Brendon Davis
Multi-Genre performing and recording musician, Brendon Davis has quickly become one of the young performers in great demand. Since his debut in 2011 at the Gospel Fest in Hart Plaza (Detroit), his artistry has taken him throughout the United States, winning competitions and even performances in venues such as the Kennedy Center, Chene Park, Corson Auditorium, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Disneyland Park, Duke Energy Convention Center, Cobo Hall, Hart Plaza and the Kimmel Center.
In the summer of 2013 and 2014, he performed at the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center for the premiere of Endangered and orchestrated a song for the premiere of Ruka, written by Tony Small in partnership with the Kirov Academy of Ballet and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, D.C. debuting in the Terrace Theatre of the Kennedy Center.
He placed nationally in the NAACP ACT-SO competitions winning Bronze Medals in Music Composition (2015) and Contemporary Instrumental Music (2016) while also being the assistant music director for the closing award ceremonies.
He had a full-tuition scholarship at the University of Michigan while he was pursuing a degree in Jazz Studies with a concentration in Piano and a minor in Performing Arts Management and Entrepreneurship studying with world-renowned pianists, Benny Green and Andy Milne.
As a leader, he has been a teaching assistant at the Art of the Duo (2017) workshop under Ellen Rowe and Interlochen under Andrew Bishop (2017-18). Recently, he was appointed as the new music director of the Michigan Gospel Chorale.
Fun facts: I’m left handed, I have been able to march/play in Disneyland Park, and french fries are my favorite food and I could eat them with every meal.