My Biography

Brandyn Metzko, conductor/flute/clarinet/saxophone/vocalist/teacher/music producer, obtained his B.A in music at Cleveland State University in 2006, where he studied flute with Sean Gabriel, voice with William Dempsey, and conducting with Betsy Burleigh.  He is working on his Master’s Degree in Entertainment Business at Full Sail University, to be complete in early 2014.

Brandyn has had a thriving private teaching studio in Central Florida, New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, preparing students for milestones ranging from Conservatory and Opera auditions to American Idol performances. Brandyn teaches voice, flute, piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, violin, viola, conducting, music theory, and music history.  His performance credits include solo and chamber works; studio recording; sacred, operatic, Broadway and popular vocal music; wind band, orchestral and flute choir ensemble work; and concert and marching band direction and performance.  He currently performs and teaches as a freelance musician throughout Northeast Ohio. 

Brandyn helped to found the Queer Urban Orchestra in New York City in 2009, the BayArea Rainbow Symphony in San Francisco in 2007 and the Blazing River Freedom Band in Cleveland in 2003, and has served on the board of the Lesbian/Gay Band Association as Membership Services Chair.  Brandyn was artistic director of the Blazing River Freedom Band from 2003 until 2007, co-artistic director of the Queer Urban Orchestra in 2009-2010, and was the assistant music director with the Central Florida Soundsof Freedom Band in 2012.  He was an active performing member of the Space Coast Flute Symphony and the IndialanticChamber Singers in 2012.  Brandyn has also arranged countless works for concert band and chamber ensembles and has composed a number of original works.  Brandyn has resumed his post as Artistic Director of the Blazing River Freedom Band as of December 2013.  Brandyn is now expanding his skills by attending Full Sail University for the Master’s in Entertainment Business program and learning to mix and produce music in electronic, pop, rock, and ambient genres.