Brando(n) James Gwinn

Brando(n) James Gwinn (he/they) is the 2025 winner of the John Wallowitch Songwriting award. He is a Drama League nominated and Richard Rodgers Award and Bistro Award winning composer-lyricist, writer, performer, pianist and producer, and 2-time Winner of the Broadway World Award for Best Piano Bar Entertainer in NYC. A LiveNation touring artist, Brandon opened for Trixie Mattel’s North American Tour and appears in MOVING PARTS on Netflix. Solo albums: BULLIT (Queer Global Arts Festival Winner) & NOT TOO LATE Music producer: TWO BIRDS & ONE STONE (Billboard #1) by Trixie Mattel, BOXX by Pandora Boxx, LOVE FOOL by Alexis Michelle for Broadway Records, PLACE & TIME, TL;DR: Thelma Louise Dyke Remix original cast recording. Brando also created scores for MIDNIGHT AT THE PALACE (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ★★★★★ in the Scotsman), THE SEANCE MACHINE (Drama League Nom, The Tank, Obie Award) TL;DR. THELMA LOUISE; DYKE REMIX (Richard Rodgers Award, Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, UArts Polyphone Festival, O’Neill, NAMT), THE SPELL OF RED RIVER (NAMT grant recipient, University Commission) COTTON CANDY & COCAINE (Theatre C), THINGS WE DON’T SAY (Theo Ubique Chicago) MATCHMAKER MATCHMAKER, I’M WILLING TO SETTLE (A.R.T., NYMF) SMALL TOWN STORY (Village Originals, Seattle. World Premiere: American Theatre Group) Brando has been an artist in residence at Ars Nova, Dramatists Guild Fellows, Roundabout Theatre Company. Proud Recording Academy Grammy Voter, Local 802 AFM and ASCAP. MFA NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Represented by WME. www.brandonjamesgwinn.com @brandojamesmusic