Joe Brent

mandolinist | composer

"One of the truly exceptional musicians of his generation, Joe Brent recognizes no boundaries the mandolin cannot breach, and thus seems destined to forge a body of work future generations will have to reckon with." — David McGee

Large Commissioned Works

 

  • Commissioned by the Toy Box Ballet Company

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    Piano

  • Commissioned by the Toy Box Ballet Company

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    Mezzo soprano; vln1/vln2/vla/vc

  • Commissioned by University of Arkansas Little Rock for the ACANSA Festival.

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    9 Horses; trumpet; piano; percussion (3); vln1/vln2/vla/vc

  • Commissioned by DePauw University.

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    9 Horses; piano; vln/vla/vc; drums; SSAATTBB

  • Commissioned by Illinois State University

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    9 Horses; piano; vln1a-d/vln2a-d/vla1-4/vc1-4/cb1-2

  • Commissioned by Ball State University.

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    9 Horses; soprano; flute; clarinet; horn; violin; piano; harp; percussion (3)

  • Commissioned by the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

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    9 Horses; flute (2); oboe (2); clarinet (2); bassoon (2); horn (2); trumpet (2); trombone (2); tuba; timpani percussion (3); harp; vln1/vln2/vla/vcl/cb

  • Commissioned by Kenyon College.

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    9 Horses; narrator

  • Commissioned by University of Texas El Paso.

    SCORE :: VIDEO

    9 Horses; flute (2); oboe (2); clarinet (2); bassoon (2); trumpet (2); horn (4); trombone; bass trombone; timpani; pre-recorded track; harp; SATB; vln1/vln2/vla/vc/cb

  • Commissioned by the Bainbridge Island Chamber Music Society.

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    Prerecorded track; electric bass; vln1/vln2/vla/vc

  • Commissioned by South Dakota State University.

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    9 Horses; flute (2); clarinet (2); bass clarinet; soprano sax; alto sax; tenor sax; trumpet (2); trombone; euphonium; piano; drums

  • Commissioned by Loyola University New Orleans.

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    9 Horses; piano; celesta/toy piano; percussion (5); vln1/vln2/vla/vc/cb

For 9 Horses

 

pre-Perfectest Herald: 9 Horses; Ai Le Lu; Air Lift, 2 Pounds; Learn Not To Care; Mumuki; Red Shoes; Souvenir des choses qui auraient pu être oubliés; The Boy At The Far End Of The Train Car; The Human Skills; Time In The Sun; Wicked Water

Perfectest Herald: Dogtooth (In A Rachmaninoff-Shaped Hole); Don’t Rush; every journey is a desperate act; Failsafe-Lee; Fundição Pixinguinha; Geno’s Rug, Where I Lose Things; Haven 21.12; Hypographia; I Am Trying To Have My Heart Broken; Lettuceleaf; Monochrome Shoe #2; NaNo; no way for anyone to count that high; Perfectest Herald Mvt. 1: 4K; Perfectest Herald Mvt. 2: listening to the Elliott Smith discography in reverse order; Perfectest Herald Mvt. 3: the socket doesn’t know its power until it’s inspired by the plug; Perfectest Herald Mvt. 4: when the wolf comes home; Snow Musik; The Quantity Theory of Insanity

Blood From A Stone: bigLITTLE; i'llTAKEnimbleSTEPS; keysWALLETphone; peacePOWER; redWHITEblue; sportsNEWS; we are not dead but asleep, dreaming of ourselves; warPAINT

Omegah: a new machine; ALL THe BeauTiFuL RoCKWoOD KiDS; Good Bones; let’s just make it me and you; Love, Perdita; mareram; Max Richter’s Dreams; Omegah; Purple Paisley Telecaster; S7rophe; the grain of the wood of the frame; the light is bright and flat; the water understands

Strum: Americannia; Gasparilla; Jenny Pop Nettle-Eater; Just Don’t Call It That; Kawore; Liza; Long Time Away; Röhrl; Strum; The House That Ate Myself

Arrangements/Covers: Baby Teeth, Bones, and Bullets; Bandoneon; Better; Blackbirdsss; Hard Times Come Again No More (for Lara Downes); I Have Never Loved Someone The Way I Love You; Mercy Street; No Other One; Overjoyed; Paranoid Android; Paris; Parisoid Androidis; Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori; You Gotta Be Modernistic

Miscellany

 

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