Dr. BRANDON QUARLES is a teacher and music-maker who believes in the power of interdisciplinary and cross-genre collaborations. A native of Ringgold, GA, Brandon is currently the Lecturer of Saxophone and Allied Areas at the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Prior to his appointment at UGA, Brandon was the Associate Lecturer of Classical Saxophone at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After 6 years of living and working in Chicago, Brandon is excited to return to his home state of Georgia. 

Outside of performing, Brandon currently teaches “Music in the Real World,” a course designed to give students the tools they need to build sustainable careers, and improvisation at UGA. While an Instructor at Northwestern University, Brandon designed and taught a course on the music and history of the Beatles for the school’s General Music Curriculum. He has been invited to give lectures on the Beatles by UW-Madison’s Badger Talks Live and the UGA Alumni Association’s London Chapter, among others.

Brandon holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance with a cognate in Music Theory from Northwestern University along with the Master of Music (Northwestern University) and the Bachelor of Music (University of Georgia) degrees. His saxophone teachers have been Clint Schmitt, Connie Frigo, and Taimur Sullivan.