Choral & Vocal Season

Welcome to the 2023-2024 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 11, 2023

Singer in a yellow outfit singing on stage

Vocal Repertory Recital

Schroeder Hall

The vibrant and varied voices of the SSU vocal students will showcase their work over the fall semester. Works in multiple languages and styles will be interwoven into a tapestry of song in Schroeder Hall. Spend an afternoon with these talented artists at the start of their singing careers.

The SSU Vocal Program is a thriving wing of the SSU Music Department. Voice students participate in a broad range of performance activities including major choral-orchestral works, opera, chamber music, musical theatre and solo recitals. The performance program is augmented by a strong curriculum in theory, ear training and piano...View Event Details

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - Wednesday, October 25, 2023

2023 Sonoma Invitational Choral Festival

Green Music Center
2023 Sonoma Invitational Choral Festival

Weill Hall and Schroeder Hall at the Green Music Center October 24-25, 2023

The Sonoma Invitational Choral Festival is a two-day event for high school and community college choirs. The festival will include performances by Sonoma State’s select choral ensemble, Sonovoce, as well as masterclasses with SSU Voice Faculty.

The Sonoma Invitational Choral Festival, is a non-competitive, non-rated festival, with emphases on musical artistry and education. This unique experience offers your students the opportunity to perform in Weill Hall, one of the nation’s premier concert venues. Performing...View Event Details

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Singer singing on Schroder stage in front of piano with accompanist

Vocal Repertory Recital: Zarzuela

Schroeder Hall

The vibrant and varied voices of the SSU vocal students will showcase their work over the fall semester. Works in multiple languages and styles will be interwoven into a tapestry of song in Schroeder Hall. Spend an afternoon with these talented artists at the start of their singing careers.

The SSU Vocal Program is a thriving wing of the SSU Music Department. Voice students participate in a broad range of performance activities including major choral-orchestral works, opera, chamber music, musical theatre and solo recitals. The performance program is augmented by a strong curriculum in theory, ear training and piano...View Event Details

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Student singing in front of a piano on stage

Vocal Repertory Recital: Songs about Nature

Schroeder Hall

The vibrant and varied voices of the SSU vocal students will showcase their work over the fall semester. Works in multiple languages and styles will be interwoven into a tapestry of song in Schroeder Hall. Spend an afternoon with these talented artists at the start of their singing careers.

The SSU Vocal Program is a thriving wing of the SSU Music Department. Voice students participate in a broad range of performance activities including major choral-orchestral works, opera, chamber music, musical theatre and solo recitals. The performance program is augmented by a strong curriculum in theory, ear training and piano...View Event Details

Friday, February 9, 2024 - Saturday, February 10, 2024

In the Heights with credits and silhoutte of a bridge in the background

In the Heights

Evert B. Person Theatre

Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes

Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda

A co-production by the Department of Music and the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

Faculty Music Director: Lynne Morrow

Faculty Stage Director: Marie Ramirez Downing

In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on...View Event Details

Saturday, February 24, 2024

National Association of Teachers of Singing Inc. logo

2024 NATS Vocal Festival

Schroeder Hall
Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with more than 7,000 members in the United States, Canada, and more than 35 other countries. The Redwood Empire Chapter of NATS is composed of dynamic and dedicated members from the Northern California area. Our intention is to continue to expand, explore, and inform our amazing vocal community. We strive to strengthen our growing membership by continuing to provide workshops and master classes presented by artists of national and international acclaim, and by highly...View Event Details

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Alfie Halpern singing on stage at SSU with piano accompanist

Vocal Repertory Recital

Schroeder Hall

The vibrant and varied voices of the SSU vocal students will showcase their work over the fall semester. Works in multiple languages and styles will be interwoven into a tapestry of song in Schroeder Hall. Spend an afternoon with these talented artists at the start of their singing careers.

The SSU Vocal Program is a thriving wing of the SSU Music Department. Voice students participate in a broad range of performance activities including major choral-orchestral works, opera, chamber music, musical theatre and solo recitals. The performance program is augmented by a strong curriculum in theory, ear training and piano...View Event Details

Friday, April 19, 2024

Concert Choir & SonoVoce

Schroeder Hall

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