Brendan O.

Brendan began playing the drums at age 13 so he could join the band that a few of his friends were in. After joining this band, he decided he wanted to learn how to read music and enrolled in the school concert and jazz bands. He continued with jazz band, concert band, and the punk band throughout high school. After graduating high school in 2002, Brendan further developed his jazz drumming and reading skills at Bellevue Community College in his home state of Washington. From 2003 to 2005, Brendan received a scholarship to play drums in the big band and the vocal jazz ensemble at BCC which, in that time period, traveled to Italy, China, and Prague. After finishing up his associates degree at BCC, Brendan moved to Denton where he pursued a degree in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas. From 2006 to 2010, he worked his way through the Jazz program playing in bands including the zebras, the Latin jazz lab, and the 3 O’Clock lab band among others. Brendan has worked extensively with the Tatiana Mayfield quintet including playing drums on her debut album, “From All Directions.” Brendan received his bachelors degree in Jazz Studies from UNT in December of 2010. After completing his bachelors degree, he worked as a free-lance drummer for several different cover bands, played on several albums, and began touring the U.S. extensively as well as two tours of Germany  playing Country music with Cody Jinks and his “Tone-deaf Hippies.” Brendan taught private drum lessons throughout this time at the Neighborhood Arts & Music School in Frisco, Texas. He moved to LA in 2014 to pursue his music career and currently resides in Orange County.