Brandon Zhou is a Los Angeles-based organist, pianist, and composer who has performed with acclaimed musicians such as Ida Kavafian, Hilá Plitmann, and Tony Arnold, and has had compositions premiered at the Moab Music Festival, Thurnauer Chamber Music Series, and various universities in the U.S. He is currently the Assistant Organist at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica and a faculty member at Mount Saint Mary’s University, where he directs a musical theater workshop and teaches chamber music.

Recent engagements include an organ recital at Park Avenue United Methodist Church in New York City and serving as répétiteur for two opera productions in LA: the west coast premiere of Tod Machover’s Schoenberg in Hollywood (where he also served as assistant conductor), and the world premiere of Daniel Kessner’s The Camp. In upcoming months, he will perform recitals at First Congregational Church of Long Beach (LA, September 2025), Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (LA, October 2025), Trinity + St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (San Francisco, November 2025), and Pasadena Presbyterian Church (LA, February 2026).

Brandon has studied with organists Mark Hilt (Director of Traditional Music at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica) and Kent Tritle (Director of Cathedral Music & Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and Organist of the NY Philharmonic). Additional mentors include composer Richard Danielpour and pianists Inna Faliks and Gloria Cheng. He is a member of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Guild of Organists.