Showcase Concert
Performers: San Jose State University Wind Ensemble (Dr. David Vickerman, conductor; Mark Lee, graduate assistant conductor), San Jose State University Trombone Choir (Tom Hornig, conductor), Echo Sax Quartet
Program
Fanfare Politeia – Kimberly Archer
Mark Lee, graduate assistant conductor
Scarborough Fair – Traditional, arr. by Bill Reichenbach
Trosterin Musik – Anton Bruckner, arr. by Tom Hornig
SJSU Trombone Choir, Tom Hornig, conductor
Pop Rock in Metal – Olivia Kieffer
Echo Sax Quartet
Colonial Song – Percy Grainger ed. by Mark Rogers
Howl’s Moving Castle Symphonic Fantasy for Band – Joe Hisaishi, arr. by Yo Goto
David Vickerman Bio:
Dr. David Vickerman, 2015 winner of The American Prize in Conducting and 2023 winner of the Outstanding Music Educator Award for CMEA Bay Section, is an Associate Professor of Music and the Director of Bands at San José State University. In addition to conducting the Wind Ensemble and the new music ensemble (Disrupt), he teaches undergraduate and graduate instrumental conducting. He is also the Music and Artistic Director for the San José Wind Symphony, the West Coast’s premier wind symphony. Prior to his appointment at San José State University, he was the Director of Bands at The College of New Jersey as well as Director of Bands on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus. In addition to his duties at SJSU, he has served as the Associate Conductor of Great Noise Ensemble, in Washington D.C. and he is a highly sought-after guest conductor, having conducted numerous honor bands across the country.
A fervent advocate for contemporary music, Dr. Vickerman has commissioned works by eminent composers and conducted many world premieres. He has also arranged several pieces for winds including Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble by Philip Glass, Ára Batur by the Icelandic rock band, Sigur Rós, Observer in the Magellanic Cloud by Mason Bates and Craigslistlieder by Gabriel Kahane. Dr. Vickerman regularly presents at regional, national and international conferences. His co-authored paper with Dr. Andrea Salgian, “Computer-Based Tutoring for Conducting Students,” was presented at the ICM Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands in September 2016. He also presented “Improve Band Performance with Socially-Conscious Repertoire” along with Dr. Colleen Sears, at the NAFME Eastern Division Conference in 2017 and at the Midwest Clinic in 2018.
Tom Hornig Bio:
Professor Tom Hornig is widely regarded as a consummate freelance trombonist, equally at home on the symphony stage, the opera or ballet pit, the recording studio, and as a chamber musician and soloist. During the last 20 years, he has performed with every major orchestra in the San Francisco Bay Area, including over 1,000 concerts with the San Francisco Symphony. He maintains a steady performance schedule with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the California Symphony, the Berkeley Symphony, and the Modesto Symphony. He frequently joins the orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, and performed the recent world premiere of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, based on the 2001 novel by Amy Tan. At Cal Performances, he has also performed in the orchestras for American Ballet Theater, the Mark Morris Dance Company, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the San Francisco Ballet.
Professor Hornig has also performed throughout the United States and Great Britain as a chamber musician and soloist. Locally, he has given several performances at San Francisco’s Old First Concerts Sunday concert series. His most recent solo recital in 2011 was a program for trombone and string quartet. A frequent recording artist at George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch, he can be heard on the soundtracks of numerous motion pictures, video games, and television commercials. His recordings also include the Grammy Award winning recordings of Mahler’s Second and Third Symphonies, and Bartok’s Kossuth with the San Francisco Symphony.
Professor Hornig is a dedicated teacher, joining the SJSU faculty in 2003. He has also been on the faculties of the University of California, Santa Cruz; University of the Pacific; and California State University, Stanislaus. In addition, he has given master classes worldwide. Professor Hornig’s pedagogy is a direct extension of his own practice and performance habits. His students benefit from strong technical instruction with constant development of musical style and interpretation. Further instruction includes chamber music performance presentation and dealing with performance anxiety. Many of Professor Hornig’s students have achieved significant honors under his coaching, including two winners of the SJSU annual concerto competition. Additionally, some have gone on to study at some of America’s leading conservatories. Professor Hornig takes great pride in his students’ achievements, from those gaining national recognition, to those mastering a new skill at any level. He believes in teaching his students as individuals, finding the most productive path for each to learn and improve.