Brandon LePage is the Principal Flutist of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Formerly, he held the Piccolo position with the Lansing Symphony and has been engaged recently with such orchestras as the Detroit Symphony, Toledo Symphony, and Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra (among others). Brandon is equally comfortable as a soloist and chamber musician and he can frequently be heard presenting concerts throughout Southeast Michigan. From 2013 - 2016 he served as Artistic Director of the CASM Chamber Music series based in Rockwood, MI. With CASM Brandon presented many diverse concerts throughout Metro Detroit promoting Michigan made artists and composers, and during his tenure with CASM he was responsible for the commission and performance of over 10 new musical works for mixed chamber ensembles. In the fall of 2014 he was the First Prize winner of the Ervin Monroe Young Artist Competition sponsored by the Southeast Michigan Flute Associaction and subsequently served on the SEMFA board as the Competitions Coordinator until the spring of 2017.
As a private teacher, Brandon holds a private studio in Southgate, Michigan, and is in constant demand as a technician and coach. He can be found giving clinics and masterclasses to students of all levels and many of his private students often garner ratings of 1 at Solo and Ensemble Festival each year and participate in local youth music programs such as the Detroit Civic Youth Ensembles and the Dearborn Youth Symphony. Many of his students have gone on to such notable institutions as Eastern Michigan University, Oakland University, Concordia University Ann Arbor, and Ferris State University to further their studies post High School in many different musical and non-musical fields. For more on his teaching click the "The Studio" tab above.
Brandon holds a Master's in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied under the tutelage of Timothy Day, Principal Flutist of the San Francisco Symphony. He received his BM at the Michigan State University College of Music and while at both schools held numerous scholarships and awards including the Chamber Music and Woodwind Area Teaching Assistantship at SFCM as well as the Hollander Scholarship for Principal Flute of the MSU Symphony Orchestra at MSU. His primary teachers and coaches also include Richard Sherman, Amy Porter, Ervin Monroe, Jeffrey Zook, and Sharon Sparrow.
Brandon can be heard as Piccolo of the MSU Symphony Orchestra on the recording "And Flowers Pick Themselves" released in 2008 with Raphael Jimenez and the Michigan State Symphony Orchestra. Available on ITunes.
As a private teacher, Brandon holds a private studio in Southgate, Michigan, and is in constant demand as a technician and coach. He can be found giving clinics and masterclasses to students of all levels and many of his private students often garner ratings of 1 at Solo and Ensemble Festival each year and participate in local youth music programs such as the Detroit Civic Youth Ensembles and the Dearborn Youth Symphony. Many of his students have gone on to such notable institutions as Eastern Michigan University, Oakland University, Concordia University Ann Arbor, and Ferris State University to further their studies post High School in many different musical and non-musical fields. For more on his teaching click the "The Studio" tab above.
Brandon holds a Master's in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied under the tutelage of Timothy Day, Principal Flutist of the San Francisco Symphony. He received his BM at the Michigan State University College of Music and while at both schools held numerous scholarships and awards including the Chamber Music and Woodwind Area Teaching Assistantship at SFCM as well as the Hollander Scholarship for Principal Flute of the MSU Symphony Orchestra at MSU. His primary teachers and coaches also include Richard Sherman, Amy Porter, Ervin Monroe, Jeffrey Zook, and Sharon Sparrow.
Brandon can be heard as Piccolo of the MSU Symphony Orchestra on the recording "And Flowers Pick Themselves" released in 2008 with Raphael Jimenez and the Michigan State Symphony Orchestra. Available on ITunes.
