San Francisco State University Wind Ensemble

11/05/2025

Hello music students,

70% off tickets! This Friday I'll be conducting another amazing concert with Grammy awarded composer Mason Bates' Mercury Soul project at Grace Cathedral. These shows are a mix of EMD sets all night, featuring GARZA of Thievery Corporation, mixed with classical music sets. In addition, they have digitally mapped the inside of Grace Cathedral and have incredible projections throughout. More details below!

https://mercurysoul.com/grace/
Discount code = SFSU
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Mercury Soul returns to Grace Cathedral with a stunning new
show!
Sweeping classical works collide with deep DJ grooves and a cathedral-sized dance party, all amplified by towering large-scale visuals designed for the vast architecture. Wander through soaring gothic spaces, bathed in sound and light. Fresh collaborations, intensified visuals and surprising repertoire transport you on an entirely reimagined journey through classical and club worlds.
Featuring the debut of a new scuplture from fnnch and the world premiere of a new full length composition by Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates! Plus a special celebration of Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday with additional music by Philip Glass, Hildegard, Debussy, Aurora and more!
With DJ sets by:
GARZA of Thievery Corporation (DJ Set)
DJ Masonic (Mason Bates)
DJ Justin Reed (illmeasures, Chicago)
Featuring:
The Young Women’s Chorus of San Francisco
The Mercury Soul Cello Ensemble
Violin prodigy Ava Pakiam
Soprano Aaliyah Capili
Harpist Julia Gruenbaum
Percussionist Ben Paysen
Conducted by Brad Hogarth
Featuring the debut of a new sculpture from fnnch
Immersive Visuals by Mark Johns
Interactive LED Art by Christopher Schardt
Friday, November 7th at 7:30pm
Grace Cathedral: 1100 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108
All ages are welcome.

Mercury Soul re-imagines the concert experiences through an evening of classical music and electronica in alternative venues.

08/18/2025

Hello SFSU Community,

I hope you had a nice summer! As some of you know, Professor Hogarth the music director of the Art Haus Collective, a performing arts organization that brings full scale ballet productions plus live orchestra to burning man. http://arthausonplaya.com

They are preparing for their 6th year / 8th production out there, and SFSU has made a rehearsal with dancers and orchestra here in McKenna Theater an open rehearsal to the public. If you would like to come, it is a free but tickets event for capacity. Link and info below! This is not a real performance, only a chance to see our rehearsal process!

https://sfsu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1650

Wednesday August 20th in McKenna Theater
7:00 - stop and start rehearsal
~8:00 break
~8:20 runthrough (aprox 45 minute total)

Join us for a rare, one-night-only open rehearsal of The Great Turning — an exclusive opportunity to witness the creative process behind bringing this transformative ballet and live orchestra to the Playa at Burning Man.The Great Turning: A Ballet for ChangeA visionary ballet collaboration uniting...

01/15/2025

SFSU Alumni, who is going to the California All-State Music Education Conference this weekend?

Professor Brad Hogarth will be presenting on Saturday!

CODA Sessions at CASMEC
Saturday, January 18
🕒 2:00 pm
📍Location: A7
Instrumental Conducting Workshop and Q&A: Tools for Clarity, Expression, and Self- Assessment
Clinician: Bradley Hogarth

12/16/2024

TONIGHT! 4 free tickets to one of my favorite concerts to play/conduct, Bay Brass at Grace Cathedral. 7:30 PM First come first serve! DM or comment. You can take as few or as many as you have people coming. This will be a fantastic show!

Don’t miss the musical highlight of the year! The best brass musicians in the Bay Area unite with our grand 7,466-pipe organ for a breathtaking performance of holiday classics, both...

09/21/2024

Free SFSymphony Tickets! Sign up by Monday! I don't know how/if the chorus strike will affect these concerts, but best to sign up if interested!

Google Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejPWR88oaG6q_xnzym9t6YrZ-agu6FSLiTiGFCD0z4ki6FXQ/viewform?pli=1

Concert Info
https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2024-25/Salonen-Nico-Muhly

This SF Symphony performance includes the premiere of Nico Muhly’s Baroque-inspired Piano Concerto. September 27-28, 2024. Official Box Office.

03/22/2024

Dear SFSU Wind Ensemble community,

I wanted to share the sad news of the passing of one of our longest and dearest member's of the ensemble, Hank Niebolt.

