Brandon Hendrickson
Associate Professor of Voice
Biography
American baritone Brandon Hendrickson is hailed by Opera News Magazine as having a 鈥渕ellifluous,鈥� and 鈥渂eautiful baritone.鈥� Hendrickson has interpreted standard and contemporary opera, musical theater, concert work, and recital repertoire on domestic and international stages. Recently, Hendrickson portrayed the role of 1st Mate in Des Moines Metro Opera鈥檚 Emmy Award Winning Production of Benjamin Britten鈥檚 Billy Budd. Additionally, he played the role of Captain Smith in an American Prize in Musical Theater First Place Prize Winning production of Titanic: The Musical with Bob Jones University.
Hendrickson has performed with many nationally recognized opera companies around the United States including the Des Moines Metro Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Annapolis Opera, and The Dallas Opera. His performances on the operatic stage have included key roles such as the title role in Mozart鈥檚 Don Giovanni, Conte Almaviva and Figaro in Mozart鈥檚 Le Nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo in Mozart鈥檚 Cos矛 fan tutte, Papageno in Mozart鈥檚 The Magic Flute, Doctor Bartolo in Rossini鈥檚 Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello and Schaunard in Puccini鈥檚 La Boh猫me, the title role in Puccini鈥檚 Gianni Schicchi, and Falke in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss.
A frequent performer of concert repertoire, Hendrickson has been featured as baritone soloist in Carl Orff鈥檚 Carmina Burana at Carnegie Hall as well as with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been recently featured as baritone soloist in Cantata 212 by Bach, Mozart鈥檚 Requiem, Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms, Durufl茅鈥檚 Requiem, and Mahler鈥檚 8th Symphony. In addition to the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hendrickson has appeared as guest artist with other major orchestras including the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, The American Festival Chorus, Helena Symphony Orchestra, Great Falls Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Southeast Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and Louisiana Sinfonietta.
Dr. Hendrickson was the recipient of an SEC Travel Grant which allowed him to present master classes and perform a recital titled 鈥淚 Was There,鈥� at the University of South Carolina with fellow 海角社区 colleague Dr. Ana Mar矛a Otamendi. Hendrickson performs frequently by invitation throughout the United States. Having presented recitals in Malaysia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, he also performed the European debut of Paul Sanchez鈥檚 song cycle 鈥淕othic Atonement鈥� for the Autunno Musicale Festivale in Caserta, Italy.
