Jonathan Talberg
Dr. Jonathan Talberg serves as Director of Choral, Vocal, and Opera Studies at California State University, Long Beach where he is music director of the University and Chamber Choirs, and he oversees the largest and one of the most recognized voice programs in the state of California. Ensembles under his baton have toured the United States and the world. He has conducted at the Music Educator’s National Conference, at several All-State choir concerts, and in various venues throughout Europe and Asia, including St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, The Karlskirche in Vienna, and at the Great Wall of China. Most recently, he conducted a choir of 250 singers and the Amsterdam Youth Orchestra for two European festivals—in Florence and San Giminano, Italy.
He has prepared choirs for the Cincinnati Symphony, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, and the Pasadena Pops. Additionally, Dr. Talberg serves as music director of the Long Beach Bach Festival and the Camerata Singers of Long Beach, a 60 voice adult choir that performs standard and new repertoire with its own professional orchestra.
A recipient of the Oliver Family Foundation grant for outstanding American conductors, Dr. Talberg has served as Conducting Assistant to the Cincinnati Symphony and the Cincinnati Pops. He serves as principal choral conductor at Arrowbear Music Camp (the oldest music camp in the Western United States), and he is in much demand as a clinician and adjudicator. He holds the position of Standards and Repertoire Chair for University and College Choirs for the California Chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association, and he is an editor at Pavane Music Publishing, where a choral series is published under his name.
Dr. Talberg holds D.M.A. and M.M. degrees in Conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and a B.M. in Choral Conducting from Chapman University.
