Students, fellow-faculty, and Bay Area music fans gathered last night for an evening of trumpet music played by professional musician and SF State faculty member Scott Macomber.

The Scott Macomber faculty trumpet recital took place Monday night from 7:30 to 9:30 in Knuth Hall in the Creative Arts building. The audience, of about 30 people, listened intently throughout the performance, some following along to the lyrics that were printed on the back of the program that went along with Macomber's music. Macomber played a total of 5 pieces, receiving a fierce round of applause from the audience after each song.

During intermission, one of Macomber's trumpet students, Jared Robinson, expressed how impressed he was with the performance. "I've never seen him perform before and I'm so glad I did tonight because it's amazing," the SF State music major said.

Macomber is a principle trumpet at the Napa Valley Symphony, performed with the San Francisco Symphony, co-founded a quintet called the San Francisco Brass Company, as well as an array of other musical accomplishments. He is also a lecturer in the Music Department at SF State.

"[Tonight's performance] was good, it was a chance to see what [Macomber] is capable of and everything he can teach us," said Gian Hernandez, one of Macomber's students.

Macomber was accompanied by pianist Stephen Damonte throughout the performance and joined by violist Emily Onderdonk for one piece. The end of the performance was met with so much applause that Macomber came out for a second bow.

Jeanny Park drove her son all the way from Stanford to see last night's performance. "I really enjoyed the performance a lot," she said.

Her 14-year-old son, Spencer Park, takes trumpet lessons with Macomber and was also glad he attended the recital. "I thought it was really interesting," Park said. "I hope I can play like that some day."