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Joseph Frederick Brent (born April 6, 1976) is an American 
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Brent is active as a sideman in several rock, jazz, bluegrass, and 
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
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Official home page9 Horses
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brent, Joseph Living people Musicians from Queens, New York American jazz composers American folk rock musicians American jazz mandolinists American classical mandolinists People from Flushing, Queens Musicians from Tampa, Florida People from Dutchess County, New York People from Beacon, New York American music educators 1976 births American jazz musicians Chamber jazz musicians American multi-instrumentalists Jewish American classical musicians Jewish violinists American expatriates in Italy American folk musicians American male violinists American jazz violinists Berklee College of Music alumni Jazz musicians from New York (state) Educators from New York City Classical musicians from New York (state) 21st-century American violinists American male jazz composers 21st-century American male musicians 9 Horses members 21st-century American Jews
composer
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Etymology and Def ...
, mandolinist
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
, multi-instrumentalist
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Also known as woodwind doubler, doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of ...
, and teacher
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. He is known for his performances and arrangements of rock and indie songs, as well as his original compositions with the ensemble 9 Horses. He teaches classical mandolin at Mannes College.
Brent attended the Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cour ...
, and studied the mandolin under Carlo Aonzo in Savona
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, Italy. He also received instruction from Barry Mitterhoff and Adam Steffey
Adam Steffey (born November 24, 1965) is an American mandolin player, best known for playing in the bluegrass and old-time styles. He spent time as a member of bands such as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mountain Heart, Lonesome River Ba ...
.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Brent is active as a sideman in several rock, jazz, bluegrass, and folk
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ensembles, most notably with Regina Spektor
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, Jewel, Kishi Bashi
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, Gary Smulyan
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folk music
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scene.
Brent also records and has performed with symphony orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony
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, San Francisco Symphony
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, Chicago Symphony
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, International Contemporary Ensemble
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, nunc, and the New World Symphony
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.
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
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, 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
John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", " Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe" ...
for two mandolins, conceived with Alon Sariel, was published in 2015 by paladino music.
Customized instruments
In 2008, Brent collaborated withNova Scotia
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-based luthier
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Brian Dean to design a grand concert mandolin he named 'Pähkinä', which is Finnish for 'nut', a reference to the walnut
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top of the instrument. Among the instrument's many distinctive features are the walnut/maple/spruce wood combination, a zero fret
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, a semi-lute construction with minimal bracing, a built-in tone guard with a sound pressure relief hole cut into the back, and ornate 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
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-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'' (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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brent, Joseph Living people Musicians from Queens, New York American jazz composers American folk rock musicians American jazz mandolinists American classical mandolinists People from Flushing, Queens Musicians from Tampa, Florida People from Dutchess County, New York People from Beacon, New York American music educators 1976 births American jazz musicians Chamber jazz musicians American multi-instrumentalists Jewish American classical musicians Jewish violinists American expatriates in Italy American folk musicians American male violinists American jazz violinists Berklee College of Music alumni Jazz musicians from New York (state) Educators from New York City Classical musicians from New York (state) 21st-century American violinists American male jazz composers 21st-century American male musicians 9 Horses members 21st-century American Jews