The Camerata Singers of Long Beach, California

Jonathan Talberg, Conductor

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. 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 the Great Wall of China. Most recently, he has been invited to prepare a choir of 250 singers for two European summer music festivals in 2006 in Lubliana, Slovenia and Valencia, Spain.

A recipient of the prestigious Oliver Family Foundation grant for outstanding American conductors, Dr. Talberg has served as Conducting Assistant to the Cincinnati Symphony and the Cincinnati Pops. He sits on the advisory board for Music America, where his expertise in high school music education has been instrumental in creating festivals that surpass the national standards for arts education. Dr. Talberg 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 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.

Dr. Talberg became the director of the Camerata Singers of Long Beach in March 2005.