BRANDON MICHAEL SMITH MUSIC
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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
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.
 
Memberships
American Guild of Organists,
      Ithaca Chapter Founding Member
            Sub-Dean and Webmaster for the 2016-2017 program season.
      Jacksonville Chapter

Computer Skills
Mac & PC
Finale & Sibelius
Mainstage
Audacity, Reaper, Logic, etc.
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