Todd Brunel is an innovative, critically acclaimed clarinetist and saxophonist, who performs extensively as a classical and jazz musician. In the world premiere event 'From Requiem to Renewal' at Boston College, Eileen Pfeiffer of the Boston Globe hailed: "Clarinetist Todd Brunel and pianist Synthia Sture played with tremendous virtuosity and heart". He is a member of the Armenian Folk jazz ensemble Musaner and the Eric Hofbauer Quintet. He has premiered works by numerous composers including: George ‘Skip’ Brunner, Claudio Gabriele, Matthew D. Harder, Rick Sowash, Ara Sarkissian, Jose Louis Hurtado, Johnny Reinhard, Vuk Kulenovic, Etienne Rolin, Pamela Watson, and Vache Sharafyan. “The perfect control over the instruments allowed the soloists the subtle at times almost jocular transition through different styles and genres.” Musical Horizons Magazine. 

As a jazz/improvisational performer and composer, he produces The Vortex Series for New and Improvised Music, a 2010-11 grant recipient from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cambridge Arts Council and the Somerville Arts Council. The Vortex Series has also been chosen as the jazz "pick of the week" in the Boston Phoenix and the Boston Globe. Among his hundreds of performances at clubs and social establishments, Brunel and his groups have played at the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Boston Jazz Festival, The Bowery Poetry club, The National Black Arts Festival, Mobius, The International Woodwind Festival, Preservation Jazz Hall, Ryles, CBGB’s Gallery, The Boston Music Festival and the American Microtonal Festival under the direction of Johnny Reinhard. 

As a classical freelance musician, Mr. Brunel's busy performance schedule includes ALEA III, the Boston Chamber Ensemble, the Lexington Symphony, the Bulgarian Virtuosi, the Waltham Symphony, the Claflin Hill Symphony and the Chagall Performance Art Collaborative. Brunel has made guest appearances at: Carnegie Hall, the SEAMUS Festival, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the Boston Conservatory, The Longy School of Music, The Academy of Music Dance and Art in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and The Winter Sun Music Festival with legendary pianist, Daltin Baldwin. He has recorded for the PBS documentary, "Paul Robeson, Here I Stand" and for several independant films.

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Bassist, Composer, author , educator, professor@berklee college of music

Composer of acoustic and electronic music. Singer/songwriter. Ne'er-do-well. Debut EP at link below.

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