Robert Worth is the founding music director of Sonoma Bach.  In 2010, he retired as Professor of Music at Sonoma State University, where he taught choral music and many other subjects for 27 years. He is the founding Music Director of Sonoma Bach. In addition to his work in the fields of choral and early music, Bob has a specialty in musicianship training, and for ten years ran the ear training program at SSU. He is a composer and arranger of both choral music and jazz, and his vocal jazz arrangements have been performed by many groups throughout California and beyond. He was deeply involved in the Green Music Center project in its early years, serving as consultant to the architects on such issues as acoustics, choral performance facilities and the Cassin pipe organ. Bob received his BA in music at SSU in 1980, and his MA in musicology at UC Berkeley in 1982.