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
Department Repertory Recital
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 Wind Ensemble
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
Sunday, November 5, 2023
SSU Saxophone Day
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
Department Repertory Recital
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 Fall Concert
Fall Concert, featuring early 20th Century classics
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Guitar Ensemble
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.
Friday, December 8, 2023
Chamber Music Ensembles
Works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák and Saint-Saëns
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Navarro Trio
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
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.
Save time - purchase and print out your daily parking pass from home.View Event Details