I will be performing Oskar Böhme's Sextet, Op. 30 with the Big Sky Brass in Regina on December 20th at 12pm at the RPL and again at Saint Matthew's Cathedral in Brandon on December 21st at 8pm.

I've launched a new YouTube channel, JoelBrennanMusic, and have added several videos. More will come in time! [More at YouTube.com]

I will be performing with the Regina Symphony Orchestra again this season, including the Opening Gala (Brahms: September 17), Philharmonic CHoir & Brass (November 19), and the Final Masterworks (Mahler 3: May 5). [More information]

The Brandon Chamber Players have announced their 2011-2012 season. I will be performing works on each concert, including the Saint-Saëns Septour and Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings. [More information]

The 2011 Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, featuring Grammy-award winning violinist James Ehnes, will take place the last week of August. I will be performing Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings with pianist Alexander Tselyakov. [More information]

I will be at Oberlin Conservatory's annual Trumpet Workshop, where I will present a masterclass and recital in collaboration with Michael Davis.

I will be at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Minneapolis with the BU Trumpet Ensemble, who will be performing a prelude before the Rashawn Ross/Trent Austing clinic.

On May 7, 2011, I will be presenting a clinic at Long and McQuade music in Regina (SK). Free to the public, this clinic (titled Consistent Practice Means Consistent Playing) will address efficient practice habits.

The Reveille Trumpet Collective will be sponsoring a composition competition. The winning work will receive $1000 (CAD) and at least 2 performances in the upcoming season. [Rules]

I will present a recital at Yale University on Feb 17, 2011. Works will include the US première of Derek Jacoby's Sketches, Huang Ruo's Wind Blows... and works by Andriessen, Persichetti and Nathan.

I will be performing at the Brandon New Music Festival in February of 2011. Works will include Galina Ustvolskaya's Symphony No. 4, "Prayer" and the Canadian première of Eric Nathan's Cantus.

I'll be performing with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for their New Music Festival in January and February of 2011, including performances of John Corigliano's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.

I am excited to be joining the Regina Symphony Orchestra as assistant principal trumpet for the 2010-2011 season.

I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Music at the Brandon University School of Music in Canada. I am honored to succeed Alan Ehnes who for over 30 years taught an excellent studio of trumpet players at Brandon. I am looking forward to joining the distinguished faculty at Brandon! [Brandon School of Music]

Composer Joan Panetti (Professor of Music at Yale University) has agreed to start working on a new trio (trumpet, violin and piano) for me. Not certain of the completion date, but I hope to premier it in the fall of 2010!

Reveille is a collective dedicated to exploring new paths for trumpet while connecting performers, composers and audiences in innovative ways. We use commissions and premieres as starting points: opportunities for composers to communicate directly with audiences worldwide, for audiences to interact with artists, and for performers to gain intriguing glimpses into new repertoire. By harnessing the potential of online communication tools, we can launch virtual conversations that are unfettered by distance and vocation. [More information]

I will be coaching trumpet ensembles and performing a recital at the Oberlin Trumpet Workshop. Led every year by world-reknown pedagogue Roy Poper and Rotterdam Philharmonic member Arto Hoornweg, this two week institute focuses on obtaining our musical goals by overcoming fundamental issues on the trumpet. [More information]

Eric Miyashiro was the HPAC Orchestra's very special guest for this seasons Pops performances. Eric is an incredible trumpet player and fantastic guy. It was a pleasure to play in his backup orchestra, and even more exciting to join him up front for a duet. [More information]

I'll be collaborating with pianist Makiko Fujimoto for a recital at Hirota Shrine in Nishinomiya (Japan) on Sunday April 18th at 2pm. Works to include Enescu: Legend, Turrin: Two Portraits and Glazunov: Albumblatt

The HPAC orchestra gave three performances of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and his orchestration on Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition under the leadership of Maestro Rosen Milanov. [More information]

I was invited to by the mayor of Bagiou City to perform on two recitals for the annual Panagbenga Festival in the Philippines (February 2010). [More information]

Virtuoso trumpet player Rubén Simeó joined the HPAC orchestra for a concert of showpieces including the Hummel Trumpet Concerto, Virgen de la Macarena, Flight of the Bumblebee, Carnival of Venice and more. As always, Rubén was absolutely astounding. [More information]