Join us for the 50th Annual Sonora Bach Festival, featuring Bach’s Big Bang (October 4), the Youth Concert (October 11), the Locals’ Concert (October 18), and the House Concert (October 25). Each event showcases a dynamic mix of professional guest artists and talented local performers. Stay up to date with the latest announcements by liking our Facebook page facebook.com/SonoraBachFest/

Youth Auditions, September 20, 2026

Chapel in the Pines, 18580 Cherokee Drive, Twain Harte, California
by appointment only

The Sonora Bach Festival Youth Auditions are open to music students under 18 in Tuolumne and surrounding counties. Students prepare and perform a memorized piece of repertoire from the Baroque or Classical Period in front of a panel of judges, in hopes of performing on the Youth Finalists Concert. Auditions are the afternoon of Sunday, September 28th at Chapel in the Pines in Twain Harte.

Bach’s Big Bang — October 4 | 2–5 p.m.

Featuring Lucky CuZn Brass Band and Opera Modesto | Tickets $TBD
Indigeny Reserve, 14679 Summers Lane, Sonora, California

Enjoy an afternoon of music, food and wine in a private setting where the artist is just a few feet away. We look forward to presenting this unique event for your enjoyment and know you will be delighted to have attended.

Youth Concert  — October 11 at 3 p.m.

Chapel in the Pines, 18580 Cherokee Drive, Twain Harte, California
Tickets $10 (children under 18 are free)

Twenty youth finalists will perform their pieces on Sunday, October 11 at 3pm. Please come support our local youth scholarship winners. Each finalist will receive a $100 award, along with the opportunity to perform in this special concert. This concert will be held at Chapel in the Pines in Twain Harte.

Locals’ Concert — October 18 at 3 p.m.

Chapel in the Pines, 18580 Cherokee Drive, Twain Harte, California
Tickets $TBD (children under 18 are free)

Support your friends, family and community as our own highly talented, local instrumentalists and vocalists present an exciting afternoon of chamber music of the Baroque and classical periods. Lovely music will be performed by people you know. An afternoon of classical music by Handel, Mendelssohn, Telemann, Giocomelli, Sanz, Johnson and more, featuring fine local talent including John MacAllister, Mark Seiver, Bryna Anders, Brook Moes, Victoria Hare, Diane Wright, Joy Willow, Abigail Cover, Ellora Maggs, Daniel Godsil, Kayla Ireland and Sandra Betti.

House Concert — October 25 | 2–5 p.m.

Featuring The Two Guitars | Tickets $TBD
Indigeny Reserve, 14679 Summers Lane, Sonora, California

Travis Silvers completed his undergraduate Guitar Performance concentration with David Feingold and his Music History and Literature concentration with Dr. Mary Terey-Smith at Western Washington University. He completed his graduate studies in Guitar Performance with James Reid at the Lionel Hampton School of Music, University of Idaho. Travis has also studied guitar with M. Hilliard Wilson at The Rosewood Guitar in Seattle, WA and with Sharon Isbin at the Aspen School & Festival of Music. Travis has attended and performed in masterclasses for such artists as Ricardo Cobo, Ana Vidovic, Paul O’Dette, David Starobin and George Crumb and has concertized in Europe, Canada and the United States as a soloist, as a member of Collegium Musicum, an early music ensemble, and as a member of ¡Tritarra!. He is also a co-founder of the biennial Central Valley Guitar Festival ¡Guitarraganza!, a current member of Duo Sonik with colleague Guy Powell, and the coordinator of the bi-annual Central Valley Guitar Invitational concerts. Travis is currently full-time music faculty of World Music & Guitar at Modesto Junior College, where he also is a member of the First Year Experience College Skills teaching cohort.

Guy Powell received his BM from CSU Sacramento and his MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers included Richard Savino, David Tannenbaum, and Marc Teicholz. Mr. Powell has performed all over the United States as soloist, ensemble, opera, and musical theatre performing, and participated in such events as the Guitarraganza Festival, Guitar Foundation of America, Portland Guitar Festival, Cal Arts Festival, La Guitarra Festival, and the California Bach Festival. Mr. Powell has also served as a co-director for the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Guitarraganza festival, as well as serving as the festival’s director for the solo competition. In addition to regular solo performances, Mr. Powell was also a member of the chamber ensemble Tritarra, a guitar trio specializing in adapting more eclectic genres of music for the concert stage, and recently has formed a new ensemble, Duo Sonik, with fellow guitarist Travis Silvers. In the Spring of 2022, Mr. Powell was elected as a faculty member to the Delta chapter of the society of Pi Kappa Lambda for excellence in teaching. Mr. Powell has taught at Columbia Community College and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Music at University of the Pacific, San Joaquin Delta College, and Modesto Junior College.