“The Federation” from the “1938 Franciscan” yearbook (page 72)

Photographs of Norman Zech (son of Music Professor William Zech) and Howard Brubeck (older brother of jazz great Dave Brubeck) who led San Francisco State College’s Music Federation in fall of 1938 and spring of 1939 respectively. The Music Federation was an umbrella organization for all of the student music organizations and controlled all of the music events on campus. Norman Zech was string teacher and orchestra director of the College Music Federations’s Summer Music Workshop that provided music instruction to San Francisco high school students in 1938 and 1939.