Dr. Brent Levine has been engaged in a wide range of successful teaching, conducting,

and administrative activities as a university professor, a conductor of community ensembles, and a public-school teacher. Brent’s professional experience includes eight years of teaching at Vista Murrieta High School (CA), seven years of teaching at the Community College level (CA), three years of doctoral work at The Ohio State University (OH), and a position at Northern Arizona University as the Associate Director of Bands. He also has a long and valued history of connection to community bands as a player (2010-2018), a guest conductor (2019-2021), and an Artistic Director (2020-2021). As the Associate Director of Bands at Northern Arizona University, Dr. Levine has built a student-centered and positive culture of success in his ensembles and classroom teaching. He is highly collaborative in nature and has developed meaningful partnerships with music faculty, local musicians, local music teachers, community organizations, and academic colleagues across various departments who are interested in cross-curricular learning opportunities. 

Brent plans to take advantage of the many connections he has made in our community and  foster new partnerships that will help to make rehearsals and concerts fun, creative, and engaging for players and audiences alike.