Spotlight
In just a week, three of our Music Faculty will be traveling to the California All-State Music Education Conference in Sacramento and lead sessions as featured clinicians.
The Navarro Trio, Sonoma State University's faculty ensemble-in-residence since 1992, announces the appointment of violinist Tammie Dyer starting in January 2024.
Ron Teplitz from Classical Sonoma reviewed the Sonoma State University's New Wine in Old Bottles collaboration with the Young People's Chamber Orchestra (YPCO).
The Florida State University Faculty Winds featured Klezmer Overture by Brian Wilson (Music) on October 27, 2023, at the College Music Society National Conference in Miami.
Music majors Jomei Greer and Estella Zea recently received scholarships from the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society and performed at their "Jazz at the Barn" event.
Aaron Westman, Violin & Viola Faculty in the SSU Department of Music, and his baroque ensemble, Agave Music, were recently profiled in a Press Democrat article that also detailed their nomination at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards.
You can read the article by Kerry Benefield below:
Associate Professor of Music, Thom Limbert and his long time collaborator, John Mayrose, are presenting a series of electroacoustic music concerts featuring their original works at universities in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Classical Saxophone Instructor, Andrew Harrison, recently performed in Brooklyn, New York with musical partner, Jason Lo, piano, at Bargemusic.
Recently, The Jewish News of Northern California wrote a piece about our latest Jewish Music Series which will have its first concert on Thursday, September 7 at 5:30pm in Schroeder Hall featuring Trio Gesher.
Read the preview below.
Four of our SSU Music majors, Sungdue Bae, Jomei Greer, Emma Hofhenke, and Mike Wang had the privilege of participating in pianoSonoma, a music festival where students are able to work with "dynamic and innovative professional music