![Nicholas Bratcher, CSUSB director of bands, conducts the Cal State San Bernardino Symphonic Band.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Music_NicholasBratcher_csusbfallconcert_BaconAward_26Apr2021.jpg.webp?itok=d0rVJ4AD)
April 26, 2021
The CSUSB Symphonic Band has been named a semi-finalist for the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music (College/University Division) for two March 2020 performances. The award is administered by the American Prize National Competition for the Performing Arts and is unique in its own right.
![CSUSB student William Parada plays his trumpet outside. Through a series of approved hybrid classes and safety precautions, the music lives on.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_virtualband_18Mar2021.jpg.webp?itok=GbN0o-cv)
March 17, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly presented numerous challenges for the CSUSB music department, but that hasn’t stopped them from picking up their instruments.