Joel Brennan enjoys a diverse career as a performer and teacher. He has performed with orchestras around the globe, including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Australia), Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (Korea), Rotterdam Philharmonic (Netherlands), Winnipeg Symphony (Canada), Malaysian Philharmonic, and Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (Turkey), and has served as principal trumpet of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (Japan) and Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (Netherlands). A proponent of contemporary music and chamber music, Joel has given solo and collaborative recitals in the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Australia and Japan. He is a member of Ensemble Three, a unique trio of trumpet, trombone, and guitar which has been praised as “an inspiring example of forward-thinking classical music culture” and won the 2017 Melbourne Recital Centre Contemporary Masters Award. Joel is Associate Professor of Music Performance at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (University of Melbourne) and has also been on faculty at Juilliard School's campus in Tianjin, China and Brandon University (Canada). Awarded a Fulbright Grant 2007, Joel spent a year performing, teaching, and studying in the Netherlands after having completed his formal training at Oberlin Conservatory and the Yale University. Joel is a Yamaha Performing Artist.