Beata Brandt

Ms. Brandt moved to the Long Beach, CA area in late 2000 to study music at California State University, Long Beach, where she earned a degree in music composition. Her interest in composition grew out of a love of the great variety of sounds and textures that brings music into being. While attending CSULB, she also studied piano, voice, and conducting. Beata has performed in the dance piece The Evil Garden by Erin Mitchell. The CSULB Studio Orchestra and University String Quartet have performed her compositions. Percussionist, Dave Gerhart, has performed her timpani solo, Flights of Fancy, a work he commissioned.
 
As a member of the CSULB University Choir, she has sung with the Long Beach Symphony, Long Beach Camerata Singers, Pacific Symphony, and Pasadena Pops Orchestra, and recorded for World of Warcraft III. She has also played the piano in the studio orchestra under the baton of Tim Simonec (Diary of Anne Frank, Lost, Alias, The Incredibles), and recorded for student films. Beata most recently took part in a one on one mentoring session with renowned film and concert music composer, Bruce Broughton at the ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo, where he reviewed her film music compositions.
 
Piano performances include chamber music, piano ensemble, accompanying, and student recitals. Beata has played the piano, harpsichord, or celesta as a member of Collegium Musicum, Studio Orchestra, and New Music Ensemble. She continues to perform contemporary and classical works as a pianist, vocalist, and conductor. Beata has recently appeared in the music video "Outside" for the band "Kill the Complex".
 
Beata currently sings in the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus. She has accompanied several community choruses, and taught voice and piano. Beata lives in the Milwaukee area, and is open for projects in film music, concert music, dance, or piano and vocal performance.