Professor Brent Behrenshausen

Brent Behrenshausen is a percussionist and educator residing in Reading, Pennsylvania. Brent has performed with a variety of organizations and artists during his professional career including: The Pennsylvania Ballet, Opera Philadelphia, Timberdale Brass, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Reading Symphony Orchestra, Allegro Symphony, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, The Philadelphia Brass, Kennett Symphony, Northeastern PA Philharmonic (Scranton, PA), Lancaster Symphony, The Celtic Woman Singers, Celtic Thunder, and Clay Aiken and more.

 

In 2008 Brent recorded percussion tracks for Def Jam Records' platinum-selling Hip-Hop artist LL Cool J for the Rapper's 2008 release, Exit 13, and has recorded percussion tracks for NFL Films' television series "Game of the Week.”

 

In addition to an active performing schedule, Brent maintains a full schedule of teaching as the Adjunct Percussion Professor at Millersville University, West Chester University, Immaculata University and Elizabethtown College. He was the drum line instructor and arranger for the Shippensburg University Drum Line from 2012-2018, and was instructor/arranger for the Wilson High School Marching Band/Indoor Drum Line from 2011-2017. Brent is the director of the West Chester University High School Honors Percussion Ensemble: Philadelphia region's only university-affiliated high school percussion ensemble. Brent also maintains a roster of private students in his home in Reading, PA.

 

Brent holds a Bachelor's degree from West Chester University in Music Education with a focus in percussion and a Masters Degree in Percussion Performance from Duquesne University, where he studied with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra percussionists Andy Reamer (Principle Percussion) and Chris Allen (Section Percussion/Assistant Principle Timpani).

 

Professor Behrenshausen is a proud endorser of Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets as well as Grover Pro Percussion products.