Brendan Collins

Brendan Collins is an Australian composer and trombonist who grew up in Newcastle, New South Wales, and trained in trombone and composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music before winning a scholarship to study in Los Angeles with Ralph Sauer, principal trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After eleven years as associate principal trombone with Opera Australia, he has served since 2005 as Composer-in-Residence at Barker College, Sydney, and is also Chief Brass Examiner of New South Wales for the Australian Music Examinations Board, having consulted on its recent brass syllabuses. His music is broadcast regularly on ABC Classic and performed worldwide by leading soloists and ensembles, with recent commissions including a Concerto for E-flat Soprano Cornet premiered in Kentucky, works for soloists in Paris, New York and Poland, and new band and string pieces. He is published internationally, including by Reed Music.

www.brendancollins.com.au