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CMEA Executive Board selects Jenny Bent to receive Choral Educator Award

Professor and Director of Choral Activities in the Department of Music, Dr.

Lynne holding up her hands with baton and smilig
Lynne Morrow in the news and included in outdoor display in Ravinia Festival

Over the summer, Director of the Voice, Opera, and Music Theatre Programs, Dr. Lynne Morrow was included in an outdoor display of "Women on the Podium" at the Ravinia music festival in Illinois.

Jazz ensemble on Weill Hall's stage performing with Wynton Marsalis
Sonoma State University Jazz Students Perform Onstage with Wynton Marsalis

Thanks to the efforts of the Green Music Center and Director Jacob Yarrow, a few of the Department of Music's jazz students as well as Director of the Jazz Program, Dr.

Andrew Harrison Playing Saxophone
Andrew Harrison to perform in first Faculty Recital

Award winning duo, Andrew Harrison (saxophones) and Jason Lo (piano), perform an evening music by celebrated composers Arturo Marquez, William Grant Still, Robert Muczynski, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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Dr. Brian Wilson's composition has been selected to be performed at the College Music Society's 2023 International Conference

"Yizkor," a trio for violin, cello and piano by Brian Wilson, has been selected for performance at the College Music Society's 2023 International Conference taking place in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Andy conducting the Symphonic Wind Ensemble from a side aerial shot
Sign-ups for Fall 2022 Ensemble Placement Auditions- Available Now!

If you're an SSU music major, if you're a non-music major at SSU, or even if you're a community member who wants to audition for one of our ensembles, our Fall 2022 Ensemble Auditions are open for you!

New Violin Faculty Member Releases Album

Gail Hernández Rosa, new violin faculty member to the Department of Music at Sonoma State, and

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Classical Sonoma Gives Glowing Review of the Navarro Trio

On May 1, the Navarro Trio performed in Schroeder Hall for their long awaited return to the stage.

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Dr. Mieder presents research at the Sonoma State Faculty & Graduate Research Symposium

Dr. Kim Mieder presented her research on independent musicianship in the full ensemble in a poster session at the Sonoma State Faculty & Graduate Research Symposium last week.