Dr. Brandon LePage is Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater and also serves as Principal Flute with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, a position he's had for over a decade. Prior to moving to Wisconsin in 2025, he also held the Principal Flute Position with the Flint Symphony Orchestra and taught as Applied Instructor of Flute at both Oakland University in Detroit, Michigan, and the Flint School of Performing Arts. Brandon has performed throughout the US and internationally having been a guest artist at the University of Windsor in Canada, with recent state-side engagements in North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, and Oregon. His orchestral career has seen him perform as Principal Flute with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and he has recently performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for their production of Richard Strauss' "Salome". As an in-demand soloist, Dr. LePage has given recitals for the Wisconsin Flute Festival, the National Flute Association (in Atlanta, Georgia), and will be appearing as concerto soloist with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Whitewater Symphony Orchestra during the 26/27 season. Brandon comes together with his chamber music partner, Rachel Miller, under the name Dynamic Duo, and they are currently commissioning and recording their first album of original pieces written for the flute and harp. Dr. LePage plays on a 9-k Muramatsu Flute that he is absolutely in love with! Brandon studied with Ervin Monroe in his youth. He holds his Bachelor's degree from the Michigan State University College of Music where he studied with Richard Sherman, his Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied with Timothy Day, and his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he studied under Amy Porter.
In a 2024 review of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's performance of York Bowen's Symphony 1, the orchestra's performance was called "transportive"by Matt Ambrosio who went on to say "Highest praises to the principal flautist Brandon LePage and principal clarinetist Nancy Mackenzie for their outstanding solos. As if singing an aria, the woodwind soloists’ respective melodic lines were beautifully shaped, perfectly phrased, and in the most wonderful timbres."
In a 2023 review of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's performance of Joseph Haydn's brilliant "Symphony no. 13", Matt Dine from the capitol times wrote "In the third movement, LePage demonstrated skilled control throughout the solo's many leaps, wide range, and contrasting dynamics. It was a treat to hear members of the WCO shine."
