K. Brent Coppenbarger, DMA

“Knowledge is yours to keep. Nobody can take it from you.”

• Teaching & Education

  You will learn with me when taking courses in Applied Single and Double Reeds, Freshman & Sophomore Music Theory, Woodwind Methods, Orchestration, Pop Music, Music History Overview, Form & Analysis, Graduate Woodwind Repair, and Graduate Analytical Techniques.

  Degrees

  • BM, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • MM, Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University
  • DMA, University of Wisconsin
• Professional Experience

  My experience includes performing as a clarinetist & bass clarinetist for the Carolina Pops Orchestra, the principal clarinetist in the Janesville-Beloit Symphony and Greenville Opera Company, and a clarinetist in the Greenville Symphony.

  I have also served as Associate Professor of Music at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Adjunct woodwind instructor for Erskine College, Adjunct woodwind instructor for Clemson University, and a frequent recitalist in upstate South Carolina.

• Articles Published

  Books:

  • The Clarinet Reed Revealed Through High-Speed Photography, Amazon, 2017
  • Fine Tuning The Clarinet Section, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016
  • 94 Music Theory Secrets, Rowman & Littlefield, Sept. 2014

  Articles:

  • Instrumentalist Magazine, Tips for Clarinetists, Aug. 2011
  • Instrumentalist Magazine, Clarinet Tuning, June 2007
  • The Clarinet, The Vibrating Clarinet Reed, Sept. 2004
  • Instrumentalist Magazine, More Is Not Better If Mistakes Become Ingrained, April 2003
  • The Clarinet, A Clarinet Crossword Puzzle, June 2000
  • NACWPI Journal, Review of Sparky & the Voice of Reason, Winter 1998-99
  • The Clarinet, Bernhard H. Crusell’s Autobiography, 1998.
  • NACWPI Journal, Often Asked Questions About The Clarinet Reed, Fall 1997
  • NACWPI Journal, Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, 1800-1850, Winter 1987

  Published Musical Compositions:

  • Allegretto for Clarinet & Piano, Schubert/Arr. Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications, 1996
  • Concertino in F for Clarinet & Piano, Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications, 1994
  • Bud’s Rag for Saxophone Quartet, Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications, 1994
  • Feldeinsamkeit, for Clarinet & Piano, Brahms/Arr. Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications 1993
  • Minnelied, for Clarinet & Piano, Brahms/Arr. Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications 1993
  • Potpourri for Clarinet & Piano, Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications, 1993
  • Concerto in Eb, Op. 1 No. 1, Crusell/Ed.& Piano reduction Coppenbarger, Musica Rara, 1990
  • A Maiden Sat for Clarinet Quartet, Obrecht/Arr. Coppenbarger
  • Solicitude for Solo Also Saxophone, Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications, 1990
  • Variations On a Four Note Theme for unacc. clarinet, Coppenbarger, Dorn Publications, 1987

  Recordings:

  • Clarinet Muse, Clarinet CD released March 1995
  • ‘Reeding’ Time, Coppenbarger Reed Duo (Clarinet & Bassoon) CD, released Feb. 2008*
  • “Fly In The Pie”, Electronic Music of Brent Coppenbarger, CD, released in 2008*
  • * Available from CDBaby.com
• My Network

  I will gladly involve you in my circle that includes:

  • Robert Marcellus, Cleveland Orchestra
  • Clark Brody, Chicago Symphony
  • Walter Wollwage, Chicago Symphony
  • Russ Dagon, Milwaukee Symphony
  • Anita Garriott, Florentine Orchestra of Italy
  • Glenn Bowen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Roger Coppenbarger, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • International Clarinet Association
  • Fourth Presbyterian Church of Greenville
  • Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
• My Story

  Both my parents were university music professors. I always wanted to follow in the footsteps of my parents.