Dr. Isaac Brinberg

Isaac Brinberg is a committed musician who pursues artistry with passion and creates meaningful connections with collaborators, students, and audiences. Dr. Brinberg currently serves as the Wind Ensemble Director and Tuba Instructor at Augusta University. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Band Conducting at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studying with Dr. Kevin Geraldi and Dr. Stephen Peterson as well as, working with Barry Houser and the Marching Illini. Prior to Illinois, Dr. Brinberg received his Master of Music in Wind Conducting at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, studying with Professor Steven D. Davis, and earned his Bachelor of Music Education with a Minor in Wind Conducting from Indiana University, studying tuba with Daniel Perantoni.

Dr. Brinberg’s research interests include a variety of subjects, recently focusing on programming trends of the Big Ten and SEC conferences, the music of Chen Yi, nontraditional concert venues, tuba pedagogy, and cultural diplomacy.  He has presented at the CBDNA National Conference as well as the North Central, Southwestern, and Southeastern Division conferences, the College Music Society Great Plains Regional Conference, the Gerogia Music Educators Association and South Carolina Music Educators Association In-Service Conferences.  His scholarship has been published in the Journal of Band Research, WASBE Journal, NBA Journal and he has contributed to The Instrumentalist, School Band and Orchestra Magazine, Georgia Music News, and The SC Musician.  In addition, he serves on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Band Research.  Dr. Brinberg is an active tuba performer throughout the greater Augusta area and in demand as a clinician and honor band conductor throughoutt the Southeast.  He is a member of CBDNA, ITEA, GMEA, SCMEA, and Lifetime Member of Kappa Kappa Psi.