TRIBUTE!!! A Concert featuring Jeff Beal and Frank Sumares to honor the music educators of the East Bay.

Save the date of July 16, 2011 when the CV Arts Foundation will honor the music educators of the East Bay. Invite your favorite music teacher to see Jeff Beal (CVHS '81) reunite with Jazz Instructor Frank Sumares and a hand picked band of alumni and all-stars. Get your tickets now for this amazing concert. All East Bay and La Honda Music Camp jazz alums and music teachers are encouraged to attend!!

Join us for this entertaining evening of music as we pay tribute to the music educators of the East Bay; past, present and future. JEFF BEAL (CVHS ’81) is one of the most prolific and respected composers working in film and television today (Monk, Ugly Betty, Rome (HBO), Carnivale (HBO), Jessie Stone, etc.).   Since his first Emmy in 2001, Beal has garnered 11 Emmy nominations and has 4 Emmy’s sitting on his mantle! Jeff returns home to Castro Valley with his trumpet, joining legendary educator and jazz pianist FRANK SUMARES.

Frank Sumares taught music for CVUSD, was Director of Jazz Studies and Instrumental Music for over 25 years at Chabot College, and is currently a professor in the Jazz Studies Program at San Jose State University.   Other East Bay luminaries in the music world such as Steve Coburn, Greg Sudmeier, and Geoff Carter are among the many talented local musicians who willl fill out the band for this dazzling concert. All proceeds will benefit needed sound system improvements at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts.