REGISTRATION

Registration for the Fall Semester is now open! Course titles listed above can be found in the Ventura College Course Catalog. The VC Registration Information Page will give students step-by-step instructions on registering for courses through The Ventura College Portal.

STEPS TO PARTICIPATE

• Visit www.venturacollege.edu/start to set up your Ventura College student portal.
• Once your student portal has been created, visit my.vcccd.edu and select Register for Classes. Search classes by selecting ‘Fall 2025’ and using the appropriate CRN#.
• Pay fees (approximately $75 per class). Fees includes: tuition, health fee, & student activity fees.
• Auditions (required for applied private lessons and most ensembles - See auditions tab for more information as available)

CLASSES

QUESTIONS?

Please visit the Music Department Page for Audition Information.

Please visit the Theatre Arts Department Page for the 2025 Fall Production Audition Information.

VC Dance: The Body Keeps The Score:
Movement Memory & Meaning

Krenly Guzman Gonzalez, director

Three Performance:

May 8-10, 7:30pm

Performing Arts Center

Helen Yunker Auditorium

4700 Loma Vista Rd. Ventura CA 93003

PURCHASE TICKETS

From May 8-10 (Thursday through Saturday) VC Dance presents a program that tells stories of history, resilience, and the imprints of trauma on our lives through movement. Under the direction of Krenly Guzman Gonzalez.

VC Jazz Band

Fundi Legohn, director

One Performance:

Friday, May 16, 7:00pm

Performing Arts Center

Helen Yunker Auditorium

4700 Loma Vista Rd. Ventura CA 93003

PURCHASE TICKETS

On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7 PM, The VC Jazz Band presents a program featuring Afro Latin Jazz music. The colorful and energetic program will include music from composers Chico O'Farrill, Mongo Santamaria, Horace Silver, Ahmad Jamal and others. Dancing is encouraged! Under the direction of Fundi Legohn.

Ventura College Orchestra

Ashley Walters, conductor

One Performance:

Saturday, May 17, 3:00pm

PURCHASE TICKETS

Performing Arts Center

Helen Yunker Auditorium

4700 Loma Vista Rd. Ventura CA 93003

Join us on Saturday, May 17 at 3:00 PM for an exciting afternoon of live music with the Ventura College Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. The Chamber Orchestra will open with Jessie Montgomery’s vibrant “Starburst” followed by Philip Glass’s rhythmic and cinematic String Quartet No. 3 (“Mishima”). The Symphony Orchestra will perform Gustav Holst’s bold and imaginative “The Planets,” Op. 32. Ashley Walters conducts. The concert will be held at the Helen Yunker Auditorium in the Performing Arts Center, 4700 Loma Vista Rd., Ventura, CA 93003.

"Odyssey"
Ventura College Chamber Music
Ventura College Wind Ensemble

Ovanes Arakelyan, Nick Akdag, Hugo Nogueira: directors

One Performance:

Sunday, May 18, 12:00pm

PURCHASE TICKETS

Performing Arts Center

Helen Yunker Auditorium

4700 Loma Vista Rd. Ventura CA 93003

On Sunday, May 18, at 12:00 PM, students from the Ventura College Chamber Music program (Ovanes Arakelyan & Nick Akdag, directors) as well as Guitar Ensemble (Hugo Nogueira, director) wrap up the spring semester with this special concert, featuring a variety of music from across time and space.