What makes a great holiday gift? MUSIC!

What makes a great holiday gift?  MUSIC!  Consider commissioning composer Brandyn Metzko to write a musical selection for a loved one this holiday.  There’s no more personalized gift than music written just for him/her, and it’s a gift that is memorable for a lifetime.

Email me today for a quote.  Include some ideas about what you’d like, what instruments/voice you’d like me to write for, length, style, etc.

I write in a variety of genres.  For samples, see my SoundCloud profile at https://soundcloud.com/brandynn-equality or my professional facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/musicbrandyn

Brandyn Metzko, conductor/flute/clarinet/saxophone/vocalist, 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 mid-2014.

Brandyn has had a thriving private teaching studio in Cleveland, Central Florida, New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, preparing students for milestones ranging from Conservatory and Opera auditions to American Idol performances. he teaches voice, flute, piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, violin, viola, conducting, music theory, composition and music history. His students study a variety of genres including Classical Music, Opera, Jazz, Baroque/Early Music and Popular/Broadway.

Brandyn helped to found the QUO Orchestra New York City in 2009, the Bay Area 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 L/G 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 served as the Assistant Music Director with the Central Florida Sounds of Freedom Band. Brandyn has also arranged countless works for concert band and chamber ensembles and has composed a number of original works.  He resumed his post as Artistic Director of the Blazing River Freedom Band this winter, and now teaches winds and brass at Merill Music in Lakewood, Ohio.

Brandyn's 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 was an active member of the Space Coast Flute Symphony and currently  performs and teaches as a freelance musician throughout Northeast Ohio and composes from his hom emusic studio in Lakewood, Ohio.

Email me today or call (216) 387-0587 for a personalized quote on your original musical composition.