Chamber Music Season

Welcome to the 2023-2024 Chamber Music season. Here you will find instrumental recitals by students, by resident faculty and guest artists, and by the SSU Brass Ensemble and Guitar Ensemble. The chamber music program is under the direction of Marilyn Thompson.

 

Written for any combination of two up to about 15 players, chamber music has no boss, no one person directing the sound and shaping the piece. It is a shared responsibility among all the players, alternating in roles of leadership and support as the music requires." —International Music Foundation

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Saxophonist and pianist performing on Schroeder stage

Department Repertory Recital

Schroeder Hall

Please join us for a one-hour concert recital featuring student musicians from the various instrumental, vocal and jazz studios. Admission is free and open to the public.

Department Repertory Recital Digital Program

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Chamber group performing in Schroeder hall

Chamber Wind Ensemble

Schroeder Hall

Chamber Wind Ensemble Digital Program

Chamber Wind Ensemble

R. Anderson Collinsworth, conductor

Thursday October 26, 2023

Schroeder Hall

7:30 pm

Suite in B-flat, op. 4 Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)

Praeludium Romanze Gavotte Introduction and Fuge

Serenade for Winds Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)

Moderato, quasi marcia Menuetto Andante con moto Finale. Allegro molto

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Sunday, November 5, 2023

Saxophones

SSU Saxophone Day

Schroeder Hall

Please join Dr. Andrew Harrison , Saxophone Adjunct Faculty at Sonoma State University and guest artist Jason Lo, for the first-ever Saxophone Day at Sonoma State University.

This free event will take place Sunday, November 5, 2023, at the beautiful Green Music Center at Sonoma State University.

Participants will have the chance to hear performances by our amazing faculty, read great saxophone chamber music, participate in and observe masterclasses on standard college admission repertoire, learn about the college admissions process from the perspective of current music majors, and gain insights into how to effectively prepare...View Event Details

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Trombonist performing with piano on stage

Department Repertory Recital

Schroeder Hall

Please join us for a one-hour concert recital featuring student musicians from the various instrumental, vocal and jazz studios. Admission is free and open to the public.

Department Repertory Recital Digital Program

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Brass ensemble on stage directed by Dan Norris

Brass Ensemble Fall Concert

Schroeder Hall

Fall Concert, featuring early 20th Century classics

Brass Ensemble Digital Program

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Guitarists with their guitars on stage sitting in a curved line

Guitar Ensemble

Schroeder Hall

Join us for a night of guitar music as members of the SSU Guitar Ensemble perform large ensemble works as well as solo performances. Selections range from Andean music and a new contemporary work to an Argentine Tango imagining Johann Sebastian Bach had lived in Buenos Aires! It promises to be a fun and eclectic program.

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Brass ensemble performing on stage of Schroeder Hall with bright lights

Chamber Music Ensembles

Schroeder Hall

Works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák and Saint-Saëns

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Navarro Trio

Schroeder Hall

SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Co-founded in 1992 by pianist Marilyn Thompson and cellist Jill Rachuy Brindel, NAVARRO TRIO is currently chamber music artists-in-residence at Sonoma State.

Comprised of violinist Victor Romasevich, cellist Jill Rachuy Brindel and pianist Marilyn Thompson, NAVARRO TRIO has performed virtually the entire “standard” piano trio repertoire.

They are advocates of out-of-print and rarely performed works by composers including Rebecca Clarke, Paul Juon, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann and Sergei Taneyev. In the contemporary vein, they have performed trios by Chick Corea, Richard Danielpour, Brian S. Wilson, Kirke Mechem, and Paul Schoenfeld....View Event Details

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Department Repertory Recital

Schroeder Hall

Please join us for a one-hour concert recital featuring student musicians from the various instrumental, vocal and jazz studios. Admission is free and open to the public.

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