Brian Powell (DMA) is Associate Professor of Double Bass and Music Education at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. He has degrees in Performance and Music Education from Indiana University and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. He is a former member of The New World Symphony, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, and has also performed with several professional orchestras such as the Louisville Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he has toured and recorded with the Amernet String Quartet among many others, and he has his own chamber music recordings with Centaur Records. A prolific arranger, Dr. Powell has several solo and chamber bass music publications, including a recently published solo bass arrangement of Igor Stravinsky's music through Boosey & Hawkes. Dr. Powell maintains an active schedule as a performer, low strings clinician,  and guest conductor for youth honors orchestras throughout the United States.