Brian Westbrook, bass & guitar group

Brian Westbrook is a double bassist, guitarist, and music educator originally from Wilmington, North Carolina. Brian started playing bass in orchestra class at Holly Shelter Middle School with Lisa Gattuso, participating in local and regional orchestra school events while also playing in the jazz band under Amy Sandlin. He attended Laney High School, where he had many musical opportunities in Roy Robuck’s orchestra and Robert Pearson’s band; band provided performance opportunities for him on electric bass, marching percussion, concert percussion, and baritone. He went on to get a Bachelors of Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he studied primarily with Dr. Rebecca Macleod and double bass professors Craig Brown and Steve Haines before graduating in 2024.

Brian completed a music teaching internship at Swann Middle School with Ryan Mack in Greensboro, where he taught orchestra as well as Modern Music which focused on teaching music standards for 6-8th graders through a “rock band” lens (guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, drums).

Throughout his education and after, Brian has played music for a living. He is a member of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Danville Symphony, Salisbury Symphony, Long Bay Symphony, and Tallis Chamber Orchestra among other small chamber ensembles with colleagues for events. Aside from being a classically trained musician, Brian is an avid jazz double bassist and regularly performs with other jazz musicians in the area, passionately working to develop a unique musical footprint through a variety of experience.