Here is the roster for Spring 2012
There were many fine players that were not selected
I hope everyone that was not selected this semester will consider playing in the Concert Band which meets on Tues Thurs form 3:30 - 5pm
Piccolo
Patricia Folger
Flute 1
Tasha Fesunoff (principal)
Flute 2
Brittany Mora
Hector Garcia
Oboe 1
Eugene Phillips (principal)
Oboe 2
Yvonne de la Cruz (eng horn)
Tyler Hastain
Clarinet 1
Josh Phillips
Noel Spangrud
Victoria Cardoso (Eb)
Clarinet 2
Troy Soares
Leila Rodriguez
Richard Odoardi
Clarinet 3
Arquin Abaya
Dylan Jennings
Nick Jones
Riley Pate
Bass Clarinet
Gloria Locklin
Jose Espinosa
Bassoon 1
Elizabeth Garcia
Bassoon 2
Christian Rivas
Alto Saxophone 1
Steven Ragsdale (principal)
Alto Saxophone 2
Daniel Castellanos
April Patrick
Tenor Saxophone
Alex Edgar
Baritone Saxophone
Chris Bingham
Trumpet 1
Matt Stratton (principal)
Henri Richardson
Zach Bruneau
Trumpet 2
Natalie Salvatierra
Edgar Rameriz
Trumpet 3
Jeannette Pun
Rachel Garcia
Michael Bautista
Horn 1
Everardo Trujillo (principal)
Horn 2
Katy Robinson
Horn 3
Thomas Robinson
Horn 4
Chris Gonzalez
Pearson Federico
Trombone 1
Greg Thomas (principal)
Nicolai Flores
Trombone 2
Taylor Smith
Joshua Johnson
Bass Trombone
Prichard Pearce
Euphonium
Ben AhSue
Andrew Alvarado
Tuba
Daniel Manzo (principal)
Steven Boatman
Steve Devor
Percussion
Mari Ando
Victor Alcaraz (principal)
Matthew Evans
Spencer Luxenberg
Jessica Miller
Hiromu Nagahara
Quintin Purviance
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Conducted by Kevin Mayse, the RCC Wind Ensemble
continues to establish itself as one of the leading wind bands in the
Community College system. The Wind Ensemble consists of many of the
finest young wind and percussion players from Riverside, San
Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties.
In
addition to frequent concerts on campus, they have performed at the
College Band Directors National Association regional conference, the
Music Association of California Community College conference,
California Music Educators state convention, as well as touring
Northern California, Reno Nevada, the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and
Tokyo, Japan.
The ensemble hosts a two-day concert band
festival, which features up to fifty middle school, junior high school,
and high school concert bands.
The ensemble also hosts a
conducting symposium each year. Guest clinicians have included Dr.
Mitchell Fennell (Cal State, Fullerton) Jerry Junkin (University of
Texas) Thomas Lee (UCLA) Michael Haithcock (University of Michigan)
Eugene Corporon (University of North Texas) Keith Brion (New Sousa
Band) Kevin Sedatol (Baylor University) and world-renowned conductor
and founder of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell.
The
RCC Wind Ensemble is also very active in recording, premiering and
commissioning new works for winds. The ensemble has offered world
premiere performances of works by composers such as; Donald Grantham,
Steven Schmidt, Ran Galor, Bill Reichenbach, Sandy Megas and Steve
Mahpar. In addition, the ensemble has offered west coast premier
performances of works by composers such as; Donald Grantham, Dan
Welcher and Micheal Gandolfi.
The ensemble has just released its second CD entitled Phantasicke Spirites available on Sea Breeze Classical records
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Auditions
Auditions for the RCC Wind Ensemble are open to all RCC
students. These auditions take place during the first week of the Fall
and Spring semesters.Each audition is approximately seven
minutes in length. Students will be required to play a prepared solo or
etude of their choice which demonstrates both the technical and
expressive qualities of their performance. Students must also prepare a
page of required music provided by the conductor.Students may
sign up for an audition time by placing their name on a time schedule
which is posted outside the Performing Arts Department Office (Music
103A).The schedule and required music for Fall auditions will
be available on line after August 5th and the schedule and required
music for Spring auditions will be available after January 5th
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Applied Music Program
Members of the RCC Wind
Ensemble are eligible to enroll in the applied music program at
Riverside Community College. This three - unit class entitles each
student to nine hours of private instruction each semester by a member
of the RCC faculty. Below is a list of the wind and percussion faculty
at RCC.Flute - Pamela Vliek - MartchevOboe - Rong - Huey LiuBassoon - Cameron DominguesClarinet - Maggie WoorsleySaxophone - Charlie Richard, Cameron DominguesHorn - Paul KlintworthTrumpet - Richard Chasin, Kevin MayseTrombone/Euphonium - Steven WilliamsTuba - Charlie WarrenPercussion - Steven Schmidt, Jim Lorbeer, Bob Dominguez
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