UCLA Wind Ensemble
“Anniversary Party”
Travis J. Cross, conductor
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
8 p.m.
Schoenberg Hall

Performers

UCLA Wind Ensemble

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Flute/Piccolo
Amanda Lee*
Jianuo (Carina) Li*
Emily Park
Petunia Rizo
Clara Truong

*= Piccolo

 

Oboe
Cayden Bloomer
Kate Fallon*
Laura Hernandez
Megan Nguyen

*= English Horn

 

Bassoon
Aaron Colon*
Daniel Perlmutter
Alexander Stepanow

*= Contrabassoon

 

Clarinet
Cyrus Asasi^
Oren Dror^*
Adam Gilberti+
Josh Kalinowski
Max Kaminsky
Esther Kim
Mia Kuo
Ria Rizo
Alec Rodriguez
Devin Walsh

*= E-flat
^= Bass
+= Contra

 

Saxophone
Catrina Currier
Austin Hailey
Jiei Joyce
Daniel Reyes-Velarde
Owen Richards
Ella Scoville

 

Horn
Noah Arst
Julian Dohi
Kazuki Iimura
Aziel Ressler
Season Yuan

 

Trumpet
Jackson Bacon
Christian Cruz Morales
Saúl Gutierrez
Ryan Kennedy
Gabriel Shyh
Andrew Smith

 

Trombone
Tim McElroy
Sebastian Martinez*
Lucas O’Brien
Kenny Tran

*= Bass Trombone

 

Euphonium
Jillian Ran
Ian Sun
Diego Vogel

 

Tuba
Samuel Adam
Leigha Linder
Bishop Plaza

 

Percussion
Demitrius Alleyne
Maddie Bottenberg
Tu Han Huynh
Alexander Lee
Viraj Sonawala
Trey Tappan
Trent Williams

 

Piano
Terry Hsu

 

Electric Guitar
Caleb Virkstis

 

String Bass
Terence Molloy

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Travis-Cross

Travis Cross

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Travis J. Cross (he/him) serves as professor of music and director of bands at UCLA, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and leads the graduate wind conducting program. He chaired the music department from 2018–2023 and was associate dean for academic mentoring and opportunity during the initial years of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He previously taught at Virginia Tech and Edina (Minn.) High School. Cross earned doctor and master of music degrees in conducting from Northwestern University and the bachelor of music degree cum laude in vocal and instrumental music education from St. Olaf College. His principal teachers were Mallory Thompson and Timothy Mahr. Cross has appeared as a guest conductor, composer, and clinician in nearly 40 states; Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates; as featured band clinician at the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention; and on several occasions at the Music for All National Festival and Midwest Clinic. Cross is a member of the Council of Korean Americans and a Yamaha Master Educator.

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Repertoire

Johannes Hanssen (1874–1967)

Valdresmarsj (1904)

 

Egil Hovland (1924–2013)

Fanfare og Koral (1967)

 

George Walker (1922–2018)
Arranged by Luci Disano

Lyric for Band (1946)

 

Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)

Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943)

 

Brief Intermission

 

Holly Harrison (b. 1988)

Splinter (2020)

 

Viet Cuong (b. 1990)

Deciduous (2023)

 

John Mackey (b. 1973)

Aurora Awakes (2009)

Donor Acknowledgement

This performance is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs like this possible. We are proud to celebrate this program as part of the 2024–2025 Dobrow Series.