California Summer Music’s free masterclass series at Sonoma State’s Green Music Center features three performances by our talented young performers. Each performance is followed by a class where the master will show both audience and performer methods to use to improve the performance.

Carol Rodland, viola: Violist Carol Rodland made her solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of seventeen. She subsequently won first prizes at the Washington International Competition, the Artists. International Auditions, and the Juilliard Concerto Competition, as well as the Universal Editions Prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition.

Ms. Rodland currently enjoys a multi-faceted international career as a concert and recording artist and pedagogue. Recent engagements have included recitals, chamber music concerts, and master classes in Germany, Brazil, and throughout the United States.

California Summer Music is a thriving environment for young musicians and composers to learn, grow, and achieve their goals through the unique experience of music making. Every summer, we provide each emerging artist highly individualized, quality musical training and mentoring with CSM faculty and internationally renowned guest artists.