Welcome to the Music Program!
The CSU Bakersfield Music Program offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with emphases in Music Education and General Music; a Music minor; and curricular support for the General Education and Liberal Studies Programs. The Music Program enhances the cultural environment of the region through wind band, orchestra, jazz, chamber music, choral, and opera performances, as well as recitals, workshops, festivals, and sponsoring guest artists. Each summer, it hosts the CSUB Kodály Institute, a certificate-granting program endorsed by the Organization of American Kodály Educators, and the Bakersfield International Music Festival, a chamber music program for aspiring young artists.
Events
Saturday, March 29 at 7:30pm
Join us!
$12 general
$7 seniors (60+)
FREE for students with ID (any campus!)
Free parking available in Lot C.
CSUB Department of Music & Theatre presents
Guest Artist
William Kinderman
Lecture Recital
The "Emperor" Concerto: A Turning-Point in Beethoven's Career
Featuring CSUB Faculty, Soo-Yeon Park, Piano
Monday, April 7, 2025
7:30 PM
CSUB DORÉ THEATRE
For more information email: spark18@csub.edu
Tickets can be purchased on-line at csub.edu/music
FREE PARKING IN LOT C
UCLA Music Professor Dr. William Kinderman presents an evening of Beethoven’sEmperor Concerto, joined by Dr. Soo-Yeon Park playing the orchestral reduction at the piano. Kinderman is a formidable concert pianist, chamber musician and an international authority on the music and creative process of Ludwig van Beethoven and has been praised for his “intellectual energy and distinctive insight” by The New York Times.
CSUB Department of Music & Theatre presents
Season of Changes
Friday, April 11 Concert 7:30PM
Doré Theatre
Jim Scully, director
Featured Composers:
Brian Blade, Snarky Puppy, Christian Scott, Mike Lee, Cari Allen, Charles Mingus, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Jon Cowherd, and more...
With Special Guests:
Sherna Armstrong, Shanna O Brien, Jennifer Neil, Jay Smith, Fernando Montoya, Alejandro Arvizu, Omar Murillo, Jason Dozier-Seals, Tim Swanson, John Calo, Ryan Vaughn, Pedro Lozano, Ede Pacaldo and more...
$12 general
$7 seniors (60+)
FREE for students with ID (any campus!)
Free parking available in Lot C.
