Albert Brenton Huber

1952 - 2017

Albert Brenton Huber Albert Brenton Huber (Brent) passed away in Tokyo, Japan on February 6, 2017 surrounded by his family after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Brent was born in Berkeley, CA to Marjorie and Albert Huber Jr. on March 28, 1952, and spent his childhood in Marin County. There he attended Redwood High, spent many weekends on Mt. Tam, and relished vacations where he could jump into Lake Tahoe. He attended university at UC Davis, receiving a B.A. in Creative Communications and a teaching credential. In his freshman year at Davis, he met a woman who lived down his dorm hallway. Susan Leslie Huber and Brent celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this past December. After college, Brent and Susan moved to Quincy, California in 1976, where Brent taught music at Quincy High. There he spread his love of music and theater with hundreds of students, creating the vocal jazz group Quincy Junction and directing high energy musicals. He also shared his music with the whole town, fronting the band The Banaltones as his alter-ego "Al Tempo" and producing immersive concerts and events. Somewhere in there he also had two children: Elizabeth Aria (Aria), and Albert. In 1988, Brent and Susan gathered their small children and took them off to Tokyo, where Brent worked as a music teacher at the American School in Japan. In his 29 years there, he continued to bring the joy of music to thousands of students by creating a vocal jazz group and writing/directing musicals, while also pushing the boundaries of technology in music education, eventually being recognized as an Apple Distinguished Educator. Throughout his career as a teacher, Brent not only taught students how to play and fall in love with music, but also to think and create compassionately. While not teaching or playing music, Brent loved to fly-fish (picking up the habit in his years in Quincy), travel with his family, and hunt for hidden treasures all around Tokyo and the United States. He also really loved Disneyland. His gregarious live-in-the-moment spirit will be missed dearly by everybody he touched. He is survived by his wife, Susan Leslie Huber; his two children, Albert Huber and Aria LeMenager (Sebastien); his grandchildren, Calder and Coralie LeMenager; his siblings, Scott Huber, Katharine Huber, Deborah Huber, Tracy Roberts; and five nieces and nephews. There will be a celebration of Brent's life in Marin in July of 2017. Details are forthcoming. Donations may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network at https://www.pancan.org.