Brian and his wife Antonia near Stone Mountain, GA.
Brian Sadler (b. 1982) is a Musician First Class and trombonist/arranger in the US Navy Fleet Bands. He graduated from Pocono Mountain High School in Swiftwater, PA in 2001 and a few months later enlisted in the US Navy as a musician. His duty stations include the CINC South Band in Naples, Italy (2002-2004); Navy Band Northwest in Silverdale, Washington (2005-2006); US Fleet Forces Band in Norfolk, VA (2009-2010); the 7th Fleet Band in Yokosuka, Japan (2010-2014); Navy Band Southeast in Jacksonville, Florida (2014-2017); the US Naval Forces Europe Band in Naples, Italy (2017-2020), and currently he is the Arranging Instructor at the Naval School of Music in Virginia Beach, VA. During his 19 years of Naval service, Brian has composed and arranged more than 200 pieces for concert band, brass ensemble, brass quintet, woodwind quintet, jazz big band, and marching band. After his first 5-year enlistment, Brian studied music composition at Arizona State University from 2006-2009 and returned to the Navy before he could graduate, later finishing his BA in music online through Charter Oak State College.
Brian has written a number of award winning pieces including Action Brass (winner of the Excellence in Composition Award from the 2008 International Brass Music Festival), Action Fanfare and Unveiling (winners of the 2008 and 2015 Dallas Winds Brass Fanfare Contest, respectively), and America’s Navy: A Global Force for Good (2nd place winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs’ 2011 US Armed Forces Composition Contest). In 2015 he was commissioned by the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra to compose Journey for Tuba and Orchestra featuring tubist Eric Henry. His most well-known compositions, however, are his unique solos for low brass and digital accompaniment.
Brian also composes music for animation, his most well-known projects being Helluva Boss, Starbarians, and Maker vs. Marker!