Todd Brunel is a critically acclaimed clarinetist and sax player who performs extensively as a classical and jazz musician. He has worked with such artists as The Irish Tenors, Judy Collins, Andy Pratt, John Tchicai, Lawrence ‘Butch’ Morris, The Sonic Explorers, Garrison Fewell, Bobby Watson, P. Andrew Willis, David Maxwell, Celtic Women, Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five, Guo Yhazhi, and many others. He has worked and or recorded with the White Snake Projects, WGBH Television, The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Huntington Theater, The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, The Dixie Cookbook, Annie and The Fur Trappers, Opera Ebony of Harlem, Music At Eden’s Edge and the White Heat Swing Orchestra. Composition credits include: Massachusetts a Song of Itself, Revolution and Resilience, a poem by Regie Gibson at the WBUR Festival. Many of his recordings can be found on Innova Recordings, Revello Records, PBS, Creative Nation Music, Leo Records, and Navona Records. His current music projects include: Know Orchestra, Improbable Beasts, The David Haas Group: Coalition of the Willing, Tom Casale's No Bad Parts, New England Winds and Strings, and Jerome Deupree's Listen to This. He was an original founding member of Musaner (Music of Armenia re-imagined), The Lilli Lewis Project and The Eric Hofbauer Quintet. He holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Boston Conservatory where he was a student of Atilio Poto and a Master of Music Degree from Brooklyn College Conservatory where he was a graduate assistant to professor Paul Shelden.

Todd H. Brunel

Todd Brunel is a critically acclaimed clarinetist and sax player who performs extensively as a classical and jazz musician. He has worked with such artists as The Irish Tenors, Judy Collins, Andy Pratt, John Tchicai, Lawrence ‘Butch’ Morris, The Sonic Explorers, Garrison Fewell, Bobby Watson, P. Andrew Willis, David Maxwell, Celtic Women, Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five, Guo Yhazhi, and many others. He has worked and or recorded with the White Snake Projects, WGBH Television, The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Huntington Theater, The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, The Dixie Cookbook, Annie and The Fur Trappers, Opera Ebony of Harlem, Music At Eden’s Edge and the White Heat Swing Orchestra. Composition credits include: Massachusetts a Song of Itself, Revolution and Resilience, a poem by Regie Gibson at the WBUR Festival. Many of his recordings can be found on Innova Recordings, Revello Records, PBS, Creative Nation Music, Leo Records, and Navona Records. His current music projects include: Know Orchestra, Improbable Beasts, The David Haas Group: Coalition of the Willing, Tom Casale's No Bad Parts, New England Winds and Strings, and Jerome Deupree's Listen to This. He was an original founding member of Musaner (Music of Armenia re-imagined), The Lilli Lewis Project and The Eric Hofbauer Quintet. He holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Boston Conservatory where he was a student of Atilio Poto and a Master of Music Degree from Brooklyn College Conservatory where he was a graduate assistant to professor Paul Shelden.

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Todd Brunel is a critically acclaimed clarinetist and sax player who performs extensively as a classical and jazz musician. He has worked with such artists as The Irish Tenors, Judy Collins, Andy Pratt, John Tchicai, Lawrence ‘Butch’ Morris, The Sonic Explorers, Garrison Fewell, Bobby Watson, P. Andrew Willis, David Maxwell, Celtic Women, Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five, Guo Yhazhi, and many others. He has worked and or recorded with the White Snake Projects, WGBH Television, The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Huntington Theater, The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, The Dixie Cookbook, Annie and The Fur Trappers, Opera Ebony of Harlem, Music At Eden’s Edge and the White Heat Swing Orchestra. Composition credits include: Massachusetts a Song of Itself, Revolution and Resilience, a poem by Regie Gibson at the WBUR Festival. Many of his recordings can be found on Innova Recordings, Revello Records, PBS, Creative Nation Music, Leo Records, and Navona Records. His current music projects include: Know Orchestra, Improbable Beasts, The David Haas Group: Coalition of the Willing, Tom Casale’s No Bad Parts, New England Winds and Strings, and Jerome Deupree’s Listen to This. He was an original founding member of Musaner (Music of Armenia re-imagined), The Lilli Lewis Project and The Eric Hofbauer Quintet. He holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Boston Conservatory where he was a student of Atilio Poto and a Master of Music Degree from Brooklyn College Conservatory where he was a graduate assistant to professor Paul Shelden.

