Welcome to the 2018-19 season of concerts for the voice. Here you will find student and faculty voice recitals, choral concerts, music theatre and opera productions. The vocal program is led by Jenny Bent, Director of Choral Activities, and Lynne Morrow, Director of Opera and Music Theatre.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Vocal Repertory Recital
The Vocal Repertory Recital is the midterm exam for students receiving voice lessons. The recital will consist of vocal repertory sung in Italian, French, Spanish, German and English and representing opera, art song, musical theatre and the Great American songbook.View Event Details
Friday, October 26, 2018
Bel Canto: Voice Faculty Recital
Voice faculty members Jane Erwin Hammett, soprano; Zachary Gordin, baritone; and Justin Montigne, countertenor will join together for a recital of “Bel Canto” (beautiful singing), on a program including arias from opera and operetta, art songs and songs from Broadway and musical theatre.
In addition to Sonoma State, Jane Erwin Hammett is on the faculty at American Conservatory Theater (ACT) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Summer Music West). At ACT she has taught singing, acting and musical theater in both the Young Conservatory and the MFA Progam, as well as served as Musical Director for five Young...View Event Details
Friday, November 9, 2018
Symphonic Chorus and Concert Choir
Jenny Bent leads the university's major choral ensembles in their first concert of the 2018-19 season. Program details will be announced at a later date.View Event Details
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Alumni Recital: "Strong Enough"
Alumni Recital: “Strong Enough” Christa Durand, soprano Matthew Arnerich, piano Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps, trumpet Michael Fecskes, cello
A versatile lyric soprano praised for her clarity and warmth of tone, Christa Durand has performed in hundreds of concerts and shows in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. A native of Santa Rosa, Ms. Durand is recognized as a gifted performer who is equally comfortable in a classical recital hall as she is in an intimate cabaret venue. Durand, whose family home was lost in the 2017 fires, will explore the grief process through song and spoken word, together with fellow-alumni...View Event Details
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Opera and Music Theatre Scenes: The Mariachi Story
Opera and Music Theatre Scenes The Mariachi Story
Channeling the oral histories of the grandparents of Sonoma State students, The Mariachi Story revisits the story of the bracero workers program in a bold new form – the Mariachi opera. Featuring student mariachi singers and musicians and led by Opera/Music Theatre program director Lynne Morrow with guest director José Soto of Mariachi Barragan.View Event Details
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell
SSU Opera Scenes Presents
Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell
Conductor/Stage Director/Vocal Coach: Zachary Gordin
Dido: Lily Bogas Belinda: Janelle Balico Attendant: Anna Leach Aeneas: Jack Adkins Sorceress: Rachel Levin 1st Witch: Jennifer Silvera 2nd Witch: Alexandria Alonzo Sailor: Mathew Adiao Mercury: Joshua Lovell
Chorus: Principal cast with Martin Contreras, Anthony Macy, and...View Event Details
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Vocal Repertory Recital II
The Vocal Repertory Recital is the final exam for students receiving voice lessons. The recital will consist of vocal repertory sung in Italian, French, Spanish, German and English and representing opera, art song, musical theatre and the Great American songbook.View Event Details
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Vocal Repertory Recital III
The Vocal Repertory Recital is the final exam for students receiving voice lessons. The recital will consist of vocal repertory sung in Italian, French, Spanish, German and English and representing opera, art song, musical theatre and the Great American songbook.View Event Details
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - Friday, February 8, 2019
Sweeney Todd
A Co-Production of the Departments of Music and Theatre Arts & Dance
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Music Direction by Lynne Morrow Stage Direction by Doyle Ott February 7-17, 2019 Evert B. Person Theatre
From the Adaptation by Christopher Bond, Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince, with Orchestration by Jonathan Tunick
Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller i s the unsettling tale of a Victorian-era barber who returns home to London, after fifteen years of exile, to take revenge on the corrupt judge...View Event Details
Friday, February 22, 2019
CANCELLED Laxmi G. Tewari, Hindustani vocalist
***Unfortunately, this show has been Cancelled***
As professor of ethnomusicology at Sonoma State University from 1974-2014, Laxmi Ganesh Tewari (Emeritus) has undertaken extensive fieldwork in India, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Fiji, Ghana and Zimbabwe.
A leader in the ancient the Gwalior tradition of vocal music, Tewari received extensive training in Hindustani classical vocal music at Banaras Hindu University, under the guidance of renowned Indian artists Dr. Lalmani Misra, Pandit Madhav Vaman Thakar, and Professor B. R. Deodhar. He completed his Doctor of Music degree in 1967. He has been honored with an Outstanding Professor Award, a...View Event Details