About San Ramon Voices

 San Ramon Valley High School is proud to announce Michael DiGiacinto as the new Choir Director for the 2020-21 school year. Michael is an active conductor, composer, and pianist in the Bay Area. He is the Associate Music Director of the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale and principal conductor of the A-Sharp Chorus. He has held the position of Music Director of the Winchester Orchestra of San Jose and Bay Shore Lyric Opera as well as Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theater at San Jose State University. In addition to SJSU, Michael has served on the faculties of West Valley College, Hofstra University, and the Manhattan School of Music. He received his Bachelor's degree in Music Education from New York University and his Masters degree in Composition from the Manhattan School of Music. 

A tireless advocate for arts education, Michael is an active member of the National Association for Music Education and has been involved with numerous efforts to bring music to schools and communities in need. Through the Outreach Department at Manhattan School of Music, he coordinated programs including group lessons and presentations on the orchestra, opera, and jazz at schools where arts programs are chronically underfunded or do not exist. Abroad, Michael has worked with community centers in Bethlehem, Palestine to bring arts education to the children of the Al Azza Refugee Camp.