Dr. Merle E. Hogg
Emeritus Professor of Music

Education

• B. S. Music and Education, Emporia State University
• M. A., M. F. A.University Of Iowa
• Ph.D. University Of Iowa

Composition Teachers Include:

• Phillip Greely Clapp (University of Iowa)
• Nadia Boulanger (American Conservatory, Fontainebleau, France)

Trombone Teachers Include:

• Gabriel Masson and Jean Douay (Fontainebleau, France)
• William Gower (Iowa)

Professional Experience Includes:

• San Diego Symphony Orchestra
• San Diego Opera Orchestra
• Tri-City Symphony, now called the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (Davenport, Iowa)

Higher Education Teaching Experience:

• Eastern New Mexico University, 1953-1962
• San Diego State University, 1962-1992, Adjunct since 1992.
• San Diego Mesa College, Spring, 2002, Adjunct Professor.

Compositions published by:

• Shawnee Press
• Robert King
• Ensemble Publications
• TAP Music Sales (and others)

Awards

• Distinguised Faculty Award, August 1992.
• Orpheus Award from Epsilon Omicron Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha, May 1993.
• Music Education Hall of Fame Award from California Association for Music Education (Southern Section), March 2002.
• Twenty One times recipient of an ASCAP award, the most recent being for the year 2011-2012

Recent Performance Experience

• Trombone soloist with SDSU 1:00 band, May 2000
• Trombone soloist with Eastern New Mexico University Alumni band, June 2000.
  The band accompaniment at both performances was an arrangement by Merle E. Hogg (scored spring of 2000).

Partial List of Compositions:

The Following are published by TAP Music Sales of Newton, Iowa

Published December 1987

• Music for Euphonium and Piano
• Three pieces for Eight Trombones and Percussion
• Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano (Revised 1998)
  

Published in 1990

• Psalm 95 for Chorus and Six Trombones or Organ (Revised 1999)
• Etude, Chant, and Chorale for Trombone and Piano (Revised 1999)
• Adagio, Waltz, and Galop for Eight Trombones (Revised 1998)

Published in 1995 (composed earlier but all revised in 1994-95)

• Brass Quintet No. 1
• Brass Quintet No. 2
• Brass Quintet No. 3
• Brass Quintet No. 4 (1996)
• Interludes for Symphonic Brass
• Music for Six Trumpets

The Following Accepted for publication (July 2000)

• Invention for Brass Quintet
• Wind Quintet No. I (1986) (Revised 2000) (Commissioned by the SDSU Arioso Quintet), premiere performance May 1987. The music was selected to be performed at the Ernest Block Composers Symposium, June 1990 at Newport, Oregon.
• Contrasts for Alto Trombone and Organ (1997) commisioned by Ron Robinson.

The Following Accepted for publication 2001

• Suite for Five Trombones (1995)
• Variations for Brass Trio (1960-revised 2000)
• Three T’bones for Three Trombones (2000)

The Following Accepted for publication 2002

• Brass Quintet No. 5
• Fanfare for Brass Trio
• Opener for Brass Quintet
• Duo for Fred and Alex (2 trombones, Tenor and Bass)

The Following Accepted for publication by Tuba-Euphonium Press, 2003/2004

• Three Studies for Euphonium and Piano (1970, revised 2003)
• Etude I for Tuba and Piano (1972, Revised 2011)

Accepted for publication by TAP Music Sales, 2006

• Sonidos Graves for Bass Trombone and Piano

The Following Are Published by Ensemble Publications, Ithaca, N.Y.

• Sonatina for Tuba and Piano
• Variations for Bassoon and Piano

Recent Compositions Prepared For Publication

• Puer Natus for Choir and Brass Quintet, Commissioned by the Robert Page Singers, Cleveland, Ohio, 1987, revised 1995, premiere 2/11/96 in Coronado, Ca.
• Psalm 103, for Chorus and Brass Sextet (Revised 1999)
• Seven for Four, For brass quartet released on a professional recording in January 1985 (Crystal Records S216) (Most of this music has been revised and used in Quintet No. 3 and Quintet No. 4)
• Beat! Beat! Drums!, For Choir and small ensemble, poem by Walt Whitman, composed in 1975 and revised in 1995.
• Psalm 100 for Choir and Organ or Brass Quartet, (1992)
• Four Poems by May Swenson, for Women's Choir (SSAA) and Wind Quintet, (1992)
• Psalm 96 for Choir, Organ and Brass Quintet, (1993)
• Centennial Overture for wind symphony (1996) commisioned by the SDSU School of Music and Dance for the 1997 centennial of San Diego State University. (Recorded on CD by SDSU Wind Symphony) Revised and titled Celebration Overture, 2001.
• Today, for Choir and Four Instruments (1996) Poem by Angela Morgan, commisioned by the SDSU School of Music and Dance for the 1997 centennial of San Diego State University. (Recorded on CD by SDSU choirs)
• Three Sketches for Symphonic Wind Ensemble, composerd 1973, revised 2000. (Performed by SDSU Wind Ensemble spring 2000)
• Atlantic Zephyrs, arranged for trombone solo and winds, 2000
• Southwestern Suite for Symphonic Wind Ensemble, composed 2001-2002, revised 2011
• Vignettes fro String Quartet  (2009, revised 2010)  Composed for the Cecilla String Quartet from Totonto, Onterio, Canada. (First Performance, April 2009, San Diego State University)
• Episodes for Bass Trombone and Piano (2011)
• Sonata for Brass Choir (1952, Revised 2011)
• Concerto for Trombone and Chamber Orchestra (1954-Revised 2011)