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Joe Burgstaller, trumpet
Mikio Sasaki, trumpet
Jeff Nelsen, horn
Keith Dyrda, trombone
Chuck Daellenbach, tuba

With an international reputation as one of the most popular brass ensembles today, Canadian Brass has truly earned the distinction of the world’s most famous brass group.

Masters of concert presentations, Canadian Brass has developed a uniquely engaging stage presence and rapport with audiences. What set Canadian Brass apart from all other performing artists in 1970 was the relentless search for repertoire that was both loved by its performers and embraced by a growing brass audience. Each of their concerts exhibit a full range of musical styles, from trademark Baroque and Dixieland tunes, to Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Joplin, Gershwin and Ellington to ballet, opera and new compositions and arrangements created especially for them. READ MORE

Brad Hogarth, guest conductor

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 is also on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he conducts the Conservatory Wind Ensemble, and the music director of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra.