Brent Flinchbaugh, owner/director
Co-recipient of the 2014 Howard County Music Educator of the Year award, Mr. Flinchbaugh is the Director of Bands at Clarksville Middle School in Howard County, Maryland. He has completed the Maryland Artist Teacher Institute certification program. In addition to public school teaching, Mr. Flinchbaugh maintains a large and successful private trumpet studio. Many of his past students are now music majors in college and have earned places in numerous honors and All-State ensembles in both Maryland and Pennsylvania as well as numerous scholarships. Prior to teaching at HCPSS, he was on faculty of St. Paul’s School, Boys’ Latin School, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Music.
As a trumpeter, Mr. Flinchbaugh was previously Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed extensively with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov and the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas. He regularly performs with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Bach in Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, and the Young Victorian Theater Company. Winner of the International Trumpet Guild’s Young Artist Award, he continues to perform regularly with numerous ensembles throughout the mid-Atlantic region. He has recorded and performed with numerous ensembles including the Clipper City Brass Quintet at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Public Radio International's "Sing in Exultation: Carols from the Washington National Cathedral."
Mr. Flinchbaugh is currently pursing his Master of Music degree in trumpet performance at the University of Maryland where he is studying with Chris Gekker. He also attended the Peabody Conservatory and Temple University, earning degrees in trumpet performance and music education. On trumpet, his major teachers include David Bilger, Chris Gekker, Ed Hoffman, Langston Fitzgerald and Elisa Koehler . In his spare time, Brent writes articles for the International Trumpet Guild Journal and is also an avid golfer.
As a trumpeter, Mr. Flinchbaugh was previously Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed extensively with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov and the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas. He regularly performs with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Bach in Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, and the Young Victorian Theater Company. Winner of the International Trumpet Guild’s Young Artist Award, he continues to perform regularly with numerous ensembles throughout the mid-Atlantic region. He has recorded and performed with numerous ensembles including the Clipper City Brass Quintet at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Public Radio International's "Sing in Exultation: Carols from the Washington National Cathedral."
Mr. Flinchbaugh is currently pursing his Master of Music degree in trumpet performance at the University of Maryland where he is studying with Chris Gekker. He also attended the Peabody Conservatory and Temple University, earning degrees in trumpet performance and music education. On trumpet, his major teachers include David Bilger, Chris Gekker, Ed Hoffman, Langston Fitzgerald and Elisa Koehler . In his spare time, Brent writes articles for the International Trumpet Guild Journal and is also an avid golfer.