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campus and community events. Together with the Drumline and the Cheer Team, the Renegade Band is here to fight, fight, fight for BC. Go Gades!
Drumline
www.BCDrumline.org
Whether entertaining BC Football fans or representing the college throughout the community, the BC Drumline is the heartbeat of Bakersfield College. In the fall, the drumline performs at BC Football games. In the spring, the drumline competes locally in the PPAACC circuit and nationally at Winter Guard International sanctioned events.
Drum
& Bugle Corps
www.geperformingarts.org
The Golden Empire Drum & Bugle Corps from Bakersfield College is the premiere drum corps in the southern San Joaquin Valley. The corps is comprised of youth who are
furthering their education in brass, percussion, and visual performance. Students rehearse monthly in the spring and daily once school is out for the summer. Founded in 2014, Golden Empire is an Open Class member of Drum Corps International, Marching Music's Major League. Students can connect via email (theasley@bakersfieldcollege.edu) or on Facebook.com/BCBand, Instagram (@BCDrumline and @gedrumcorps), or Twitter (@BCRenegadeBand).
College Choir
The choral program at Bakersfield College has a long history of excellence. Over
50 years ago the BC Choir was the first American choir to win the mixed choir
competition at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales. The
choirs at BC continue this tradition of excellence. College Choir is a large choir
composed of students of all skill levels. The choir sings music across all styles
and genres and performs in four concerts a year. One of those performances is
with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Participation includes study of major
choral literature of all the historical periods. The students learn and demonstrate the basics of sight singing and music theory as they expand their abilities and develop a musical foundation.
Chamber Singers
Chamber Singers is a small auditioned group of students and alumni that perform challenging repertoire of all historical periods and styles. Chamber Singers and College Choir perform two concerts per semester with sold-out crowds. The choirs perform with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra at least once a year. Chamber Singers can also be found at other events at BC such as football games, rallies, Opening Convocation, and more. In the community they entertain at Rotary Clubs, luncheons, dinner parties, and many other community events. Chamber Singers hosts a high school Chamber Singers Festival in the Fall which includes a guest conductor from outside of California and attends the USC Choral Invitational every Spring. The BC Chamber Singers are also proud to represent Bakersfield College on a national as well as international stage. In 2013 they performed with Eric Whitacre in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Next they toured Italy in the summer of 2015. Chamber Singers’ recent destination was Australia’s Sydney Opera House in July of 2018.
PLANETARIUM
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/planetarium
The William M Thomas Planetarium has a Chronos star projector from GOTO and a SciDome all-dome video system from Spitz installed under a Spitz premium-seam 36-foot dome. Individual seating for 72 people all facing toward the same direction under the largest dome (36-foot diameter) in all of the Central Valley is used for instruction in astronomy classes. Check the website for public evening shows being offered and to purchase tickets. Tickets are not sold at the door.
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