Jared Denhard, bag pipes, Celtic harp, euphonium, jazz improvisation, trombone, and ukulele

Celtic harper, storyteller, highland piper and trombonist Jared Denhard is a member of the Celtic rock band O’Malley’s March, the medieval jazz group Keltia, and the early music ensemble Boar’s Head Consort.  He is a visiting artist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Arts Excel educational outreach program.

A popular performer at Celtic, classical, and jazz events in the Mid-Atlantic region. Jared has performed as soloist on the highland bagpipes with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Municipal Band, and the Lexington Brass Quintet.

Jared is also an active composer whose works have been performed and recorded by the United States Air Force Band, The Kinetics Dance Theatre, the London Portable Harp Company, and the Annapolis Brass Quintet.

Jared is a 1989 graduate of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.  He and his wife Heather live in Columbia, Maryland, with their seven children.

Jared's CDs, Cold Nights of Winter, Songs of Innocence, Canterbury Suite, Idylls of the King,  Winter Spirit, and Legend of the Selkie are available through his label.

Interested in lessons with Jared? Click here to contact Kyle Coughlin, the Coordinator of Brass Studies.