Ari Micich, trumpet

San Francisco trumpet player, Ari Micich performs with orchestras, opera companies and ensembles throughout the Bay Area. Active as a chamber musician, he is a member of the San Francisco based brass quintet, Brass Over Bridges and the conductorless chamber orchestra One Found Sound.

With over ten years of experience freelancing in San Francisco, Ari has performed with nearly every orchestra in the Bay Area, including the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Ballet orchestras. He has held the position of acting co-principal trumpet with the Berkeley Symphony in Berkeley California and the KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic in Durban South Africa. He has performed with the New World Symphony, Spoleto Festival USA and the Civic Orchestra Of Chicago.

In addition to performing, Ari composes music for the trumpet, inspired by artists ranging from Miles Davis and Claude Debussy to Philip Glass and Tom Waits. Ari currently is the trumpet professor at Sacramento State University and also teaches trumpet lessons online and in San Francisco.

Ari moved to San Francisco from Iowa in 2009 to attend the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he received his Master of Music degree, studying with Mark Inouye and David Burkhart.