Brent Hamker

Applied Faculty, Guitar

Northeast Ohio guitarist Brent Hamker has been performing music all over the Cleveland area since he was 14 years old. Now, at age 24, he has had the privilege of studying and performing under the tutelage of many great Master of Music all over the world, including Ernie Krivda, Bob Fraser, Victor Mendoza, Perico Sambeat, Dan Wilson, Stephen Enos, and many more. Brent began his education at Cuyahoga Community College in 2009 in the Tri-C Jazz Studies Program. In 2012, he began his studies at Cleveland State University, where he earned his bachelor’s in music performance in 2014. 

In the Summer of 2014, he moved to Valencia, Spain, to begin his master’s degree in Contemporary Performance at Berklee College of Music’s Valencia Campus. While in Spain, Brent was fortunate enough to travel and be part of many performances throughout Europe. Upon graduating with his master’s degree from Berklee, Brent returned to Northeast Ohio to continue performing throughout the area and work on a vast array of new musical projects.