SFCM Wind Ensemble
Concert![The Chromatic Brass Collective rehearses alongside students.](/sites/default/files/2024-02/mrw_7029.jpg)
Under the direction of Brad Hogarth, SFCM's wind ensemble presents music by Francis Johnson, Henri Tomasi and the world premiere of a new arrangement by Ursula Kwong-Brown. Brown's Cover the Walls, commissioned by SFCM, is a themed piece “inspired by Chinese poems that were carved into the walls of the detention center of Angel Island.” Trombone player Austin Talbot performs in this concert, featured in Tomasi's Trombone Concerto, as the winner of SFCM's concerto competition.
Program
Francis Johnson (arr. Brad Hogarth): Suite
Henri Tomasi (arr. Donald Patterson): Concerto pour Trombone
I. Andante et Scherzo-Valse
II. Nocturne
III. Tambourin
Austin Talbot, trombone
Ursula Kwong-Brown: Cover the Walls
David Maslanka: Symphony No. 4
Artists
Austin Talbot, trombone
Bay Area trombonist Austin Talbot is committed to performing music through a composer's vision while adding a taste of personal beauty and expressiveness. He has made appearances with the San Francisco Symphony and the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera as well as performed with the Round Top Festival Orchestra throughout the Summer of 2023. In addition, Austin had the opportunity to perform at Michael Mulcahy's international trombone seminar at Northwestern University in 2019 and 2024, as well as Gene Pokorny's low brass seminar in 2021 and the Southwest Trombone Conference in 2024. Austin has also found success as a multi-year finalist of the American Trombone Workshop National Solo Competition which he was named winner of in 2024. Supplementing his solo and orchestral career, Austin has been apart of various successful Bay Area chamber ensembles such as QuartetCR and Brass Milk. He is pursuing a Bachelor’s of Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the direction of Paul Welcomer and Tim Higgins, and he is set to graduate in Spring 2025.
Brad Hogarth, conductor
About SFCM’s Brass Department
Made up of principal brass chairs of the San Francisco Symphony, as well as principal players of the San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras, and a close-knit student body, SFCM’s Brass Department challenges and inspires the next generation of great players.
Studio sizes are kept small to ensure students receive the mentorship and performance opportunities they need, and a yearly side-by-side reading of major brass repertoire with faculty members provides insight into the finer points of orchestral brass performance.