Michael Brockman, saxophonist, is a faculty member of the University of Washington School of Music, and an active professional performer with numerous Seattle ensembles, including the Clarence Acox Sextet, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific NW Ballet Orchestra, and the Michael Brockman Jazz Quintet. He is the co-director of the award-winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and is a specialist in the transcription and reconstruction of rare and unpublished scores by classic jazz composers. He has appeared as a soloist in many music festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe, among them the Reims Music Festival, the Dubrovnik Music Festival, the World Saxophone Congress (Italy), the Stanford Computer Music Festival, and the New Music Across America Festival. He earned a Master of Music with Distinction from the New England Conservatory (Boston), and also attended Lewis and Clark College (Portland), the Berklee College of Music (Boston), and the Musikhochschule (Cologne, Germany).

Brockman is working toward a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Washington, and his performance is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for this degree. Brockman is a student of Arthur Grossman.