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Brent Wirth

About Me

Education:
3rd year Bachelor of Fine Arts Music at York University:
-emphasis on theory, composition, and classical guitar performance
Orchard Park Secondary School:
-French horn performance
-Senior and Stage Band
Instructors:
-William Beauvais (2006-Present) - Classical Guitar/Guitar Composition
-Art Levine (2007-Present) - Modal Counterpoint/Harmony
-Colin McGuire (2006-Present) - Electroacoustic Composition/Synthesis/Spectromorphology
-Mike Cado (2007-Present) - Orchestration/Composition
-Stephanie Martin (2007) - Western Music History
-Irene Markov (2006) - Musicianship
-Rob Simms (2006) - Non-Western Music/Ethnomusicology
-Rob Evangelista (2002-2006) - Classical Guitar
-David Young (2003-2006) - French Horn/Musicianship
-Wendy Young (2003-2006) - French Horn/Musicianship/Theory/History
-Steven McPhale (2005-2006) - Voice
-Ivan Mikesic (2002-2003) - Guitar/Bass/Theory
-Brian Gould (1998-2002) - Drums/Afro-Cuban Percussion
Pedagogy:
Stoney Creek Conservatory of Music Studies:
-teaching guitar, bass, drums and theory
Bands:
Kosmonaut (www.myspace.com/kosmonautmusic)
-bass, vocals
Ulysses and the Siren (www.myspace.com/ulyssesandthesiren)
-drums

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/21/2004
Band Website: None
Band Members: Brent Wirth
Influences: Alan Silvestri
Alban Berg
Alexander Scriabin
Andre Segovia
Andy McKee
Anton Webern
Antonin Dvorak
Arnold Schoenberg
Augustin Barrios Mangore
Bela Bartok
Billy Corgan
Claude Debussy
Daniel Brummel
D.J. Young
Domenico Scarlatti
Erik Satie
Ferdinando Carulli
Fernando Sor
Francisco Tarrega
Franz Liszt
Frederic Chopin
Guillaume Dufay
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Igor Stravinskey
Isaac Albeniz
J.J. Fux
Joaquin Rodrigo
Joe Hisaishi
John Cage
John Dowland
John Taverner
John Williams
Josquin des Prez
J.S. Bach
Leo Brouwer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Luigi Russolo
Manuel de Falla
Maurice Ravel
Mauro Giuliani
Narciso Yepes
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Palestrina
Pepe Romero
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Philip Glass
Richard Wagner
Robert Schumann
Steve Reich
William Beauvais
X "El Sabio" Alfonso
Record Label: none

My Blog

New Music

For those select few of you who still frequent my page...Check out my band's new songs and new record here: www.myspace.com/kosmonautmusicLet me know what you guys think and thank you to everyone for ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:56:00 GMT