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.

Hans Boepple, piano: Professor of Music at Santa Clara University (CA), where he served as chair from 1995-2007. Considered an artist who shows rich musicality alongside stunning technical command, he has appeared with many distinguished orchestras. A sought-after teacher of gifted pre-college pianists, his students have earned more than 150 state, national, and international awards. In demand as an adjudicator, lecturer, and master teacher, Mr. Boepple continues to balance performance activities with those of a dedicated and successful teacher.