Brandon M Smith
Resume
Education
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Master of Music in Conducting, Emphasis: Musical Theatre & Opera
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Emphasis: Music Education, 2017
Religious Appointments
San Jose Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Choir Director, Organist, Handbell Director, Children's Choir Director
September 2018 - Present
Episcopal Church of Saints Peter and John, Auburn, NY
Choir Director, Organist, Summer Artist Series Board Member
December 2016 - August 2018
Community Presbyterian Church, Atlantic Beach, FL
Choir Director, Keyboardist, Handbell Director, Youth Choir Director
September 2013 – August 2015
Highlands United Methodist Church
Interim Music Director, Keyboardist
Summer 2015
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Choir Director, Keyboardist
2011-2013
St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church, Saint Augustine, Fl
Choir Director, Keyboardist
2010-2011
United Presbyterian Church, Daytona Beach, FL
Interim Organist
2009 ​
Teaching Experience
Ithaca College, School of Music and Theatre Arts Department
Lecturer, Spring 2018
Graduate Assistant, Fall 2015 – Spring 2017
Fundamentals of Song Performance Course Musical Director, Fall 2015 & Fall 2016
Florida State College of Jacksonville, Theatre Arts
Mainstage Musical Director, Fall 2014
Montverde Academy
Adjunct Piano Instructor, Fall 2009
Music Director
HMS Pinafore
First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL 2020
Mamma Mia!
Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Fayetteville, NC 2019
The Bridges of Madison County
Players by the Sea, Jacksonville, FL 2019
Xanadu by Beane, Lynne, and Farrar
Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY 2018
Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill
Hangar Theatre, 2018
A Christmas Carol by Aoise Stratford
Hangar Theatre, Ithaca NY, 2017
Aesop’s Fables by Christopher Parks
Hangar Theatre, 2017
Titanic in Concert by Peter Stone and Maury Yeston
Ithaca College, 2017
Louis Braille: The World at your Fingertips by Annie Lebeaux & Jane Smulyan.
Hangar Theatre, 2016
AIDA the Musical by Elton John and Tim Rice
Players by the Sea, Jacksonville FL, 2015
[Title of Show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell
Players by the Sea, 2015
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, Atlantic Beach FL, 2015
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Eric Blau & Mort Shuman
Florida State College of Jacksonville, Jacksonville FL, 2014
Godspell by Stephen Schwartz
APEX Theatre Studio, Jacksonville FL, 2014
[Title of Show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell
Limelight Theatre, Saint Augustin FL, 2014
Tick, Tick...BOOM! by Jonathan Larson
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2014
Dirty Blonde by Claudia Shear.
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2014
Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2013
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2013
The Last 5 Years by Jason Robert Brown
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2013
Once on this Island by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2013
Jerry’s Girls by Jerry Herman & Larry Alford
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2012
Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2011
Associate/Assistant Music Director
Chicago by Fosse, Kander, and Ebb
Associate, Hangar Theatre, 2018
Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Assistant, Opera Ithaca, Ithaca NY, 2017
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim
Associate, The Hangar Theatre, 2017
Company by George Furth & Stephen Sondheim
Assistant, Ithaca College, 2016
In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Associate, The Hangar Theatre, 2016
Dogfight by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Assistant, Ithaca College, 2016
Semele by George Frideric Handel
Assistant, Ithaca College, 2016
Piano/Keyboard
Peter Pan (Keyboard 2)
National Tour, 2024
The Barber of Seville (Continuo)
National Tour, 2024
Moulin Rouge (Keyboard 2)
National Tour, 2024
Wicked (Keyboard 4)
National Tour, 2019
Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Opera Ithaca, 2017
La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ithaca College, 2017
Company by George Furth and Stephen Sondheim
Ithaca College, 2016
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Ithaca, 2016
Dogfight by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Assistant, Ithaca College, 2016
Semele by George Frideric Handel
Ithaca College, 2016
A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch
Ithaca College, 2015
Link Up: The Orchestra Sings, Program from Carneggie Hall
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, 2015
Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey & Tom Kitt
Players by the Sea, 2012
The Wildest!!! Hip, Cool and Swinging! By Johnson, Porras, Prima, & Prime
Players by the Sea, 2011
The Who’s Tommy by Des McAnuff & Pete Townshend
Players by the Sea, 2011
La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
First Coast Opera, 2009
Chorus Master
Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Opera Ithaca, 2017
La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Adameus Mozart
Ithaca College, 2017
Composer
A Time for Everything by Kiki Tovey
Veddy Theatre Group, 2009
The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Kiki Tovey
Veddy Theatre Group, 2008
Arranger
A Christmas Carol by Aoise Stratford
Hangar Theatre, 2017
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Eric Blau & Mort Shuman
Florida State College of Jacksonville, Jacksonville FL, 2014
Stage Director
Tick, Tick...BOOM! by Jonathan Larson
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2014
Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 2013
Actor
The Pirates of Penzance by Arthur Sullivan & W. S. Gilbert
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, 2010
HMS Pinafore by by Arthur Sullivan & W. S. Gilbert
Central Florida Lyric Opera, 2009
Administrative/Residencies
Hangar Theatre, Ithaca NY
Artist-in-Residence, May 2017 – Sept 2018
Duties include serving as Music Director, Associate or Assistant Music Director, and Teaching Artist on several projects throughout the year including the acclaimed summer mainstage season, the KIDDSTUFF series, the NextGeneration School of Theatre, and the inaugural production of the new annual adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Aoise Stratford.
Artistic Director of the Late Night at the Hangar Cabaret Series, May 2017 - 2018
In collaboration with vising Drama League fellows, responsibilities include overseeing programming, music preparation, rehearsal, and performance of 4 free outdoor cabarets starring visiting artists and the Hangar Theatre Lab Company.