Brandon Hilfer (he/him) is a New York based composer and sound designer. He writes music for both concert and theatrical settings, and is particularly interested in exploring the intersections between the human voice and instrumental composition palettes.

Brandon’s work has been performed at Scholes Street Studio, University Settlement, The Tank, Under St. Marks, AMT Theater, The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Provincetown Playhouse, The Whitney Center for the Arts, I/O New Music Festival, and Williams Opera Workshop. His compositions have received performances and readings by The Washington Heights Community Choir, kon.trip, BlackBox Ensemble, The Rhythm Method, The NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, Nunc, and Dover String Quartet, among other ensembles.

Brandon has also sound designed and written music for a variety of plays across New York. Recent theater credits include Silverback Mountain (Off-Broadway), Michael! (Garden Variety Theater), Balloon Animals (CityGarage), and Carmilla (Garden Variety Theater).

Upcoming work includes multiple theater sound design projects, a piece for mixed choir, the score for a short film, a string quartet, a one-act opera, and a collection of electronic music.

Brandon earned his M.M. in Music Theory and Composition from NYU Steinhardt. Composition mentors at NYU included Molly Joyce, Herschel Garfein, Shelley Washington, Julia Wolfe, and Robert Honstein. He is a graduate of Williams College, where he earned a B.A. in Music (with Highest Honors) and Political Science, and studied composition with Zachary Wadsworth. At Williams, he was the recipient of the Robert G. Barrow Memorial Prize in Music Composition and the Ruth Scott Sanford Memorial Prize in Theatre.

By day, Brandon works as an arts administrator.