramussen (Soph., Physics) on piccolo, flute, Bb tuba and his current favorite, the oddball F tuba. In his spare time he recruits Carly Bond (Fr., Chem. Eng.) Donmelson Varsovia (Oxy Alum) band members to major in geology and geology majors to play in the band. Mary Brant (Fr., undeclared) Patti Brugman (Oxy Alumna) † Alto Saxophone Pasadena native Scott Babcock maintains a busy freelance schedule. In addition to numerous TV Alison Cheung (JPL) † Jack Cochran (Sr., Eng. And App. Sci.) * and film recordings, he’s played drums for artists such as Randy Newman and Karla Bonoff. He Christine Fuller (Jr., Mech. Eng.) Kent Koyanagi (Soph., Mech. Eng.) performs as a percussionist regularly with the Riverside County Philharmonic, the California Phil- Chris Kolner (Fr., EE) * harmonic, and the Long Beach Orchestra., he has been teaching percussion at the California Insti- tute of Technology for over 20 years. Mitchell Cyman is active as a performing musician and educator in the Los Angeles area. He Friends of Caltech Instrumental Music currently teaches instrumental music in the Arcadia Unified School District, and coaches cham- We would like to thank the Friends of Caltech Instrumental Music, whose support is essential to the Caltech- ber music at Cal-Tech as a Donald E. Hudson Visiting Artist. He also maintains a private stu- Occidental