Music in Place presents the 2023 Sonoma Valley Music Festival from October 13 to 15. We offer three afternoon free concerts at Sonoma Plaza’s Grinstead Amphitheater, two morning events for the entire family at the Sonoma Community Center, and three concerts at the Sebastiani Theatre. Take advantage of any or all of these offerings and join us in celebration of this music festival.
October 14: Omar Ledezma will guide a percussion “petting zoo” at Sonoma Community Center
Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Grammy winning Singer and Percussionist Omar Ledezma Jr. has been playing professionally since the age of 17. In 1995, Ledezma graduated from one of the most prestigious Law Schools in Caracas but in 1998 Omar packed one bag and one drum to begin his move to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music. After graduating in 2005 he moved to the Bay Area, where today he teaches at the 100 years old’s Community Music Center in San Francisco Mission District. Omar has played, recorded and toured with local and international artists, played on international acclaimed festivals like Festival Flamenco Albuquerque (USA) and Tempo Latino (France). He founded a group dedicated to the cajón (wooden box), the Ka-Hon Ensemble, for the Adventures In Music program of the San Francisco Symphony. In 2014, he won a Grammy with worldwide-acclaimed Pacific Mambo Orchestra. Omar is a seasonal faculty of the California Jazz Conservatory, also since 2016, a music accompanist for the San Francisco Ballet Dance In Schools and Communities (DISC) education program and in 2018 received his teaching certification for Orff-Schulwerk approach to music and dance education. Recently from 2019 to 2021 and in conjunction with the Mission Neighborhood Center, Omar taught an Inter-generational drum class, including pre-K students and elders and started an educational collaboration with Youth In Arts of Marin, California. Omar Ledezma Jr. is an artist and collaborator with Pearl Percussion, Pinchclip, ELH Cowbells, Hansenfütz, Kandu Cajons, Vater, Remo Heads and Soultone Cymbals.
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Sonoma Community Center
276 E Napa Street
- Sonoma