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Jonathan Flaksman, an instructor with the Bakersfield International Music Festival, helps students, from left, Peter Okh, Will Sparks and Colin Park as they practice a piece written for a trio on Monday.
Sophia Rodela, right, practices a piano piece as music instructor Soo-Yeon Park writes notes on the sheet music during the Bakersfield International Music Festival's first day of classes on Monday afternoon.
Christina Roh, a student attendee of the Bakersfield International Music Festival, practices her cello during Monday's instruction at Cal State Bakersfield.
Dokern An, a student with the Bakersfield International Music Festival, plays the violin while practicing with a trio of musicians on Monday afternoon at Cal State Bakersfield.
Student Sophia Rodela practices a piano piece with instructor Soo-Yeon Park in the Doré Theater at Cal State Bakersfield. Monday marked the first day of instruction for the Bakersfield International Music Festival, a 10-day music program for students in seventh grade and above.
Parents and guardians accompanied their children to a meet and greet at Cal State Bakersfield at the end of Monday's session with the Bakersfield International Music Festival.
Students accompanied by their parents or guardians get to know one another Monday during a meet and greet on the first day of the Bakersfield International Music Festival at Cal State Bakersfield.
The Bakersfield International Music Festival kicked off Monday, welcoming students from around the world to Cal State Bakersfield.Â
The 10-day chamber music program is intended for students of the violin, viola, cello and piano. It gives youth in seventh to 12th grade as well as college students, graduates and adult participants the opportunity to learn and practice their instruments.
