Brent Olstad – awesome arranger!

As you know I almost never recommend other piano or music sites simply because I’m never sure about the quality or reliability of the site owner. In fact, over the last 15 years I believe I have only recommended 2 other sites. One was Dave Sprunger’s playpianotoday.com site and the other was Patti McCoy’s site at patmoranmccoy.com.

But today I have an enthusiastic recommendation if you are in the market for arrangements of any kind — piano, flute, trombone, etc. — and even custom arrangments where you pick the song and he arranges it specifically for you. He specializes in hymn arrangements, but he does other genres as well.

The site is http://www.brentolstadmusic.com Brent is my nephew (by marriage) and is a brilliant pianist and arranger. He is the author of at least a dozen published books you can see by clicking here: http://www.brentolstadmusic.com/published-works.html

Do yourself a favor and go over to his site at http://www.brentolstadmusic.com and just browse around and see all the exciting stuff he does. You can listen to audio samples on his page. He even has a free arrangment of Beethoven’s Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee you can listen to and then download if you want. Click here: http://www.brentolstadmusic.com/free-music.html

(If you are wondering if he is a student of mine, the answer is no — he is way beyond me.)

Great site – fantastic arrangments! Click here: http://www.brentolstadmusic.com/

Brent Olstad is an arranger and composer, most noted for his Faithful Flute series published by Ron Harris Music. Brent was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, and attended Biola University in La Mirada, California, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance (1984).

Brent played keyboards in the Biola Jazz Ensemble and was active in the Biola Concert Band as a percussionist and as the Student Conductor for two years. He was a two-time winner of the Biola sponsored Composition Contest and was the recipient of the Howard Organ Scholarship two years in a row.

Brent is a classically trained pianist/organist but is also gifted in playing other styles, including jazz and gospel. He is the Minister of Music at Ashland Bible Church in Ashland, Oregon. Brent performs locally in small jazz groups, for community theater, and as an accompanist.

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