The CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra, directed by Dr. Dave Gerhart performed two assemblies at Cabrillo High School with the Humboldt State University Calypso Band on Friday, March 15.
The combined group consisted of 60 steel drummers and engine room. They are also performing at the UT on Saturday, March 16 at 4:00p
The Chamber Choir was written up in the Daily 49er for their TED performance. According to Dr. Jonathan Talberg, composer Eric Whitacre called the choir the “finest college group” that he had ever seen at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.
The Studio Jazz Band performed on February 17 and 24 at a KKJZ 88.1 sponsored event called “Save Our Jazz”. The performances, held at KDB in Downtown Long Beach’s Pike Place, featured the Jazz Angels, Oak Middle School Jazz Band, and Woodrow Wilson High School Jazz Band prior to the culminating SJB performances.
Melisandra Teteris (MA Musicology) has been invited to perform (all expenses paid, plus a sizable honorarium) as the horn soloist at the meeting of the Cleveland Latvian Concert Association on March 16th in Cleveland, Ohio. She will be performing a recital of all Latvian music for solo horn and piano. Most of the pieces that she will perform are not currently published and she is the only person in the U.S. with access to them. She acquired this rare music while attending a festival in Sigulda, Latvia. This recital will be the U.S. premier of many of these pieces.
The CSULB Chamber Choir is featured in an Inside CSULB article. It highlights their upcoming appearance at the last Long Beach-based TED Convention.
BCCM was well-represented at CASMEC (California Association of School Music Educators Conference) the weekend of Feb 22-24. Dr. Jonathan Talberg taught at the Second Choral Leadership Academy. In addition, he co-presented a session entitled “Amazing Repertoire that Works: High-Quality Literature for Middle School and Beginning/Intermediate High School Choirs” for several hundred music educators. Jeff Jarvis served as conductor of the California All-State Jazz Ensemble in Fresno last weekend. Christine Guter and Pacific Standard Time (PST) were featured performers.
An amazing array of talent from Bob Cole Conservatory students will receive its semi-annual showcase in Beach Cafe on Friday, February 15 and Saturday February 16. Both shows are at 8:00p in Daniel Recital Hall.
This long-running event is all student run; they audition, rehearse, and perform under the guidance of officers from the CSULB Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. It is always loaded with fun, surprises, laughs, and great music making.
As the Daily 49er has said, “If you were’t there, what a shame! The show was filled with good entertainment from beginning to end. It didn’t matter what your definition of good entertainment was, The Beach Cafe had something for everyone.”
Admission is $10 for the general public and $7 for students. Coffee and homemade desserts are included.
The BCCM Trumpet Ensemble has been invited to the semi finals of the National Trumpet Competition for the second consecutive year. The members are: Casey Martin, Devin Henderson, Kurt Peregrine, Drew Ninmer, Esther Hood, Tony Belletti and Jackson Niebrugge. Congratulations to these amazing players and to their coach, Rob Frear.
The BCCM Chamber Choir and Pacific Standard Time returned from a five-day tour Friday. They sang for twelve schools from Oceanside to San Francisco.
The Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir and Pacific Standard Time are on tour Sunday, January 13 – Friday, January 17. They’ll be performing a concert of jazz and classical music.
Their schedule is:
Sunday: MiraCosta College, Oceanside
Monday: Red Hill Lutheran Church, Tustin
Tuesday: First Methodist Church, Santa Barbara
Wednesday: Soquel High School, Soquel
Thursday: Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Carlos
All concerts are at 7:00pm. Come out and hear them on tour if you can!