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. Passionate about musical outreach, Brad aims to bring people and communities together through the power of live performance, both as a performer and an educator.
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 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 the faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Recently, Brad has guest conducted with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, Monterey Symphony, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Eastman Brass Guild, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and Bay Brass. In the 2024-2025 season, he will make his debuts with the Marin Symphony and Symphony San Jose. He regularly conducts Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates‘ Mercury Soul projects and, in 2022, was part of the conducting staff for the National Brass Ensemble recording project, concert, and institute.
In August 2017, Brad conducted the Art Haus Collective’s ballet production of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring at Burning Man, drawing an estimated 10,000 attendees. Photos from the event were featured in USA Today, Business Insider, and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery as part of the No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man exhibit.
An accomplished trumpeter, Brad performs regularly with various orchestras. 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. He toured with the Indianapolis Symphony to the Kennedy Center as part of the 2018 SHIFT Festival and has performed as guest principal trumpet with the Louisville Orchestra.
Brad earned a Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, spent a semester in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, and holds a Master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.