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"Brent Olstad's colorful harmonies and creative rhythms are purposeful and refreshing."
Brent Olstad Music is pleased to provide arrangements and compositions for almost every venue and setting. Whether you serve in a church, gig in a jazz club or perform on the concert stage, Brent Olstad Music will arrange music or write an original composition for your unique needs.
We specialize in the following areas:
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We specialize in the following areas:
- Religious and gospel arrangements
- Jazz arrangements and compositions
- Wind, brass, string, piano, organ, handbell, vocal (solo, choir, ensemble)
- Solo or ensemble works
- Incorporation of a variety of grade levels within one work
- Transcriptions, transposing and engraving using Finale v25
- Print On Demand files
> Digital downloads for immediate printing
- Custom music arrangements
- Discussion and review of requests
- Snail mail and email are available for delivery of music files
- All files are created using the newest edition of Finale
- Sample PDFs of available works with audio samples generated by Finale.
- Secure payment through Paypal or Square.
Brent Olstad is an arranger and composer, most noted for his Faithful Flutist 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 has arranged music in a variety of genres for choir, instrumentalists, combos, singers, and orchestra. His clients have included the Central Band of the Canadian Air Force, Camelot Theater, Livia Genise Productions, and musicians around the world. He has served as pianist for Kirby Shaw and the Jefferson State Coalition Choir, the Southern Oregon Gospel Group, Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra, the Rogue Valley Chorale, as well as for a number of instrumentalists and vocalists.
Brent Olstad currently has publishing contracts with Ron Harris Music, Hope Publishing, Shawnee Press, and From the Top Music.
Brent Olstad is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
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 has arranged music in a variety of genres for choir, instrumentalists, combos, singers, and orchestra. His clients have included the Central Band of the Canadian Air Force, Camelot Theater, Livia Genise Productions, and musicians around the world. He has served as pianist for Kirby Shaw and the Jefferson State Coalition Choir, the Southern Oregon Gospel Group, Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra, the Rogue Valley Chorale, as well as for a number of instrumentalists and vocalists.
Brent Olstad currently has publishing contracts with Ron Harris Music, Hope Publishing, Shawnee Press, and From the Top Music.
Brent Olstad is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
