SHORT BIO (200 words)
Brandon Vaccaro is a composer, performer, and producer based in Denver,
Colorado
As a composer, Brandon has received commendations, awards, and commissions
from The Playground, ASCAP/SCI,
Iowa State University Carillon Festival, New York Youth Symphony’s
First Music program, the University of Denver, and the University of Colorado.
His works have been performed by the the
Tosca String Quartet, the
Vinca Quartet, the Lamont Symphony
Orchestra under Lawrence Golan,
carilloneur
Todd Fair, vocalist
Derrick Ballard,
guitarist Jonathan Leathwood,
and pianist María Fernanda Nieto-Pulido.
As a performer, Brandon has been active in chamber and popular venues
and as an improviser in both solo and ensemble settings. Brandon was guitarist
of the innovative bands
Kallisti
and
Coefficient of Friction. He has also collaborated with
S. Lyn Goeringer,
Conrad Kehn (as
MacroCephalic Cabal), Jesse Woods (as Ground), and Scott Schulz (as Shutter
Trio). His group Free Love Ensemble was praised for its blend of “cutting-edge
jazz with rock influences and motifs inspired by twentieth-century classical
music”
(Westword).
From 2007-2008, Brandon curated a gallery series for music, sound installations,
and audio/visual works in Denver titled Sound.scapes Presented by Mystery
Cabal.
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Live at the Bluebird Theater with Kallisti
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In the Mystery Cabal studio
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LONG BIO
Brandon Vaccaro is a composer, performer, and producer based in Denver,
Colorado.
As a composer, Brandon has received commendations, awards, and commissions
from The Playground, ASCAP/SCI,
the
Iowa State University Carillon Festival, The New York Youth Symphony’s
First Music program, the University of Denver, and the University of Colorado.
His works have been performed by the the
Tosca String Quartet, the
Vinca Quartet, the Lamont Symphony
Orchestra under Lawrence Golan,
carilloneur
Todd Fair, vocalist
Derrick Ballard,
guitarist Jonathan Leathwood,
and pianist María Fernanda Nieto-Pulido.
As a performer, Brandon has been active in chamber and popular venues
and as an improviser in both solo and ensemble settings. Brandon was guitarist
of the innovative bands
Kallisti and
Coefficient of
Friction. He has also collaborated with
S. Lyn Goeringer,
The Playground,
Conrad Kehn (as MacroCephalic Cabal),
Jesse Woods (as Ground), and Scott Schulz (as Shutter Trio) as well as
guest performances with
Tatsuya
Nakatani and the Mystery Children. His group
Free Love Ensemble was praised for its blend of “cutting-edge
jazz with rock influences and motifs inspired by twentieth-century classical
music”
(Westword).
From 2007 to 2008, Brandon curated a series for experimental music,
sound installations, and audio/visual works titled Sound.scapes Presented
by Mystery Cabal.
Brandon holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from
the University of Colorado-Boulder and Master of Music and Bachelor of
Music degrees from the University of Denver. He has studied composition with
Daniel Kellogg,
Carter Pann, and
Michael Theodore at
the University of Colorado and
Malcolm Lynn Baker,
Dave Hanson, William
Hill, Donald
Keats, and
Chris Malloy
at the University of Denver. His principal guitar teachers were
Masakazu Ito and David DiMichaelis.
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