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Joseph Frederick Brent (born April 6, 1976) is an American composer, mandolinist, multi-instrumentalist, and teacher. He is known for his performances and arrangements of Rock music, rock and Indie rock, indie songs, as well as his original compositions with the ensemble 9 Horses. He teaches classical mandolin at Mannes College The New School for Music, Mannes College.
Brent attended the Berklee College of Music, and studied the mandolin under Carlo Aonzo in Savona, Italy. He also received instruction from Barry Mitterhoff and Adam Steffey.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Brent is active as a sideman in several rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, and Folk music, folk ensembles, most notably with Regina Spektor, Jewel (singer), Jewel, Kishi Bashi, Gary Smulyan, and various artists centered on the Brooklyn folk music scene.
Brent also records and has performed with symphony orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, International Contemporary Ensemble, nunc, and the New World Symphony (orchestra), New World Symphony.
On October 16, 2015, Brent's improvising ensemble 9 Horses, featuring violinist Sara Caswell and bassist Shawn Conley released their debut album ''Perfectest Herald'' on Sunnyside Records, and in 2016 were the winners of the 21CM LAUNCH: Emerging Artists Competition.
In 2022 Brent founded Adhyâropa Records along with 9 Horses bandmate Andrew Ryan. In addition to releasing ''Omegah'' and subsequent material by 9 Horses and its associated members, Adhyâropa has also released albums by Sam Sadigursky, Dallas Ugly, and others.
Brent has published two books of mandolin pedagogy, ''Scales and Arpeggios for Mandolin'' and ''Orchestral and Chamber Excerpts for Mandolin'', and his book of transcriptions of the lute music of John Dowland for two mandolins, conceived with Alon Sariel, was published in 2015 by paladino music.
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Official home page9 Horses
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In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Brent is active as a sideman in several rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, and Folk music, folk ensembles, most notably with Regina Spektor, Jewel (singer), Jewel, Kishi Bashi, Gary Smulyan, and various artists centered on the Brooklyn folk music scene.
Brent also records and has performed with symphony orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, International Contemporary Ensemble, nunc, and the New World Symphony (orchestra), New World Symphony.
On October 16, 2015, Brent's improvising ensemble 9 Horses, featuring violinist Sara Caswell and bassist Shawn Conley released their debut album ''Perfectest Herald'' on Sunnyside Records, and in 2016 were the winners of the 21CM LAUNCH: Emerging Artists Competition.
In 2022 Brent founded Adhyâropa Records along with 9 Horses bandmate Andrew Ryan. In addition to releasing ''Omegah'' and subsequent material by 9 Horses and its associated members, Adhyâropa has also released albums by Sam Sadigursky, Dallas Ugly, and others.
Brent has published two books of mandolin pedagogy, ''Scales and Arpeggios for Mandolin'' and ''Orchestral and Chamber Excerpts for Mandolin'', and his book of transcriptions of the lute music of John Dowland for two mandolins, conceived with Alon Sariel, was published in 2015 by paladino music.
Customized instruments
In 2008, Brent collaborated with Nova Scotia-based luthier Brian Dean to design a grand concert mandolin he named 'Pähkinä', which is Finnish language, Finnish for 'nut', a reference to the walnut top of the instrument. Among the instrument's many distinctive features are the walnut/maple/spruce wood combination, a zero fret, a semi-lute construction with minimal bracing, a built-in tone guard with a sound pressure relief hole cut into the back, and ornate Sound hole, f-holes which reach around the sides of the instrument. Dean has since built a 10-string version of this model nicknamed 'Kumí', which is currently Brent's primary acoustic instrument. In 2016, Vermont-based luthier Adam Buchwald built him a 5-string, fanned fret electric mandolin.Discography
Solo
* ''Point of Departure'' (2007) * ''Nocturnes and Caprices by David Loeb (composer), David Loeb'' (Vienna Modern Masters) (2011) * ''solo. EP'' (2011) * ''An Englishman In New York'' (2013) with Alon SarielWith 9 Horses
* ''Joe Brent & Sara Caswell EP'' (2013) * ''Perfectest Herald'' (2015) * ''Blood From A Stone EP'' (2019) * ''Omegah'' (2021)With others
Books
*''Scales and Arpeggios for Mandolin.'' Lulu Publishing. 2007. *''Orchestral and Chamber Excerpts for Mandolin.'' Lulu Publishing. 2007. *''An Englishman in New York: Famous Lute Pieces Arranged for Two Mandolins.'' paladino media gmbh. 2015./ref>
References
External links
Official home page
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