Tod Brody
 tod@todbrody.com Room 230, Music Building Teaching Schedule W 9 am–6 pm |
Tod Brody grew up in Chicago, where his early studies were with Marie Moulton of the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra and Walfrid Kujala of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His collegiate studies were with Paul Renzi at San Francisco State University, and he later studied with Merrill Jordan and Lloyd Gowen. He has also worked in master classes with Alain Marion and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Brody was a member of the Sacramento Symphony for many years, where he frequently was featured as a soloist on both flute and piccolo. A specialist in new music, Brody is principal flutist for the San Francisco ensemble Earplay, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and the Empyrean Ensemble. He has performed numerous world premieres and has been recorded on the Arabesque, CRI, Capstone, Centaur, Charisma/Virgin, Magnon, and New World labels. He is also the principal flutist for the Sacramento Opera and for California Musical Theater, and he appears frequently with the orchestras of the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco ballet. In addition to his activities as a performer and teacher, Brody is eirector of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of American Composers Forum, an organization dedicated to linking composers and performers with communities, encouraging the making, playing, and enjoyment of new music. |