Regional Affiliate of the Music for All National Festival presented by Yamaha
March 9–11, 2022
Weill Hall
EXCLUSIVELY ON FRIDAY, March 11 from 12:00–12:30pm: Open Rehearsal with Sonoma State Symphonic Wind Ensemble featuring composer John Mackey
John Mackey (he/him) has written for orchestras (Brooklyn Philharmonic, New York Youth Symphony), theater (Dallas Theater Center), and extensively for dance (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Parsons Dance Company, New York City Ballet), but the majority of his work for the past decade has been for wind ensembles (the fancy name for concert bands), and his band catalog now receives annual performances numbering in the thousands.
Recent commissions include works for the BBC Singers, the Dallas Wind Symphony, military, high school, middle school, and university bands across America and Japan, and concertos for Joseph Alessi (principal trombone, New York Philharmonic) and Christopher Martin (principal trumpet, New York Philharmonic). In 2014, he became the youngest composer ever inducted into the American Bandmasters Association. In 2018, he received the Wladimir & Rhoda Lakond Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He resides in San Francisco, California, with his spouse, a philosopher who works on the ethics of technology, and also titles all of his pieces; and their cats, Noodle and Bloop.
The Sonoma Invitational Wind Band and Orchestra Festival is a three-day event that features performances by over 2,500 students representing 48 high school ensembles from throughout the Western States, as well as daily performances by the Sonoma Symphonic Wind Ensemble. During the course of the festival, high school ensembles will perform on the Weill Hall stage and receive an educational clinic by one of four distinguished collegiate adjudicators. The Sonoma Invitational is an affiliate of the Music for All National Festival, enabling premier ensembles an opportunity for national exposure at the annual Music for All National Festival in Indianapolis.
- The Sonoma Invitational Festival runs 8:00 am to 6:00 pm each day—Schedule TBA
- The event is free and open to the public, no tickets required
- $5 University parking fee enforced for private vehicles
- Group busses park free
2022 Festival Adjudicators
2022 Sonoma Invitational Festival Schedule
| Wednesday March 9 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Group | Director | Clinician | Warm-Up | Perform | Clinic | |
| 1 | Albany HS | Wind Ensemble | Craig Bryant | Barr | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 |
| 2 | Rancho Cotate HS | Symphonic Band | Dustin Friel | Caslor | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| 3 | Foothill HS | Concert Band | Efrain Hinajosa | Adsit | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 |
| 4 | Albany HS | String Orchestra | Craig Bryant | Han | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
| 5 | Hillsdale HS | Wind Ensemble | Mike Galea | Barr | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 |
| 6 | Rocklin HS | Wind Ensemble | Tom Douglass | Caslor | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| 7 | West County HS | Symphonic Band | Casey Jones | Adsit | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 |
| SSU Faculty Performance | 12:00 PM | ||||||
| SSU Wind Ensemble Performance | 12:30 PM | ||||||
| 8 | Hillsdale HS | Chamber Orchestra | Shawn Reifschneider | Han | 1:30 | 2:00 | 2:30 |
| 9 | Foothill HS | Symphonic Band | Efrain Hinajosa | Barr | 2:00 | 2:30 | 3:00 |
| 10 | Maria Carrillo HS | Symphonic Band | Matt Bringedahl | Caslor | 2:30 | 3:00 | 3:30 |
| 11 | Del Mar HS | Symphonic Band | Bill Burkhead | Adsit | 3:00 | 3:30 | 4:00 |
| 12 | Davis HS | Symphonic Band | Tom Slabuagh | Barr | 3:30 | 4:00 | 4:30 |
| 13 | Foothill HS | Wind Ensemble | Efrain Hinajosa | Caslor | 4:00 | 4:30 | 5:00 |
| 14 | Leigh HS | Wind Ensemble | Alex Christensen | Adsit | 4:30 | 5:00 | 5:30 |
| 15 | Granite Bay HS | Wind Ensemble | Lynn Lewis | Barr | 5:00 | 5:30 | 6:00 |
| Thursday March 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Group | Director | Clinician | Warm-Up | Perform | Clinic | |
| 1 | Dublin HS | Orchestra | Elliot Polot | Han | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 |
| 2 | Fremont HS | Wind Ensemble | Joe Kelly | Barr | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 |
| 3 | Aragon HS | Wind Ensemble | Kevin Gallagher | Caslor | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| 4 | College Park HS | Wind Ensemble | Jorge Jimmenez | Adsit | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 |
| 5 | Fremont HS | Chamber Orchestra | Joe Kelly | Han | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
| 6 | Clovis East HS | Wind Ensemble | Marco Mellone | Barr | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 |
| 7 | Livermore HS | Symphonic Band | Justin Enright | Caslor | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| 8 | Dublin HS | Wind Ensemble | Elliot Polot | Adsit | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 |
| SSU Faculty Performance | 12:00 PM | ||||||
| SSU Wind Ensemble Performance | 12:30 PM | ||||||
| 9 | College Park HS | Orchestra | Jorge Jimmenez | Han | 1:30 | 2:00 | 2:30 |
| 10 | Dublin HS | Symphonic Band | Elliot Polot | Barr | 2:00 | 2:30 | 3:00 |
| 11 | Amador Valley HS | Wind Ensemble II | Jonathan Grantham | Caslor | 2:30 | 3:00 | 3:30 |
| 12 | James Logan HS | Symphonic Band | Patrick Refsnider | Adsit | 3:00 | 3:30 | 4:00 |
| 13 | Livermore HS | Chamber Orchestra | Justin Enright | Han | 3:30 | 4:00 | 4:30 |
| 14 | Marin SOA | Wind Ensemble | Matthew Verpaetse | Barr | 4:00 | 4:30 | 5:00 |
| 15 | James Logan HS | Wind Symphony | Adam Wilke | Caslor | 4:30 | 5:00 | 5:30 |
| 16 | Amador Valley HS | Wind Ensemble I | Jonathan Grantham | Adsit | 5:00 | 5:30 | 6:00 |
| Friday March 11 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Group | Director | Clinician | Warm-Up | Perform | Clinic | |
| 1 | Buchanan HS | Symphony Orchestra | John Lack | Han | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 |
| 2 | Healdsburg HS | Concert Band | John Natelli | Adsit | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 |
| 3 | Acalanes HS | Wind Ensemble | Lauren Gibson | Caslor | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| 4 | Homestead HS | Wind Ensemble II | John Burn | Barr | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 |
| 5 | Eureka HS | String Orchestra | Charles Young | Han | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
| 6 | Buchanan HS | Wind Symphony | John Lack | Adsit | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 |
| 7 | Lincoln HS | Wind Ensemble | Cathy Ettle | Caslor | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| 8 | Fountain Valley HS | String Orchestra | Maxwell Lowe | Han | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 |
| SSU Faculty Performance | 12:00 PM | ||||||
| SSU Wind Ensemble Performance | 12:30 PM | ||||||
| 9 | Eureka HS | Symphonic Band | Chalres Young | Barr | 1:30 | 2:00 | 2:30 |
| 10 | Homestead HS | Orchestra | John Burn | Han | 2:00 | 2:30 | 3:00 |
| 11 | Lynbrook HS | Wind Ensemble | Mike Pakaluk | Adsit | 2:30 | 3:00 | 3:30 |
| 12 | Fountain Valley HS | Symphonic Band | Maxwell Lowe | Caslor | 3:00 | 3:30 | 4:00 |
| 13 | Dougherty Valley HS | Wind Ensemble | Teri Musiel | Barr | 3:30 | 4:00 | 4:30 |
| 14 | Lynbrook HS | Chamber Orchestra | Mike Pakaluk | Han | 4:00 | 4:30 | 5:00 |
| 15 | Los Gatos HS | Wind Ensemble | Andrew Hill | Adsit | 4:30 | 5:00 | 5:30 |
| 16 | Homestead HS | Wind Ensemble I | John Burn | Caslor | 5:00 | 5:30 | 6:00 |
Apply to Perform
Participation fee is $500 per ensemble. Application and participation fees are due September 30, 2021.
2022 Application Form
All ensemble concerts are open to the public. Daily parking fee is $5.
Health and Safety for the 2022 Spring Season
The following safety procedures are required for the 2022 Spring Season:
- Masks are required when indoors for everyone.
- All participants and audience members will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or a negative COVID-19 test, for indoor seating at the Green Music Center. This includes audience members of all ages.
- All participants and audience members must heed all Sonoma County Public Health orders and Sonoma State University safety protocols.
For more information about our health and safety guidelines visit: https://gmc.sonoma.edu/
*All in-person performances are subject to change if necessary. Notice will be given if a change occurs.