Brendan McBrien
Brass Methods + Arranging + University Mentor
e-mail: brendan.mcbrien@csulb.edu
Brendan McBrien is a lecturer in music education at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, CSULB where he teaches Brass Methods, Arranging, and supervises music student teachers. He has also taught music education courses at Concordia University and UCLA.
Brendan taught middle and high school bands and orchestras for 35 years in the Irvine Unified School District. He retired from IUSD in 2022.
For over 30 years, Brendan performed professionally in the LA area appearing in symphony, television, movie, and theater orchestras.
He is an active composer whose works for band and orchestra are performed worldwide and published with the Alfred, Warner Brothers, Excelcia, and Kjos music companies. In 2024, he was commissioned to compose the opening work for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa. He is also a Teaching Artist in the Disney Imagination Campus at Disneyland.
