American trumpeter Joel Brennan enjoys a diverse career performing as an orchestral, chamber, and solo musician. Joel has served as principal trumpet of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (Japan) and Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (Netherlands), and has appeared with orchestras worldwide such as the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (Korea), Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orkest van Het Oosten (Netherlands), and Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (Turkey).

As a soloist, Joel has performed works from Baroque to contemporary repertoire, including the United States premiere of Hans Werner Henze's Drei geistliche Konzerte. The recipient of a Fulbright Grant in 2007, Joel lived in the Netherlands with the goal of promoting and performing contemporary music by Dutch and American composers. A proponent of contemporary music and chamber music, Joel has given solo and collaborative recitals in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, the Philippines and Japan. He is the member of Reveille, a collective dedicated to exploring new paths for trumpet while connecting performers, composers and audiences in innovative ways.

Joel received his bachelor's degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music before pursuing graduate studies at the Yale School of Music where he is a candidate for the Doctorate of Musical Arts. His principal instructors have included Roy Poper, Jack Sutte, Allan Dean, Arto Hoornweg and Raymond Mase.

Currently Assistant Professor of Music at Brandon University (Manitoba, Canada), Joel has also taught at the Utrecht Conservatory (Netherlands) and has led trumpet ensembles and masterclasses at the Oberlin Trumpet Workshop.