Guelph based saxophonist, Brent Rowan also plays flute, clarinet and other woodwind instruments. Brent performs in a wide variety of musical collaborations; including 2009 and 2015 Juno Nominated Eccodek, Big Bands, small jazz combos, classical chamber groups and creative music ensembles. Brent has performed and recorded all across Canada, the UK and Germany, at music festivals in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and London England to name a few.
He has released two recordings of his own compositions; “It’s About Time” in 2006 and “IZ” in 2012. Brent composes and arranges music for the Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble as well as for his small improvisation groups. Brent is the founding director of the Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble and the New Horizons Band for Guelph. He is also the conductor of the Cambridge Concert band. In 2011 Brent became a Nobel Instruments of Canada Jazz artist performing regularly on their Baritone Saxophone.
Brent teaches woodwind and jazz improvisation techniques at his private music studio. He is also a clinician and adjudicator at music camps and festivals throughout southern Ontario, specializing in saxophone and improvisation concepts. In 2008 he received the inaugural Guelph Mercury Forty under Forty award for making a difference in his community.
He holds a Master of Arts in Community Music, from Wilfrid Laurier University, a Bachelor of Music, Jazz Studies, from Humber College and a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.
Here is a duo performance by two fine Guelph muscians – Brent Rowan and Jason Raso
For something quite different, here is Eccodek at the Guelph Jazz Festival
This is a sample from the new CD Only You Know Why Sample
Brent Rowan – Alto Saxophone
Jeff Daniels – Piano
Jesse Turton – Upright Bass
Ted Warren – Drums
