Brandon Jackson
Biography
A Chicago native, Brandon Jackson is a sought-after young composer, orchestrator, copyist, conductor, and musician for film, theater, live performances, and studio work. As a student at the Berklee College of Music, he has worked on hundreds of student-scored films, as well as numerous independent films as a musician, orchestrator, and conductor. Jackson’s work can be heard on the upcoming EP of Beloved King: A Queer Bible Musical, in which he is the orchestrator, as well as the Silver Spring Theater production of She Kills Monsters, where Jackson composed and produced a 100% original score for the play. His debut work, Where The River Ends, is currently underway and will begin to become available to the public in the coming months.
As a musician, Jackson is a proficient string doubler, doubling violin/viola, basses, mandolin, and a host of other stringed instruments, including tenor banjo, guitar, autoharp, and ukulele. He also plays a host of other random instruments, like the bodhrán, bones, and spoons. Jackson is a multi-genre performer, comfortable with any style including classical, jazz, MT, rock, pop, R&B/Soul, Metal, Celtic, Bluegrass/Country, and folk.
Jackson has had the pleasure of working and/or studying with, Julius Williams, Dr. David Wallace, Mimi Rabson, Jason Anick, Mia Asano, Larry Klein, Sarah Ioannides, Eric Stern, George Monsuer, as well as a host of wonderful artists.
Professional Experience
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- TV/Film
- Tours
Regions
- Boston/New England
- Chicago/Midwest
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Hireable as
- Theatrical Composer (Music only)
- Music Director/Conductor (Not Pianist)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Music Assistant
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Dance Arranger
- Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Pit Musician (Other)
- Music Contractor/Coordinator
- Sound Designer/Composer
- Music Producer/Record Producer
- Home Studio Whiz
- Other
My Primary Instrument
- Violin, Bass - Electric
My Instruments
- Bass - electric
- Bass - upright
- Mandolin
- Ukulele
- Viola
- Violin
- Violin - fiddle
- Other
- Bodhrán, Spoons, Bones, Autoharp, Tenor Banjo, String Specialist
Software
- Finale
- GarageBand
- Logic
- MainStage
- Pro-Tools
- Sibelius
- Other
Current HS, College, or Grad Student?
- Yes
Pronouns
- He/Him