Brandon Horrocks, Conductor

05/22/2026

New reading to start the summer. 🎶🎻

04/27/2026

Excited and a little sad to lead the final concert of the school year with the incredible TAMUK Concert Band! If you can’t be there in person, check us out on YouTube via the livestream:

https://youtube.com/-kingsvil2234?si=qOFFkxzStoORWgnx

Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music

04/21/2026

Very much looking forward to some fun and funky music with the Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music’s Concert Band next Monday night! Tune in live on campus or via the YouTube livestream. It’s going to be kinda crazy!

04/11/2026

What an amazing few days in Salt Lake City working with such incredible talents on Opera Contempo’s recent Messiah stage production, written by the passionately talented Clara Hurtado Lee. The music of Handel’s Messiah is still just as powerful and exciting today as it was in April 1742 when it premiered—284 years ago this week! It’s truly inspiring to share such monumental works in a world aching for love, kinship, and unity.

04/10/2026

Who doesn’t love a nice harpsichord plucking some beautiful notes? Excited to bring the full production to life tomorrow!! Click on and go to Opera Contempo for all the info on tickets.

04/08/2026

I’m very happy to be headed to SLC to make some music magic with so many good friends and colleagues this Friday. Get your tickets!

03/31/2026

This is going to be a moving experience. I hope many of my Salt Lake friends can attend next week!

✨Artist Highlight✨

Brandon Horrocks is a conductor recognized for his thoughtful, imaginative, and expressive programming, bringing depth, innovation, and fun to the concert stage. He has been an active presence in the Salt Lake region’s orchestral community, collaborating with ensembles and audiences to create engaging and meaningful musical experiences.

In August 2025, Horrocks joined Texas A&M University–Kingsville as Adjunct Professor of Music, where he teaches beginning and advanced conducting, directs the Concert Band, and offers private instruction in conducting.

Previously, Horrocks served as Music Director and Conductor of both the Utah Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra. From 2020 to 2024, he was Assistant Conductor of the . He has also appeared as a guest conductor with the ,West Jordan Symphony, West Valley Symphony, and the Taylorsville-SLCC Symphony.

Horrocks made his Texas orchestral conducting debut with the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra in October 2025, followed by his debut with the Great Falls Symphony in December 2025. He is excited to return to Utah in April 2026 to make his debut with Opera Contempo.

He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the

April 10th, 2026 at 7:30pm
Leona Wagner Black Box
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Tickets available at:
https://www.saltlakecountyarts.org/events/handels-messiah-one-womans-sacred-struggle/

03/20/2026

Fun things coming for the last half of the semester with the amazing Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music Concert Band!!

03/11/2026

Tonight at 7pm (central time). My Concert Band plays in the second half. Join us online: https://www.youtube.com/live/yi9EMDUNlBw?si=ZcktnOI045gEXmI1

03/10/2026

Excited to be back up in the podium with the Concert Band at Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music to present works by Aaron Copland, William Grant Still, Dana Wilson, Ron Nelson, and H. Owen Reed. Join us live or online Wednesday night starting at 7 with our U Band.