Board and Administration
Associate 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 Music DIrector of the Juneau Symphony, Professor of Conducting at San Francisco State University as well as the Music Director and Conductor of the Art Haus Collective, known for presenting spectacular performances of classical and contemporary works in unique spaces. He is also the Music Director of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra, and is on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he conducts the Conservatory Wind Ensemble.
Brad most recently made his conducting debuts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Bay Brass, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and was on the conducting staff of the 2022 National Brass Ensemble project. With the Monterey Symphony, he has conducted both Love Letter To Carmel Volume 1 & 2, the 75th anniversary gala 'Swingin' on a Star', Love Letter to Hollywood Vol. 1, and is looking forward to future projects!
Brad also performs as a trumpeter regularly with a number of orchestras in the Bay Area and beyond. He can be heard on the San Francisco Symphony's recording of Ives' Symphony No. 4 and the San Francisco Ballet's recording of Lowell Liebermann's Frankenstein. Brad toured with the Indianapolis Symphony to the Kennedy Center as a part of the 2018 SHIFT Festival, and has performed as guest principal trumpet with the Louisville Orchestra.
Brad earned a Bachelors in trumpet performance and music education from the Eastman School of Music and a Masters degree in trumpet performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.