Brad Esbensen Music Services

Brad Esbensen is a Brisbane based trumpet player, arranger, composer, copyist and educator. After graduating from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Music Education, he spent the next few years touring Australia with a seven-piece rock band backing a variety of acts including the Drifters, Little Patti, Normie Rowe, D.J. Fontana, the Moscow Circus and The Blues Brothers in Concept show. He has worked in backing bands for artists including Kenny Rogers, James Morrison, Grace Knight, Max Miller, Dean Vegas, Troy Cassar-Daly, KISSperience, and many others. Since 2008, he has been Musical Director of the Brisbane Big Band, the resident big band for the Brisbane Jazz Club since 1974.
 
Many of his compositions and arrangements have been performed with a variety of groups including the Australian All-Star Youth Big Band, Queensland Youth Orchestra Big Band, Brisbane All Star Youth Big Band, Queensland Music Festival, and the Queensland Pops Orchestra, and have been used as test pieces for local school music festivals. Brad was the recipient of first place in the 1994 Perth Jazz Orchestra Composition Awards with an original arrangement of “There Will Never Be Another You”.
 
He teaches brass and composition at St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane and lectures in jazz arranging at the Jazz Music Institute (JMI). He is a member of the Music Arrangers’ Guild of Australia (MAGA) and the Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA).