Meridian Voices in Concert
Five Years of Excellence
An Anniversary Concert
May 19, 2024 at 5:00pm
St. John’s Lutheran Church
4500 Buena Vista Rd.
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor:
Additional 2023-2024 Donors include:
Pursuing Excellence
Our mission is to elevate live performance in our community by providing exceptional musical experiences for musicians and audiences to share.
Read: Under the ‘Influence’ of Meridian Voices by Susan Scaffidi for The Bakersfield Californian, October 17, 2019
“Meridian Voices has become an institution in Bakersfield, complete with nonprofit status, as a permanent member of the local music family.”
Dr. Angel m. Vázquez-Ramos, founding artistic Director
Dr. Angel M. Vázquez-Ramos, a native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, is Director of Choral & Vocal Studies and Associate Professor of Music at California State University, Bakersfield. He teaches undergraduate courses in music education, secondary choral methods, and choral conducting. In addition, Dr. Vázquez-Ramos conducts the University Singers, Treble Singers, and Chamber Singers while maintaining an active schedule as guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician throughout the state and western region.
Before completing his doctoral studies at Florida State University, Vázquez-Ramos taught secondary choral music at Pinellas County Schools in the Tampa Bay Area. Previous music director positions have included congregations in both Florida and California. Serving as the Ethnic & Multicultural Perspectives chair on the California Choral Directors Association Board, Dr. Vázquez-Ramos also keeps current memberships in the following professional organizations: American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE).
He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education at the University of Puerto Rico. Studying with Judy Bowers, Rodney Eichenberger, Kevin Fenton and André Thomas, he holds Master of Music Education and Ph.D. in Music Education degrees from Florida State University. Research interests include: teacher preparation, rehearsal techniques, adolescent choirs, and ethnic choral music. Dr. Vázquez-Ramos has presented nationally and published articles on assessment in music education and teacher preparation in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing and the Florida Music Director.
