Quandrell Cl.

Quandrell holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music with a concentration in Voice. He has participated in the Atlanta Opera Chorus, as well as, performing lead and supporting roles with the Americolor Opera Alliance and Capitol City Opera companies.

Along performing concerts and recitals regularly, Mr. Quandrell is currently working on his first major composition, Beyond the Blues, which is a musical based off the novel by Atlanta author, Ravry Sloan.

During the 2009/10 Season, Quandrell was featured in concert of with the Fisk University Choir, while co-writing and work shopping the educational opera-based show, Sounds Like Opera, in conjunction with Capitol City Opera. He ended the season as the Music Director at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center of the Arts for their Arts & Leadership Program.

Highlights from the 2008/09 Season included the role of Amantio di Nicolao in the Capitol City Opera production of Gianni Schicchi and soundtrack credits to the Kenny Leon and True Colors production of Miss Evers’ Boys.

Major accomplishments during the 2007/08 Season included the world premieres of the roles of Zadok in The Seduction of King Solomon and Solly in 3Kings and A Prince – both composed and produced by Sharon Willis and the Americolor Opera Alliance. That year, he also became the company’s Associate Development and Public Relations Director, leading the AOA into a major campaign that increased corporate and individual donorship, an increased supporting guild, and enhanced branding. He attained artistic director credits in Portraits of Black Opera: A Celebration for the World, a concert in commemoration of Black History Month, commissioned by Vanderbilt and Tennessee State universities, in which he created and was featured.

Other performance accolades include: the Atlanta Opera premiere of Porgy and Bess, concerts of Te Deum (Purcell) and Messe de Minuit pour Nöel (Charpentier) with the St. Cecilia Consort of Atlanta, and touring the role of Don Alfonso (Cosí fan tutte) with Captiol City Opera.

Additionally, Claybrooks performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” for the historic Election 2008 Watch Night Event at Spelman College, which was internationally televised by CNN, NBC, and BET. Furthermore, Claybrooks has been featured in several publications, including Rolling Out Magazine, Christ Community Magazine, and Shine Magazine. He has also been nominat