About Me

Brandyn obtained his B.A in music with honors at Cleveland State University in December 2006, where he studied flute with Sean Gabriel, voice with William Dempsey, and conducting with Betsy Burleigh.  He earned his Master of Science degree cum laude in Entertainment Business/Artist Management from Full Sail University in June 2015.

Brandyn has had thriving private teaching studios in Central Florida, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Cleveland, preparing students for milestones ranging from Conservatory and Opera auditions to American Idol performances. While flute and piccolo are his primary instruments, Brandyn teaches flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, piano, voice, 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, flute choir and vocal chorale; pit orchestra for musical theatre; and concert and marching band direction and performance. 

Brandyn helped to found the Queer Urban Orchestra in 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 was the assistant music director with the Central Florida Sounds of Freedom Band in 2012.  He was an active performing member of the Space Coast Flute Symphony and the Indialantic Chamber 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 in December 2013 through January 2016. 

Brandyn’s work as a composer is quite diverse. While the catalog of his published work heavily features chamber and wind band arrangements, he has also written several original pieces. Never content to stick with the tried and true, during recent years Brandyn has expanded his writing to include jazz, rock, pop, dance, house and electronica.

He currently performs and teaches as a freelance musician throughout the greater Cleveland area and lives with his partner and dog in Strongsville, Ohio.