The Real World awaits YOU...
"The world of music is a vast and ever-changing field that is influenced by culture, politics, economics, and ultimately through the performance of the individual artist. Artistry is realized through dynamic learning experiences that lead to personal accomplishment. The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach is proud to offer these experiences. You are about to enter the real world of music that awaits you at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music." —John Carnahan, Director
...Welcome to our world.
Current News
Richard Rintoul (1955-2011)
Former faculty member Richard Rintoul passed away on Friday, November 25, 2011. He was the Director of Orchestral Studies at CSULB from 1997-2006, during which time he conducted the University Symphony Orchestra, opera productions, and taught instrumental conducting and chamber music. He also established a Studio Orchestra and a fondly remembered series of Halloween concerts. A Life Celebration is planned; details will be posted on his website, www.richardrintoul.com.
Composers' Colloquium hosts Composers Eve Beglarian Nov. 2 and Carl Stone Nov. 9
Wednesday, November 2, the Cole Conservatory welcomes composer Eve Beglarian. Noted by Josef Woodard of the Los Angeles Times as "a humane, idealistic rebel and a musical sensualist," and a composer, performer, and audio producer whose music is "an eclectic and wide-open series of enticements," Beglarian's chamber, choral, and orchestral music has been commissioned and widely performed by performers such as the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the American Composers Orchestra, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and others.
Eve's appearance at the Composer's Colloquium will be on Wednesday, November 2 from 3:15-4:30 in C402. This event is free, and open to all interested!
For more information on Eve, please visit her website.
Wednesday, November 9, the Composer's Colloquium will feature composer/live electronic musician Carl Stone. Hailed by Time Out New York as, "One of American experimental music's most eloquent advocates," Carl Stone is one of the first contemporary composers to utilize sampling technology as a main form of sound production. He's performed around the world and has influenced generations of sound artists with a laptop approach to performance and sound construction. Originally from L.A. and trained at CalArts, he currently lives and teaches in Japan.
"{Stone's music is} a powerful stimulant, with lingering euphoric effects." —Steve Smith, New York Times.
Carl will be at the Composer's Colloquium on Wednesday, November 9 from 3:15-4:30 in C402. This event is free, and open to all interested!
More information Carl Stone is availble at his website.
Violinist David Lisker at the Cole Conservatory Oct 8
Saturday, October 8, the Cole Conservatory's own Valentina Gottleib will perform a Faculty Artist Series concert on piano, with special guest David Lisker, violin. For more information on Daivd, please visit his website: www.davidlisker.com
College of the Arts B-Word Project
Banned, Blacklisted and Boycotted: Censorship and the Response to It (The B-Word Project) is an 18-month campus-wide initiative, running from September 2011 through December 2012, at California State University, Long Beach. The goal of the project is to provoke thought, discussion and research into the effects of censorship across all disciplines at Cal State Long Beach.
More information: The B-Word Project Website
Johannes Moser cello Masterclass Oct 14
Johannes Moser will be giving a Cello Masterclass, Friday, Oct. 14th in A301 from 3-5pm. Mr. Moser just soloed with the Berlin Philharmonic and will play with LA Phil next weekend. More information on Johannes Moser is available on his website: www.johannes-moser.com
Chamber Choir and Pacific Standard Time to sing at the ACDA Western Convention
Congratulations to the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir and to Pacific Standard Time, Vocal Jazz, for being invited to sing at the American Choral Directors Association Western Convention in Reno in March of 2012!
Jessie Shulman wins The Harold Heiberg LiedersÄnger Preis
Congratulations to Cole Conservatory Opera major Jessie Shulman for winning The Harold Heiberg Liedersänger Preis at the AIMS Summer Institute in Graz, Austria! This is the top prize of the American Institue of Musical Studies summer program; Jessie was chosen as the "Outstanding Liedersänger" by a panel of faculty members.
Vist the AIMS website for more information about the program.
Brass at the Beach welcomes Kyle Covington
Brass at the Beach is pleased to announce the addition of Kyle Covington, the outstanding young Principal Trombonist of the San Diego Symphony, to our applied staff. A Cailifornia native, Kyle is a grauate of the Juilliard School and was a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic before coming to San Diego.
For more information please visit his page at the SDSU website.
Brass Fall 2011 Placement Audition materials available
Brass players: Brass at the Beach Fall 2011 placement audition material is up online at Professor Frear's website.
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