Spencer Brand

Dr. Spencer Brand serves as Artist/Assistant Professor of Trumpet at McNeese State University where he teaches applied trumpet, chamber music, and Music History. Brand has performed with the Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Brass Collective, the MusicaNova Orchestra, Symphony of the Southwest, and other ensembles. As an active proponent of new music, Brand formed the ‘Vive Ensemble (a trumpet/clarinet duo) to commission and perform new works for trumpet and clarinet. The duo has recently performed at the International Duo Symposium and at the International ClarinetFest in Dublin, Ireland. Brand earned his DMA from Arizona State University and his research centers on Czech trumpet playing and repertoire. Brand’s investigation of Czech musical style encompasses interviews and consultation with famous Czech trumpet players, including the creation of a catalogue of over 200 Czech solo works for trumpet. He has presented this research at the International Trumpet Guild Conference, Historic Brass Society Symposium, and trumpet studios across the country. Brand is a Van Laar performing artist, and his teachers include David Hickman, David Baldwin, Robert Dorer, Ladislav Kozderka, and Albert Moore.