Students in the City College Music Department will get a chance to shine in an upcoming concert, which will premiere original student works and compositions.

The annual concert, “Music Now!,” will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on Sunday April 25 in the Fe Bland Forum. It will display all different genres of music while using the latest sound recording techniques.

Dominic Camardella, the director of the show, said the audience will have the opportunity to hear the latest trends in music and electronic composition.

“It’s very diverse,” Camardella said. “It covers everything from rap to rock, from hiphop to techno.”

Music students are currently in the last stages of auditioning and over 20 to 30 of the students’ original works are expected to be in the lineup. Camardella, who is also the owner and manager of Santa Barbara Sound Design, said nearly all of the music in the show is vocal or rap driven.

Collin Hoffman, a student in Camardella’s 120 A music class, said a lot of preparation and auditioning has gone into the show.

“I’ll be rapping a song called ‘Vivid Dreams,'” said 20-year-old Hoffman. “Inititally, my lyrics are about a love song between hip-hop and me and how hip-hop has affected my life, inspired me, and to show how I appreciate it.”

Though Hoffman said he has freestyled and rapped in front of his friends, this will be his first official performance in front of an audience.

“I’m really excited,” he said. “To perform in front of a live audience is a huge opportunity. I can’t pass that down.”

Gabe Hollis, a 24-year-old student in the music department, will be performing his original song “Nerd Life.”

“I wrote the song two years ago,” Hollis said. “I drew from a long life of playing Nintendo and not having a girlfriend.”

Hollis will perform the song on stage, playing guitar and singing with a live band.

“The audience will have a good time laughing at my social awkwardness, ” he said.

Another student to be featured in the concert is 21-year-old Erik Langlo. He will be playing dubstep music, which he described as a “new genre of electronic music.”  To perform this onstage, Langlo and his band will use turntables and scratching along with two live lyricists singing reggae.

Langlo said he will also be “modulating sounds with a midi keyboard.”

“There will be a variation of all kinds of music, lots of live instruments, and every genre you could possibly think of,” Langlo said of the upcoming show.

A free viewing of the dress rehearsal will take place in the afternoon on Saturday April 24 in the Fe Bland Forum. Tickets to the April 25 show are $12 general admission, and $8 for students and seniors. Camardella said he encourages the public to come early.

“The show has been rapidly growing in popularity,” he said. “We expect to have a full house.”