Braydon Baxter is a musician seeking to share new ways of understanding and experiencing sound.
As a composer, he writes in both acoustic and electronic mediums in order to reimagine sonic relationships and uncover new modes of perception. He is particularly interested in exploring the expressive capabilities of minute detail, and he works to direct focus and attention toward subtle developments in sound through time in order to foster a deeper connection with our own senses and the world around us.
Braydon strongly believes in collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to art and creation. He has been commissioned to write for the Baker Bell Tower at Dartmouth College, is the recipient of institutional grants like the Erich Kunzel Prize and the Lazarus Family Musical Theater Award for the production and performance of new music, and has designed multi-modal research and performance projects to bring the music of historically underrepresented composers in connection to creation in the present day–like, for example, with the analysis and public performance of a selection of Viktor Ulmann’s piano sonatas alongside newly composed piano works in dialogue with them in 2024.
As a pianist and percussionist, Braydon has performed in chamber and large ensemble capacities, and has previously collaborated with Trumpeter Pacho Flores, Cuatro Player Héctor Molina, and the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble as a featured soloist. In 2024, he was awarded first prize in the Gerald Tracey Memorial Competition. He has also collaborated in a number of ad hoc chamber ensembles to premiere and record newly written works by contemporary composers.
Braydon holds a BA in Music with a minor in Mathematics from Dartmouth College and is pursuing a MM in Composition at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Some of his current and past teachers include Ash Fure, Richard Beaudoin, Sky Macklay, and Eric Wubbels.
