Experience

-- Private & Corporate Functions, Los Angeles area

-- Sheraton Atlantic Beach Hotel, North Carolina

-- Norwegian Cruise Lines, Polo Club

-- Celebrity Cruise Lines, Michael's Club

-- Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Rhapsody of the Seas

-- Holland America, six-month tour of Europe/Scandinavia

-- Hollywood's Howl At The Moon Dueling Piano Bar Nightclub

-- Zig-Zag Band, Keyboardist, Vocalist

-- Bellinia Band, Rock & Soul Revue, Keyboardist, Vocalist

      Awards / Honors

--  Composed and performed music for a festival-winning short film,.

-- Composed music, performed live accompaniment, sang and acted in a two month-running, critically acclaimed, NAACP Award-considered Los Angeles stage musical.

-- Played piano at corporate and private functions including accompanying vocals by SCARFACE actor Robert Loggia.

-- Played keys in a Springsteen tribute band live in front of COMMUNITY creator Dan Harmon.  Introduced by WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY's Jeff Davis.

-- Composed/performed music scoring for an upcoming feature film.

-- IHSA Two-Time State Speech Champion, for two original acting routines

-- Scholarship winner, Drake University

-- Scholarship winner, Eastern Illinois University

-- Original Comedic Song "DEKALB, ILLINOIS"  selected to be played on Dr. Demento National Radio Show

"Brandon has remarkable presence and ability ... Brandon has a genuine talent ... He has that something."
                            -- film critic Roger Ebert

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                   Education / Training

-- Bachelor of Fine Arts in performance, Northern Illinois University

-- Vocal Training, Jeff Nesseth, Cecelia Kafer

-- Completed three-year Meisner actor training including acting for camera training, NIU, Professors Kathryn Gately and Richard Poole (founders of the Gately/Poole Conservatory) 

-- Acting for camera class with veteran film and tv actress Kathleen Freeman (Sister Mary "The Penguin" Stigmata in THE BLUES BROTHERS)

-- Second City theatrical improvisation classes