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Email Rick via this form.

Phone him at (814) 867-9935.

 

Please inquire about:

  • School visits & workshops

  • Booking a live jazz group for your event

  • Commissioning custom music

  • Anything else on your mind


State College, PA

(814) 867-9935

Rick Hirsch is a nationally-known composer, arranger and jazz educator living in State College, PA. Check out his music, book a live jazz band in Central Pennsylvania.

honor band

HONOR JAZZ BANDS

 

2026 OMEA District 5

Here are our tunes. Please listen to them as much as you can!

Swang
Jessika Smith Big Band
So What
arr. Rick Hirsch
St. James Infirmary
perf. by Wynton Marsalis TUNE BEGINS at 1:29
Giddyup!
Rick Hirsch's Big Ol' Band
The Next Chapter
Patty Darling
Damn Your Eyes
Etta James (OG version)
 

2026 PMEA DISTRICT 10

Here are our tunes. Please listen to them as much as you can!

Blue Five Jive
Benny Carter / Count Basie Orchestra
Haitian Fight Song — our version
Charles Mingus/arr. Andrew Homzy
Haitian Fight Song — OG version
Charles Mingus
Mambo Over the Mountain
Rick Hirsch's Big Ol' Band
The Next Chapter
Patty Darling / Alabama Jazz Collective
Saint James Infirmary
Wynton Marsalis