About

Trumpeter

Soloist, Orchestral, Chamber

A native of Hanover, Pennsylvania, Brent Flinchbaugh enjoys a versatile career as a trumpeter in the orchestral, chamber music, and soloist capacity. As an orchestral musician, Brent began substituting in the trumpet section of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and New World Symphony while in undergrad at Peabody. He has played under the baton of conductors Yuri Temirkanov, Robert Spano, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gunter Herbig, Marin Alsop, Matthias Pintscher and Gustav Meier among others, and has performed in premieres by John Corgliano, Nicholas Maw, Robert Gandolfi, and Russell Nadel. Performances have taken him around the world including concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jinji Lake Concert Hall (Suzhou, China) Heinz Hall, the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, the New World Center in Miami (New World Symphony Orchestra), and with the Orquesta Sinfónica de la UANL in Monterrey, Mexico.

As a chamber musician, Brent was a founding member of the Clipper City Brass Quintet and performed with the group extensively, most notably at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, with the Peabody Wind Ensemble under the baton of Harlan Parker, and in residence at the Garrett Lakes Arts Festival. CCBQ performed Eric Ewazen's "Shadowcatcher" and of the performance, Eric Ewazen (who was at the concert) remarked "The Clipper City BQ gave a great, powerful, dynamic and beautiful performance of my music. The individual members of this ensemble are extraordinary performers in their own right. Together they form a chamber ensemble with a golden, rich sonority, capable of both the most velvety lyricism, and the most riveting and thrilling virtuosity. If ever you have a chance to hear the Clipper City Brass Quintet, you will be rewarded with hearing some of the finest and most spectacular music-making anywhere!”

Brent frequently performs throughout the Mid-Atlantic region with ensembles such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Bach in Baltimore, the Handel Choir of Baltimore, and the Washington Opera Society. Brent currently resides in Columbia, Maryland with his wife Shoshana. While not performing and teaching, he can be found on the golf course or driving range working on his ever-improving-but-still-not-good-enough game!

Educator

Trumpet Teacher & Band Director

Brent Flinchbaugh is the director of bands at Clarksville Middle School in Clarksville, Maryland. At CMS, he conducts the award winning Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Concert Band. Each year the CMS Wind Ensemble earns superior ratings at festivals including Music in the Parks and Howard County Assessment. Before teaching at Clarksville, Brent was on faculty of Thunder Hill Elementary School and Atholton Elementary School in Howard County as well as the Pennsylvania School for the Arts, Boys Latin School, St. Paul's School, and Goucher College. Most years Brent serves as a mentor teacher for the Peabody Conservatory and Towson University student teachers.

In Howard County, Brent has served as co-director of both the GT Wind Ensemble and Honor Band. In addition to these positions, he has been a guest conductor in Pennsylvania Music Educator's Association and is often a clinician for schools throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Brent was the co-winner of the Howard County Music Educator of the Year award presented by Howard County Parents for School Music.

In addition to band directing, Brent has a large and successful private trumpet studio consisting of some of the finest young players in Maryland who consistently earn first chair positions in All-State ensembles. Students in the Flinchbaugh Trumpet Studio also regularly earn positions in Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra, Howard County Youth Orchestra, Peabody Youth Wind Ensemble and Orchestra, among other ensembles. He has taught students who are now or have been scholarship-winning trumpet performance majors at Northwestern University, Eastman School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, Shenandoah Conservatory, and University of Maryland.

To learn more about the Clarksville Band Program, please visit www.clarksvilleband.com.