Patrick
Brooks is
in his eighteenth year as Director of Bands and Professor of Music at
Idaho State University. In this capacity he conducts the
Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band I (1991-2006) and guides all
other aspects of the ISU Band Program. Dr. Brooks also teaches
conducting, trombone, and is in his fifteenth year as trombonist with
the Sun Valley Summer Symphony where performs alongside members of many
of the nation’s major symphony orchestras. He has also performed
with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, the Wichita Symphony
Orchestra, the Portneuf Brass, and is principal trombone in the Idaho
State Civic Symphony Orchestra. Prior to coming to Idaho State he
held similar positions at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, and at
The Latin School of Chicago. Under Dr. Brook’s leadership, the ISU Band
program has grown in size and quality, and has developed into a
complete band program with a strong regional reputation.
Dr. Brooks holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Master of Music degrees in
Wind Conducting and Trombone Performance from the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts
in Wind Conducting from Cincinnati. He is a member of the Music
Educators National Conference, the International Trombone Association,
and Phi Kappa Lambda, and is past- President of the College Band
Directors National Association - Northwest Division. Dr. Brooks
has appeared as a clinician, guest conductor, and performer throughout
the Northwest and Canada. Ensembles under his direction at Idaho State
have been invited to perform at numerous state and regional
conferences. The ISU Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the
College Band Directors National Association Conference in 2004, and ISU
Jazz I toured Europe in 2000 and 2007.