CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HONOR BAND CONDUCTORS
2025 GUEST CONDUCTOR
Brad Hogarth
Brad Hogarth is a versatile and multi-faceted musician, whose career has taken him from the finest concert halls in Europe to the frozen Arctic tundra and the dusty Black Rock Desert. He is especially passionate about musical outreach - both as a performer and as an educator, Brad hopes to bring people and communities together through the power of live performance.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Brad is the Associate Professor of Conducting at San Francisco State University, the Associate Conductor of the Monterey Symphony, and is the music director and conductor of the Art Haus Collective, known for presenting spectacular performances of classical and contemporary works in unique spaces. Brad also conducts the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble, and starting in the fall of 2024 will be the music director of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra.
Brad has recently made appearances as a guest conductor with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, Symphony San Jose, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Eastman Brass Guild, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Bay Brass, and regularly conducts Grammy winning composer Mason Bates' Mercury Soul projects.
As a trumpeter, Brad regularly plays with orchestras in the Bay Area and beyond. He is on recordings with the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Balley. He has toured with the Indianapolis Symphony, and has performed as guest principal trumpet with the Louisville Orchestra.
An avid educator, he was previously the Chair of Instrumental Music, Band and Full Orchestra director of Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts High School and taught music at the Gunma Kokusai Academy in Ota Gunma, Japan. Brad regularly conducts honor groups, festivals, clinics, and this past summer he conducted the High School Orchestra at Cazadero Music Camp.
Brad earned a Bachelors in trumpet performance and music education from the Eastman School of Music and holds a Masters degree in trumpet performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Past Honor Band Conductors
1991 Steve Connolly, Cloverdale High School
1992 Dr. Edward C. Harris, California State University, Stanislaus
1993 Timothy M. Smith, California State University, East Bay
1994 Dr. Robert Halseth, California State University, Sacramento
1995 Dr. David S. Goedecke, California State University, Stanislaus
1996 Dr. Lawrence R. Sutherland, California State University, Fresno
1997 Dr. Mitchell J. Fennell, California State University, Fullerton
1998 Dr. Anthony Mazzaferro, Fullerton College
1999 John F. Maltester, Los Medanos College
2000 L. LeRoy Roach, San Francisco State University
2001 Dr. Thomas Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
2002 Dr. Mike Bankhead, California State University, Chico
2003 Dr. Ann Porter, California State University, East Bay
2004 Dr. Jack Stamp, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2005 Dr. Edward C. Harris, San Jose State University
2006 Dr. Stuart Sims, California State University, Stanislaus
2007 John L. Whitwell, Michigan State University
2008 Dr. Lawrence R. Sutherland, California State University, Fresno
2009 Dr. Robert Halseth, California State University, Sacramento
2010 Dr. Frank Tracz, Kansas State University
2011 Dr. Anthony Mazzaferro, Fullerton College
2012 Dr. R. Anderson Collinsworth, Sonoma State University
2013 Robert Ponto, University of Oregon
2014 Dr. Martin Seggelke, San Francisco State University
2015 Allan McMurray, University of Colorado
2016 Dr. Eric Hammer, University of the Pacific, Stockton
2017 Craig Kirchhoff, University of Minnesota
2018 Harvey Benstein, Walnut Creek Concert Band
2019 Dr. Danielle Gaudry, California State University, East Bay
2020 Gary Hill, Arizona State University
2021 John F. Maltester, Los Medanos College
2022 Dr. Vu Nguyen, University of the Pacific
2024 Dr. David Vickerman, San Jose State University