Jessica Bejarano

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Maestra Bejarano currently serves as Assistant Conductor of the Peninsula Symphony, Music Director of Voices LCE of Oakland, Guest/ Cover Conductor with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony of San Francisco, and Conductor of The Rainbow Chamber Players in San Francisco.  Ms. Bejarano also serves as Music Coordinator of the Bridges to Music Program, bringing music to 8 elementary schools in the Peninsula, Music Teacher with the Traveling Music School of Redwood City and teaches high school music history and choir at Summit Preparatory Charter High School in Redwood City.


Ms. Bejarano received her Associates of Fine Arts in Music Education from Casper College, a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Wyoming and her Master of Arts in Conducting from the University of California Davis.  As an active member of the Conductors' Guild, Ms. Bejarano has attended the 2005-2009 annual conferences and various Conductors' Guild training workshops throughout the United States and Canada


Just recently, Ms. Bejarano has been selected to attend a Mastercourse with Jorma Panula and the Ruse (Bulgarian) Philharmonic in Bulgaria, September 2010.  Ms. Bejarano is one of nineteen conductors selected from around the world who will work with the Ruse Philharmonic and give two public performances in Bulgaria. 


During the summer of 2007, Ms. Bejarano attended the International Academy of Advanced Conducting in Saint Petersburg, Russia where she received “Honorable Mention” for her performance with the Classical Symphony Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, Russia.  Ms. Bejarano was invited back by the Academy (IAAC) in 2008 to continue her studies and conduct a performance in Urbino, Italy.  During the same summer, Ms. Bejarano also attended the International Institute for Conductors in Bacau, Romania where she conducted The Philharmonic Orchestra “Mihail Jora” of Bacau in two separate performances. 

Ms. Bejarano has served as Artistic Director of the Sacramento Gay Mens Chorus, Music Director of the Davis Summer Symphony, Guest Conductor with the Community Women’s Orchestra in Oakland, Assistant Conductor of the University of California Davis Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the University Chorus and Chamber Singers at the University of California Davis.  Ms. Bejarano has also conducted the Beloit Community Orchestra, the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, The Urbino Summer Music Institute String Ensemble, the Classical Symphony Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, Russia, and the Philharmonic Orchestra “Mihail Jora” of Bacau, Romania.