Brandon Waddles

Brandon Waddles, a recent graduate of Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA), is a classically trained bass-baritone and collaborative pianist, as well as a published choral composer. Brandon has studied with such noted singers as Dr. Uzee Brown, Jr. and Dr. Sharon Sweet. He has coached with such noted accompanists as Dalton Baldwin, Martin Katz, Jean Schneider, David Anthony Lofton and Clifford Jackson. He has also collaborated with such famed singers as Angela Brown, George Shirley, Donnie Ray Albert, Vinson Cole, and Lauren Flannigan, and has sung under the baton of Dr. David Morrow, Robert Spano, Dr. Joe Miller, and Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, to name a few. In addition to Brandon’s original compositions, he has most recently been transcribing classic gospel songs written by some of Detroit’s legendary gospel writers (Charles Nicks, Thomas Whitfield, etc.) to be added to some of the hymnal supplements published by GIA. He is a member of the Detroit Musicians Association, the Atlanta Collegiate Artists Association, and the Metropolitan Atlanta Musicians Association, all of which are a part of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., of which he is a member of the Collegiate Advisory Board. Brandon is currently pursuing his Masters of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy at the Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.