2025 Arts Educator of the Year: Actor, Puppeteer, Movement Artist Heather Gobbée

Celebrating Día de los Muertos and Hispanic Heritage Month

LBC’s student Mariachi Ensemble is honored to take part in many local Día de los Muertos celebrations across Sonoma County, including Windsor, Santa Rosa, and SRJC campuses. Performing at such fosters a deep connection to culture and community for our students. Sharing the beautiful, traditional music of mariachi signifies why community engagement is at the heart of our student Mariachi program. Our Mariachi Ensemble participates in events such as these during Hispanic Heritage Month and throughout the year, focusing on impactful experiences for both the students and the community. Our students not only learn music that reflects Latino culture, but also explore the important traditions, holidays connections, and significant regional celebrations.

Thank you to our community for your continued support!

TEACHING ARTIST TRAININGS

Each of these engaging workshops is designed to equip aspiring and current teaching artists with the essential skills, strategies, and hands-on experience in arts education. Offered as an independent workshop and as part of the LBC Teaching Artist Certificate Program series, in partnership with Creative Sonoma.

Scholarships available!

Open to all educators!

TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING

Classroom Management and Student Engagement Strategies

$10 each 

Wednesday, October 19

4:00 – 6:00 pm

LBC Education Studio

TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING

Assessment and Reflection in Arts Education

$10 each 

Wednesday, December 3

4:00 – 6:00 pm

LBC Education Studio

INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & ACCESS IN THE CLASSROOM

Access & Cultural Relevance for All Students

$10 each 

Wednesday, February 25

4:00 – 6:00 PM

LBC Education Studio

Open to all educators!

Discover how this Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and the Arts presentation empowers educators to use the arts as a tool for culturally relevant teaching and building meaningful connections between students’ identities, experiences, and learning. Participants will explore how visual arts, music, dance, theatre, and multimedia can engage diverse learners while promoting equity, inclusion, and social-emotional growth.

Scholarships available!

ARTS FOR ALL RESIDENCY

Digital Music Production

Grades: 5 - 12
Subject: Music

Students will learn the principles, history, and techniques of audio recording and music production using the free application BANDLAB (compatible with Chromebooks and all computers). Students will explore virtual instruments and effects, drum programming, sampling, audio mixing, songwriting and music theory. No music knowledge or experience necessary!

Residency requires access to specific software and a device for each participating student (e.g. tablet, Chromebook, etc.).  GarageBand instruction available with iPads.

Posada Navideña

by Calidanza Dance Company

Friday, December 12, 2025

9:30 am limited availability

Grades K-12

Experience the joy of Christmas with Latin American flair in this exciting, culturally rich performance. Celebrate the folkloric dance and music traditions of Mexico with a delightful holiday presentation for students of all ages and backgrounds. A rainbow of shimmering color on stage, Posada Navideña will charm your students with Mexico’s seasonal customs and traditions.

The Peking Acrobats®

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

9:30 am limited availability

Grades K-12

Hailing from the People’s Republic of China, The Peking Acrobats® bring a 2,000-year-old tradition to the stage, performing daring maneuvers while displaying incredible technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control—all accompanied by live musicians, skillfully playing traditional Chinese instruments.

Hero: The Boy From Troy

A New Musical About Young John Lewis

by First Woman

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

9:30 am & 11:30 am show added!

Grades 3-6

A new musical showcasing how the Civil Rights movement’s heroes inspired young John Lewis to protest injustice and get into “good trouble.” We’ll meet Jayden, who thinks he has nothing to learn from history while he’s stuck in detention with a book about Congressman John Lewis. Together we travel back in time on a musical journey through the decades with young John Lewis.  Young John, who dreams of being a preacher, doesn’t have a congregation yet, but a loyal group of singing chickens that listen to him as he finds his voice. On a harrowing road trip through the South, John’s eyes and mind are opened to the injustices of segregation and racism, inspiring him to take action. As John meets Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and ultimately becomes a leader and American hero himself, Jayden learns how he can be become a leader, too.

Scholarships available for 11:30 am!

Around the Americas with 123 Andrés

Thursday, February 26, 2026

9:30 am & 11:30 am show added!

Grades PK-3

Andrés and Christina are the Grammy- and Latin Grammy-award winning music duo 123 Andrés (say “uno, dos, tres Andrés”)! Their catchy songs and lively performances get the whole audience dancing, singing, and learning! In this fun journey Around the Americas, we ask, “¿Dónde está Juana?”  We’ll help Andrés find his friend Juana, and our only clue is that she’s somewhere in the Americas.  Travel via song and dance through a lesson in geography that incorporates an introduction to a variety of musical instruments as well as Latin language, culture, and music.