da Capo Brass

Raised in Apple Valley, Minnesota, Brent Harvey holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  Harvey has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Catania International Festival Orchestra in Italy, the Pine Mountain Music Festival Symphony Orchestra (MI), the Charleston Symphony and Long Bay Symphony Orchestras (SC), the Greensboro Symphony and Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestras (NC) and has appeared on National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio broadcasts with the Minnesota Orchestra.  He is a founding member of da Capo Brass, and also plays with Big Dixie Dixieland Band and the international award winning tuba quartet, Tubas in the Sun.  In addition to his appointment at Winston-Salem State University as Assistant Professor of Low Brass and Music Education, Dr. Harvey also serves on the faculty at Pfeiffer University as Adjunct Professor of Tuba-Euphonium and Assistant Conductor of the Pfeiffer University Wind Ensemble.  Harvey is a Warrant Officer in the Army National Guard and serves as the Commander and Conductor of the 440th Army Band.