Hank was a wonderful man, a great Tuba player, and a proud SFSU alumni who brought joy and music to the campus for decades. He loved every moment he got to make music with you all, and we will miss him.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/henry-niebolt-obituary?id=54594668

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJlxcttkJYY

View Henry Niebolt's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

03/09/2024

FREE TICKETS! Professor Brad Hogarth will be conducting the SF Symphony Brass concert this Sunday, March 10th, 7:30 PM and they just agreed to offer SFSU students/alumni 50 free tickets!!

Fill out the google form by noon Sunday. I'll email Sunday afternoon with confirmation. https://forms.gle/cW93t7aZ7taUEoJSA

50 total tickets, first come first serve. If the survey is active, tickets are still available. Limit is 3 tickets per person. Please only reserve as many as you know you'll use!

The tickets will be passed out by Josie Clements-Cain in person at the concert. Please arrive early, she'll be in the lobby of the will call area at Davies Symphony Hall from 7:00 - 7:25 PM. Thank you Josie!

More info
https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2023-24/SF-SYMPHONY-BRASS

The SF Symphony brass section plays iconic works. March 10, 2024 at 7:30 pm at Davies Symphony Hall. Official Box Office.

02/25/2024

More free tickets to San Francisco Symphony!
Sunday March 3rd at 2 PM, (1 pm pre-concert lecture).

Fill out the survey below by Tuesday February 27th!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHqO22Jv-wFl_QtJHDAIaJA2_uIzkaS6ldbp3aNT-5w0NQ-Q/viewform

More info on the concert here
https://www.sfsymphony.org/Discover-the-Music/Prometheus

Symphony’s upcoming multisensory performances of Scriabin’s Prometheus, taking place March 1-3. On March 3 at 1pm, there will be a preconcert talk with Mathilde Laurent (Perfumer and Creative Director, Cartier) and Phillippa Cole (Chief Artistic Officer, San Francisco Symphony). We are particularly encouraging students to attend this talk because it will add context to the performance and this unique collaboration.

Alexander Scriabin’s symphonic poem Prometheus, The Poem of Fire celebrates synesthesia and cosmic unity. Scriabin envisioned a total, mystical, consuming work of art that sublimed his audiences to another plane of consciousness. Devised by San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Cartier in-house perfumer Mathilde Laurent, the San Francisco Symphony and Cartier present a multisensory production of Prometheus that aspires towards transcendence, aiming to realize Scriabin’s vision of a truly synesthetic work of art. This collaborative world premiere combines dynamic musical and light performance with olfactory curation, subsuming audiences in Scriabin’s creative vision more than a century after the piece of total art was composed

Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus, The Poem of Fire comes to Davies Symphony Hall, March 1–3, 2024 in a new multisensory production presented by the San Francisco Symphony and Cartier.

01/20/2024

Free concert this Sunday, Jan 21st!
no tickets required.

3:00 PM at Herbst Theater in San Francisco!

The San Francisco Civic Music Association presents the Civic Symphony's Winter Concert, "Rhapsody in Blue"

PROGRAM:
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
Florence Price - Adoration
Ives (arr. Boyd) - The Allcotts
Michael Gilbertson - Fools Gold Gershwin (arr. Berens) -
Rhapsody in Blue, featuring Elizabeth Dorman on Piano

Brad Hogarth – Music Director

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated but not required. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot.

Donations are gratefully accepted

https://www.facebook.com/events/912627133321818

11/08/2023

SFSU Orchestra & Wind Ensemble concert tomorrow night!
Thursday, Nov 9th
7:30 PM in Knuth
music by De Falla, Saint-Saens, Maslanka, Nishimura, and Reinecke!

11/08/2023

More free SF Symphony tickets for the California Festival concerts this weekend and next! If you want tickets for this weekend, please fill out the form by mid-day tomorrow (sorry it's coming late), and by Tuesday for the following weekend.

Tickets are emailed directly to the person who fills it out!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjAN7SAbnbFFVdANU2h2eSFnNdUjCGoH6WY3jf0ngltkwuJQ/viewform

For information about programs see:

https://www.sfsymphony.org/Discover-the-Music/festival-pages/California-Festival

A statewide music initiative showcasing the most compelling and forward-looking voices inperformances of works written in the past five years.