Brendan Cooney’s compositions were listened to 2.8 billion times in 2019.
He is a composer and pianist based in Philadelphia.
Composer for Pencilmation.
Cooney has composed classic, wacky cartoon music for over 300 episodes of Pencilmation, one of the most popular channels on Youtube. If you watch Pencilmation, you have heard his music.
Silent Film Music
Cooney also composes for and is musical director of Not So Silent Cinema. Not So Silent Cinema performs newly-composed live film scores to classic silent film. Cooney has composed over 14 full length scores for silent classics.
Cooney has studied and taught the Taubman Approach to Coordinate Technique for two decades. He is a certified teacher with the Golandsky Institute.
Projects
Cooney can be heard performing in a wide variety of projects, from jazz to classical piano, bluegrass and Turkish.
The New River Ensemble
Featuring Martha Hyde-woodwinds, Lisa Liske-cello, and Brendan Cooney-piano, the New River Ensemble plays traditional chamber music as well as contemporary (and original) repertoire..
ZRNA
ZRNA plays Turkish inspired electric music.
Noggin Hill
Cooney plays banjo and mandolin in Noggin Hill, one of Philly’s busiest bluegrass and old-time bands.