Dr. Adam F. Brennan has been director of bands and professor of percussion studies at Mansfield University since 1995. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in music education and a Master of Arts degree in theory and composition, with an emphasis in composition, from Western Illinois University. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in instrumental conducting from the University of Oklahoma where he studied with Dr. William K. Wakefield.

Dr. Brennan has recorded numerous compact discs with the Mansfield University Bands, including Strike Up the Bands!, This Could Be the Start of Something Big, Music From the Endless Mountains, Tenebrae, which features the world premiere of Dr. Brennan’s composition for band entitled Tenebrae (Dark Hours), American Portraits, North Central Winds, Concord!, Resonance, Sun and Shade, Ecstatic Vision, Malachi: A Celebration of a Special Life, Critical Speed: The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. II., Dances, Reflections and Supplications, Fervent Reverberations, High Upon the Eastern Hill, among others. He currently has three other recording projects to be released in 2018, including The Music of Composer Adam Brennan, volume 1.   Dr. Brennan can also be heard as a percussionist on Twilight Offering Music released by the University of Oklahoma Percussion Ensembles, and as a conductor on Western Illinois University’s Fantasy Variations. His compositions and recordings can be found on www.allthingsbands.com.  Recently, four of Dr. Brennan’s recordings and one of his own compositions was listed as Grammy Nomination Eligible in twelve categories in  two Grammy cycles.

Among his various honors and awards Dr. Brennan has received The Silver Baton from Kappa Kappa Psi for having maintained a record of excellence and continuous quality of service to bands band members, and instrumental music education. In addition, Dr. Brennan received Mansfield University’s Bertram Francis Award from Kappa Kappa Psi for outstanding contributions to the MU Band program and he was honored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia with the Orpheus Award for significant and lasting contributions to the cause of music in America. In 2007 he was elected for membership in the prestigious American Bandmaster’s Association. He was nominated for and received the Employee of the Year award from Mansfield University and was selected as an Outstanding Fine Arts Alumnus of Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois.

An advocate for autistic children, Dr. Brennan and his family are actively engaged in promoting autism awareness and educational rights for special needs children, serving on the Board of Directors for the Tioga County Autism Coalition (TASC). Dr. Brennan resides in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania with his family.