Brass
The Conservatory's Brass Department features a world-class faculty, all of whom are current or past members of the San Francisco Symphony. Small studio sizes and a close-knit faculty allow students to work closely not only with their studio teacher, but with other members of the brass faculty as well.
Horn
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
· 3 horn faculty, all members of the San Francisco Symphony
· Small studio size: never more than
8 students in the department
· Personal attention
· Extensive performance opportunities
· 2+ Brass Ensemble Performances a year
· 2+ Brass and Woodwind Chamber Concerts a year
· Annual Brass and Woodwind Concerto Competition -
winner performs with the Conservatory Orchestra
FACULTY
Jonathan Ring
Bruce Roberts
Robert Ward
We encourage prospective students to contact the horn faculty to arrange a consultative lesson. The horn faculty and the Office of Music Admission are happy to answer any specific questions that you have about our program.
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· 3 faculty, all present or past members of
the San Francisco Symphony (Mark Lawrence,
recently retired from Principal Trombone Position)
· Small studio size: never more than 9 students
in the department (6 tenor and 3 bass)
· Personal attention
· Extensive performance opportunities
· 2+ Brass Ensemble Performances a year
· 2+ Brass and Woodwind Chamber Concerts a year
· Annual Brass and Woodwind Concerto Competition -
winner performs with the Conservatory Orchestra
FACULTY
John Engelkes (bass)
Mark Lawrence (tenor)
chair, brass department
Paul Welcomer (tenor)
We encourage prospective students to contact the trombone faculty to arrange a consultative lesson. The trombone faculty and the Office of Music Admission are happy to answer any specific questions that you have about our program.
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· 2 faculty with strong connections to the San Francisco
performance scene
· Small studio size: never more than 8 students in
the department
· Personal attention
· Extensive performance opportunities
· Faculty have played with the San Francisco Symphony
· Mario Guarneri invented the
BERP and performed 15 seasons
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and 10 seasons as
principal trumpet with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
and the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra
· Dave Burkhart has served as principal trumpet of the
Santa Fe Opera, as well as the Sacramento, Oakland,
San Jose and Jerusalem symphonies, and as acting
principal of San Francisco Opera and the San Diego Symphony
· 2+ Brass Ensemble Performances a year
· 2+ Brass and Woodwind Chamber Concerts a year
· Annual Brass and Woodwind Concerto Competition -
winner performs with the Conservatory Orchestra
FACULTY
Dave Burkhart
Mario Guarneri
We encourage prospective students to contact the trumpet faculty to arrange a consultative lesson. The trumpet faculty and the Office of Music Admission are happy to answer any specific questions that you have about our program.
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· 2 faculty, principals with the San Francisco Symphony and the
San Francisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras
· The tuba program, both undergraduate and graduate, never
exceeds 2 students
· Personal attention
· Extensive performance opportunities
· Jeffrey Anderson is principal tuba with the San Francisco
Symphony
· Peter Wahrhaftig is principal tuba with the San Francisco Opera
and Ballet orchestras
· 2+ Brass Ensemble Performances a year
· 2+ Brass and Woodwind Chamber Concerts a year
· Annual Brass and Woodwind Concerto Competition - winner
performs with the Conservatory Orchestra
FACULTY
Jeffrey Anderson
Peter Wahrhaftig
We encourage prospective students to contact the tuba faculty to arrange a consultative lesson. The tuba faculty and the Office of Music Admission are happy to answer any specific questions that you have about our program
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