ASU String Ensemble Presents:

Cullan Lucas, conductor
Mark Alpizar, conductor

School of Music
Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts
Arizona State University
2015-2016 Season

April 20, 2016
7:30pm
Katzin Concert Hall

·Her berger Institute
FOR DESIGN AND THE ARTS
ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY

ASU String Ensemble
Cullan Lucas and Mark Alpizar, conductors

Palladio (1995) .................................................................................... Karl Jenkins
(b. 1944)
I.
Allegretto
II.
Largo
III.
Vivace
Cullan Lucas, conductor
The Following 3 Selections will be performed together as a suite:
I.

"Aese's Death" from
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (1888) .................................. Edvard Grieg
(1843-1907)

II.

Pavane (1887) .........................................................Gabriel Faure
(1845-1924)
Arr. Carl Simpson
"Golliwog's Cakewalk" from
Children's Corner (1908) ..................................... Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Arr. Wayne I. L. Davies
Mark Alpizar, conductor

III.

Shattered (2012) ......................................................................... Michael Hopkins
(b.1966)
Cullan Lucas, conductor
"Battalia" (1673) ............................................................................. Heinrich Biber
.
(1644-1704)
I. Sonata II. The Profligate Society of Common Humor
III. Allegro IV. The March V. Presto VI. Aria VII. The Battle
VIII. The Lament of the Wounded
Mark Alpizar, conductor

To respect the performers, please silence all electronic devices.

ASU String Ensemble
Violin 1
Jingting Liu*
Koon Yu Wong
Ziyang Zhang
Alexis Barton
Beatrice Lopez

Viola
Jennifer Grubbs
Kathryn Holste

Violin 2
Haiyuan Song
Natalie Rose
Marissa Bower
Lindee Burrell
Brian Maurer

Double Bass
Benjamin Jon~s
Ashley Smith

Cello
Mackenzie O'Dea

"Concertmaster

About the Conductors

Houston-born conductor Cullan Lucas is in his second year of assistant conducting
with the orchestra and opera programs at Arizona State University. Prior to this
position he served as Principal Conductor of the Columbia Community Orchestra, in
Columbia, South Carolina. He has participated in both domestic and international
conducting workshops, including a performance with the Nanchang University
Philharmonic Orchestra in China.
Cullan earned the Master of Music Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the
University of South Carolina, where he studied with Donald Portnoy and Neil Casey.
He also holds Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Music and Chemistry from Texas A&M
University. Currently, Cullan is pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in
Orchestral and Operatic Conducting at Arizona State University.

Mark Alpizar is a conductor and clarinetist in Pursuit of a Doctorate of Musical Arts
degree at Arizona State University where he is a teaching assistant for the orchestra
and studies conducting with Phoenix Symphony's Tito Muiioz. In addition to his
responsibilities at ASU, Mr. Alpizar is the conductor for the South Coast Youth
Symphony Orchestra and the Artistic Director for the Four Seasons Youth Orchestra
in Orange County, California. Between both groups he has played two concertos,
premiered an opera, performed in the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Segerstrom
Center for the Performing Arts, and toured England, Ireland, Spain, Greece, New
York, and Sydney.
Formerly, he was the Assistant Conductor for the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra,
and conducted the Collegium Musicum at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal
State Long Beach. His previous degrees in music education, clarinet performance,
and orchestral conducting were also earned at the Cole Conservatory. In addition to
his conducting, Mr. Alpizar is the clarinetist of Quintessential Winds with whom he
has recorded many world premieres and toured and competed across the count ry.

*All events in ASU Gammage
unless otherwise specified
*All concerts begin at 7:30pm
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ASU Symphony Orchestra

Rite ofSpring
Tito Mufioz, guest conductor
April 28, 2016
ASU Choirs and Chamber Winds

Arthur Honegger's "King David"
David Schildkret, conductor

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