Brianne Sargent

Brianne Sargent (cellist, bassist, composer/arranger and producer) is the co-leader and co-founder of Skinny Cooks and has played with Polyphonic Spree, Alejandro Escovedo, Rah Digga, Yolanda Adams, Israel Houghton and many others. She graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2006, attended Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts from 2002-2005 and graduated from Baldwin-Wallace Music Conservatory in 2010. From 2014-2018 she was a cellist in the McKinney Philharmonic. Brianne was the sound designer for “Where Earth Meets The Sky” with the Cara Mia Theater and a guest artist for the Dallas Symphony’s SOLUNA Festival in 2017. In 2020 she released her first meditation album called Chakra Conscious 2020 and received an overwhelming response. Since then, she has released several meditative projects. She has appeared in multiple articles written by KXT Radio, KERA, the Dallas Observer and Voyage Dallas and has appeared on PBS for the Austin City Music Hall Of Fame induction in 2022—while sharing the stage with Sheila E—playing cello for Alejandro Escovedo. Her bass playing has made it to the Billboard charts with local rapper phenomenon FloZilla on the Truth to Power Project and her cello playing has made it to Billboard charts on the Todd Dulaney song Revelation 4. In 2022 her composition “Sunflower” for cello and voice was placed into a movie called “Why Women Lie” in the opening credits. As of November 12, 2023, Brianne Sargent’s cello playing has made it onto several Grammy nominated gospel albums including “My Truth” by Jonathan McReynolds, “Finally Karen” by Karen Clark-Sheard and more. Brianne Sargent’s cello playing is featured throughout the Peacock original movie Bosco. She was also on the opening song for the 2026 Winter Olympics by Mariah Carey entitled “Nothing is Impossible” and most recently on the artist Kehlani’s song “Still” from her self-titled album.