Brent Shires

Dr. Brent Shires is Associate Professor of Horn and Brass Area Coordinator at the University of Central Arkansas. He also teaches horn at Hendrix College, Central Baptist College and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He holds the performing positions of Third Horn in the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Principal Horn of the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, Principal Horn in the Conway Symphony Orchestra, and is a substitute with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. He is a founding member of Pinnacle Brass, the resident quintet at UCA. Brent regularly performs in Little Rock with national touring shows.Brent earned his B.M. in Education from the Crane School of Music at S.U.N.Y. Potsdam, the M.M. in Horn Performance from Northern Illinois University, and D.M.A. at the University of Illinois. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the International Horn Competition of America, and is an adjudicator for the ENKOR Online Competition. Brent also volunteers as Regional Workshop Coordinator for the International Horn Society. He is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music with Music Teachers National Association.In spite of a busy schedule, Dr. Shires appears as a featured artist around the world. Summer 2023 appearances include the 55th International Horn Symposium in Montréal, Canada; serving as adjudicator for the Bolivian National Solo Competition; as Guest Principal Horn for the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; and giving masterclasses at San Simón Mayor University and Instituto Eduardo Lardeo, both in Cochabamba, Bolivia.