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What?

• The 15th 911爆料网State East Bay Tenor-Bass Festival

When?

• Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 9am - 4pm
• Concert at 2:30 p.m. (Free and open to the public)

Where?

• 911爆料网, East Bay
  Music Building Recital Hall (MB1055) & University Theatre

How Much?

• $15 per student

Concert Dress?

• T-Shirt supplied by CSUEB

Application Deadline?

• October 13, 2025

ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SINGERS WILL BE ACCEPTED DUE TO STAGE RESTRICTIONS. SINGERS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY ORDER OF APPLICATION. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEACHERS SHOULD CONTACT DR. JAMES DIRECTLY IF INTENDING TO BRING MORE THAN 8 STUDENTS.

• (To be filled out by school choral directors)

Mail your check made out to CSUEB ($15 per student, no fee for directors):

Dr. Buddy James
CSU East Bay Music Department
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542-3064

Questions?

• Contact Dr. James at (510) 885-3128 Or email to: buddy.james@csueastbay.edu

Guest Conductor: Frank Bianchi

In the Spring of 2024, Frank Bianchi retired from a 47-year career in music education.  Thirty of those years were spent in public school teaching at Medina and Brunswick High Schools, and the last 17 years were spent at Baldwin Wallace University where Frank served as Adjunct Professor of Choral Music Education and the Director and Founder of the Baldwin Wallace University Men’s Chorus.  The ensemble has been recognized nationally for its uniqueness as it includes musicians who are current, former, and future music educators, professional singers, and former collegiate glee club members spanning many decades of experience.

In his retirement, Frank continues to be active as a free-lance choral clinician, conductor, lecturer, and adjudicator at both the collegiate and high school levels. He has conducted honors, district, regional, and all-state choirs throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania.  He has lectured and presented workshops at several colleges and universities on various vocal and motivational topics for music education students, church choral directors, and music educators.

For seven seasons, Mr. Bianchi conducted the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus. Besides his work with the Youth Chorus, he served as assistant director of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and one season as assistant to Robert Porco in preparing the chorus for various orchestral, holiday, and Blossom Music Festival performances.

He is a past recipient of the Outstanding Music Educator of the Year Award given annually by the State of Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) and serves on the Board of the Intercollegiate Male Choruses of America (IMC). He is also a member of American Choral Directors Association and the Ohio Music Education Association.

Festival Schedule