Digital Program

Arts Under The Stars is created in loving memory of

Dr. Elizabeth Rothrock,

a beloved teacher and mentor who observed keenly, loved deeply and worked diligently for peace.

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Producer

Heather Castillo 

Executive Producers 

California State University Channel Islands Performing Arts

Instructionally Related Activities

Center for Integrative Studies

Virtual Production Manager

Cristy Rodriguez Rivas 

Arts Under The Stars

Home is made possible thanks to generous funding provided by California State University Channel Islands Instructionally Related Activities

Arts Under The Stars Opening

Cast

Featuring CSU Channel Islands President Erika Beck

Editor & Director of Photography Heather Castillo

CI Mask Maker Shannon Leyba

Under the Stars 

Music Composer, Performance, and Editing Tommy MacDonald

Home

Creative Leader and Choreographer Claira Speight

Cast

Cinematography

House on Dust

Poetry Home by Marjorie Huot

Cosmik Debris

“Cosmik Debris” is a song by American composer Frank Zappa, from his 1974 album Apostrophe (‘).

It concerns the Mystery Man, a typical guru or psychic, offering to help the narrator reach Nervanna for a “nominal service charge,” and the narrator’s refusal to buy into his act, “Look here, brother, who you jiving with that cosmik debris?” When the Mystery Man gets pushy, Zappa as the narrator tells how he snatched the crystal ball, hypnotized the Mystery Man, stole his stuff and blew his mind. “Cosmik Debris” Frank Zappa (1974) Arrangement by Arthur Barrow

The arrangement for this song was prepared by guest artist and Frank Zappa bassist Arthut Barrow.

Contemporary Music Ensemble

Ensemble Director, Producer Paul Murphy

Video Editor, Sound Engineer Jonas Lee

Visiting Guest Artists

Arthur Barrow is a multi-instrumental musician, best known for his stint as a bass guitar player for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In mid-1978, he passed the audition and began playing bass in Frank Zappa’s band. In 1979, he also took on the duties of being the “clonemeister”, or band rehearsal director. The band rehearsed for eight to ten hours a day, five days a week. He would run the rehearsals for the first half of the day, then Zappa would take over when he arrived. He did four tours with Zappa and can be heard playing bass, guitar and keyboards on about a dozen recorded albums. Arthur opened his own recording studio in the Mar Vista district of Los Angeles in 1985. Since then, he has produced albums and composed soundtracks for films and television at my studio. He has also composed and produced four solo albums and continues to write new music.

Joel Taylor is an American drummer who has toured or recorded with artists such as Brian Bromberg, Mike Garson, Al Di Meola, Frank Gambale, Allan Holdsworth, Banned From Utopia, and appears on Yanni’s live concert video Tribute. Today he performs regularly with various groups and is still active in the music community.

Rio School District

Guest Performers

Rio School District Students and Hip Hop Mindset

Wake Up Part I

Turmoil

Director Isaac A. Ortiz

Creative Leader(s) Isaac A. Ortiz & Jasmine Moreno

Writers Isaac A. Ortiz & Jasmine Moreno

Producer Homegang Productions

Cast Isaac A. Ortiz

Editor Isaac A. Ortiz

Cinematography Isaac A. Ortiz

Ableism

Cast

Friends & Family Participants

Editors Heather Castillo  & Jessica Clay

Cinematography

Jessica Clay
Eric Fuentes
Morgan Henderson
Tessa Sever
Brittany’s Sister

Artwork Hannah Strohman

Faculty Advisor Professor Tiina Itkonen, PhD, Political Science & Education

Music Composition Saiko Fujii

References and Citations for Ableism

Wake-Up Part II

Deception

Director Isaac A. Ortiz

Creative Leader(s) Isaac A. Ortiz & Jasmine Moreno

Writers Isaac A. Ortiz & Jasmine Moreno

Producer Homegang Productions

Starring Isaac A. Ortiz

Editor Isaac A. Ortiz

Cinematography Isaac A. Ortiz

Cast

Social Distancing

Choreography   Heather Castillo in Collaboration with the Performers

Editor   Heather Castillo 

Cinematography    Our Siblings, Parents, and Friends

Warrior

Creative Leaders 

Pablo Baltazar
Brittany Herring
India Vargas-Pile

Cast

Editors   Brittany Herring  & India Vargas-Pile 

Editing Assistance  Heather Castillo

Cinematography

Music Composition

Song: “Warrior Woman”

Lyrics Hannah Strohman
Vocals Hannah Strohman
Guitar Hannah Strohman
Drums Tommy MacDonald
Bass Tommy MacDonald

Music Editing   Hannah Strohman & Tommy MacDonald

Wake-Up Part III

Melody of Ambivalence

Director Isaac A. Ortiz

Creative Leader(s) Isaac A. Ortiz & Jasmine Moreno

Writers Isaac A. Ortiz & Jasmine Moreno

Producer Homegang Production

Cast

Editor   Isaac A. Ortiz

Cinematography Isaac A. Ortiz

Music

“Dearly Beloved”, Yoko Shimomura, Walt Disney Records, 2003.  Piano cover by youtube.com/rousseau

“Spirit of the Dead”, Aakash Gandhi, 2019

Dock of The Bay

(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash. The song was released on Stax Records’ Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US. It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Charts.

Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California. He completed the song with the help of Cropper, who was a Stax producer and the guitarist for Booker T. And the M.G.’s. The song features whistling and sounds of waves crashing on a shore.

“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Ottis Redding & Steve Cropper (1967) Arrangement by Daniel Stamatelaky

The arrangement for this song was done by our very own Daniel Stamatelaky who put together all of the vocal harmonies by himself.

Contemporary Music Ensemble

Ensemble Director, Producer Paul Murphy

Video Editor, Sound Engineer Jonas Lee

Visiting Guest Artists

Performing Arts 391 Course

Instructor Heather Castillo

Special Thank You

Center for Integrative Studies  

Sunghee Nam & Jeanette Edwards 

Instructionally Related Activities

David Daniels

Performing Arts

CSU Channel Islands Leadership

Academic Affairs              Jill Leafstedt 

Executive Assistant to the Provost        Karen Gundelfinger 

University Advancement  Julia Levi

Events Angel                    Carolyn Shamowski

Faculty Mentors

Teaching and Learning Innovations

Rio School District

Superintendent                                               John D. Puglisi 

Director of Student and Family Services        Wanda Kelly 

Guest Performers

Rio School District Students and Hip Hop Mindset

Dedicated to all the amazing staff and faculty at CI who have moved mountains to strive for excellence in education during COVID-19

To all of CSU Channel Islands Students- BRAVO! We are so proud of you, Dolphins!

To all of our Frontline and Essential Workers, Agricultural Laborers, Janitorial Workers, Medical Personnel, First Responders, and all our Heroes.

End Credits

Cristy Rodriguez Rivas 

Thank you to Cristy from the bottom of my ever grateful heart for your talent, skill, empathy, patience and compassion!

Credit Music       “Indiana Jones Theme” John Williams (1981)