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Work Experience

Music teacher at Collegiate Charter School of Lowell
January 1, 2024 - Present
General music education for grades 6-12; introduction to instrumental music; establishing a school-wide band program and chorus; collaborating with administration to implement a school-wide group lesson program; creating and implementing a curriculum based on experience and standards.
Professor of clarinet and saxophone at Middlesex Community College
January 1, 2020 - Present
Teach clarinet and saxophone; private lessons; ensemble coaching; masterclasses; chamber music; faculty performances; curriculum development.
Director of Music at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
August 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Direct the school jazz band, the I’d Like To Ensemble, school chorus, select chorus, concert band, beginner guitar class, piano class; religious choir director and accompanist; music director for the annual school musical; started jam session classes and world music workshops for Winterterm.
Onstage musician (understudy) at Huntington Theater Company
June 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023
The Lehman Trilogy; onstage musician (understudy).
Elementary Instrumental Music Teacher at Arlington Public Schools
September 1, 2021 - July 31, 2022
Directing students in grades 4-5 on beginning and intermediate woodwind pedagogical practices.
General music specialist at Walker School, Needham Campus
September 1, 2021 - July 31, 2022
Curriculum design for special needs students grades K-8; responsibilities include implementing social wellness strategies, hands-on practices with instruments, music theory, music history and vocal pedagogy.
Music specialist at The Boston Public Schools (Sarah Greenwood School)
December 1, 2019 - August 31, 2021
K-8 general music education; vocal ensemble director; curriculum development.
Jazz improvisation director; chamber music coach; summer faculty (Music On The Hill) at Powers Music School
September 1, 2001 - August 31, 2022
Jazz improvisation director; chamber music coach and summer faculty for Music On The Hill (MOTH); clarinet and saxophone instructor; arrange and coach performances; outreach performances.
Director of music at Heronfield Academy
September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019
Led the award-winning middle school chorus, jazz band, select jazz combo, chamber orchestra and 6th grade music classes.
Clarinet and Saxophone faculty artist at Wheaton College
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2018
Private lessons; chamber music coaching; masterclasses; faculty performances.
Orchestral personnel; wood winds at Reagle Theater
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2022
Orchestral personnel; wood winds.
Clarinet, bass clarinet at Music At Eden’s Edge
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2018
Clarinet, bass clarinet.
Clarinet soloist at Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra Salon Series
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Clarinet soloist.
Soprano saxophone and clarinet at Musaner
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2018
Performance of Music of Armenia Re-imagined.
Bass clarinet, saxophones; jazz clarinet soloist at The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra
January 1, 2006 - Present
Bass clarinet; soprano and alto saxophones; jazz clarinet soloist.
Clarinet, bass clarinet at The Eric Hofbauer Quintet
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2018
Clarinet, bass clarinet.
Clarinet at Opal Ensemble
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016
Clarinet.
Clarinetist at International Cat Murr Composers Society
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016
Clarinetist.
Substitute principal, second and bass clarinet at Lexington Symphony
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2014
Substitute principal, second and bass clarinet.

Education

Master of Music in clarinet performance at Brooklyn College Conservatory
January 1, 2007 - February 15, 2026
Teaching Assistant to Professor Paul Shelden at Brooklyn College Conservatory
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1997
Graduate studies in theory and composition at Boston University
January 1, 2006 - February 15, 2026
Graduate studies, MAM department at The Longy School of Music
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2000
Aspen Music Festival participant and scholarship recipient at Aspen Music Festival
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 1997
Bachelor of Music in clarinet performance at The Boston Conservatory
January 1, 1990 - February 15, 2026

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