As a fully invested partner in music education, the music department hosts numerous high school music festivals each year, and music faculty members are in demand as conductors, clinicians and performers.
As a fully invested partner in music education, the music department hosts numerous high school music festivals each year, and music faculty members are in demand as conductors, clinicians and performers.
Choral
12th Annual High School Choral Festival
· Nov. 15, 2013 – Director of Choral Activities Jenny Bent will host the 12th Annual High School Choral Festival. Four hundred high school choristers from Sonoma and Marin counties perform before guest adjudicators. The day culminates with Command Performances at 7:30 p.m. in Weill Hall featuring the top choirs as well as a performance by the SSU Chamber Singers conducted by Jenny Bent.
Jazz
2nd Annual Sonoma State Jazz Day
· Nov. 13, 2013 - Jazz Studies director Doug Leibinger will host the 2nd Annual Sonoma State Jazz Day. Invited high school jazz players from throughout the North Bay will perform for and interact with members of the SSU Jazz faculty in Weill Hall. Family and friends are welcome to stay and listen. The day closes with a 7:30 p.m. performance by the Faculty Jazz Ensemble co-led by Doug Leibinger and George Marsh. Tickets will be sold. Call 707-664-2353 for details.
Wind Band
2nd Annual Sonoma Invitational Wind Band Festival
· March 7, 2014 – The Sonoma Invitational Wind Band Festival, hosted by Andy Collinsworth, director of Bands and Music Education. Selected high school bands from California will receive intensive coaching and clinics with guest adjudicators. The festival culminates Friday evening with a performance by the Sonoma State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Weill Hall. Call 707-664-2353 for details.