Bennett Friedman, MA

Faculty,
Music

147
Forsyth Hall
Santa Rosa

Office phone: (707) 527-4255
bfriedman@santarosa.edu
Personal Homepage

Schedule

• Monday
     8:00 - 10:00 Office Hours 147 Forsyth
     12:00 - 1:30 Beginning Jazz Improvisation 115 Forsyth
     1:30 - 3:00 Jazz Combos 115, 189, 173 Forsyth
  
  
• Tuesday
     10:30 - 12:00 Jazz Appreciation 105 Forsyth
     1:30 - 3:00 Jazz, Rock, Pop Theory 189 Forsyth
     3:00 - 4:30 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation 115 Forsyth
  
  
• Wednesday
     8:00 - 10:00 Office Hours 147 Forsyth
     12:00 - 1:30 Beginning Jazz Improvisation 115 Forsyth
     1:30 - 3:00 Jazz Combos 115, 189, 173 Forsyth
  
  
• Thursday
     10:30 - 12:00 Jazz Appreciation 105 Forsyth
     1:30 - 3:00 Jazz, Rock, Pop Theory 189 Forsyth
     3:00 - 4:30 Intermediate Jazz Improvisation 115 Forsyth
  
  
• Friday
     9:00 - 10:00 Office Hours 147 Forsyth
  

Classes

• Section 4220 of MUSCP 42B: Jazz Combo Ensemble -- Spring 2013: Jan. 14, 2013 - May 15, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 4296 of MUSCP 42C: Jazz Combo Ensemble -- Spring 2013: Jan. 14, 2013 - May 15, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 8766 of MUSC 4B: Jazz, Rock, and Pop Theory 2 -- Spring 2013: Jan. 15, 2013 - May 16, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 8767 of MUSC 5A: Beginning Jazz Improvisation -- Spring 2013: Jan. 14, 2013 - May 15, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 8768 of MUSC 5B: Intermediate Jazz Improvisation -- Spring 2013: Jan. 15, 2013 - May 16, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 8774 of MUSC 9: Jazz Appreciation -- Spring 2013: Jan. 15, 2013 - May 16, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 8820 of MUSCP 42A: Jazz Combo Ensemble -- Spring 2013: Jan. 14, 2013 - May 15, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  

Biography

Bennett Friedman attended Berkeley High School, San Francisco State University and Berklee College of Music. He worked many years in San Francisco and the Bay Area doing studio work, jazz gigs, performing with Motown horn sections, theater orchestras, symphony orchestras, composing and teaching.

Bennett started teaching full-time at SRJC in 1977.

"Music is one of the greatest treasures in life. I am grateful for the opportunity to share my love of music with students at Santa Rosa Junior College."

Education

MA in Music-Performance, San Francisco State University
Special Studies, Berklee College of Music, Boston
BA in Music, San Francisco State University

Academic Experience

San Francisco State University, Adjunct Instructor
Foothill College, Adjunct instructor
College of Marin, Adjunct Instructor
Canada College, Adjunct Instructor
Merritt College, Adjunct Instructor
Full-time Instructor at SRJC since 1977

Work and Consulting Experience

Performances at Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Bay Blues Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Stanford Jazz Festival, Russian River Jazz Festival. Performances as soloist with Frank Sinatra and Marvin Gaye. Performances with Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis Jr., The Temptations, The Four Tops, San Francisco Symphony, California Symphony, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.

Presentations and Publications

"Variations On a Brazilian Song", Mission Music, 1971.
Works commissioned by the National Association of Jazz Educators, National Endowment for the Arts, University of California Bands and College of San Mateo.
Big band charts published by University of Northern Colorado Press.