Spotlight

Known primarily for their work on opera and concert stages across the US and abroad, acclaimed baritone Zachary Gordin and pianist/conductor Bryan Nies join forces on April 27, 2017 to present an intimate recital of vocal music highlighting the works of Venezuelan/French composer Reynaldo Hahn.

The Navarro Trio closes its 25th season as resident chamber music artists at Sonoma State with works by Beethoven, Taneyev and Dvořák on April 23 at 2 p.m. in Schroeder Hall.

A group of former Sonoma State University music students is getting the band(s) back together for the first annual Alumni Recital on April 15 at 2 pm in Schroeder Hall. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Ezra G. Rust Scholarship fund.

Six Sonoma State Music majors competed in the second annual Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition on March 23. Orchestra conductor and head judge Alexander Kahn has announced that Jamelia Brown, soprano and Spencer Causey, horn, are the winners.

The SSU Symphony Orchestra honors Earth Day with its April 22 concert, entitled Songs of the Earth. The 7:30 pm performance in Weill Hall will feature the world premiere of Moritūra Terra, the prize-winning work from the orchestra’s inau

Sonoma State University’s annual Wind Power concert on February 23 will feature Jonathan Dimmock, organist, playing Buxtehude’s Magnificat primi toni and chamber works with winds on Schroeder Hall’s renowned Brombaugh pipe organ

The Sonoma State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents an evening of musical collaborations with President Judy K. Sakaki as guest narrator in Aaron Copland's iconic "Lincoln Portrait." The concert is Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center.

World renowned bandmaster Keith Brion will guest conduct the Sonoma State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble on a program of wind band classics at 7:30 pm May 13 in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center.

The Sonoma State University Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers will honor the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death with settings of his texts on April 29 at 7:30 pm in Schroeder Hall.