Brandon Lim

Brandon Lim was appointed Principal Percussionist with the Boise Philharmonic in the Fall of 2022. Formerly, he has performed with the Houston Symphony, Houston Repertoire Ballet, and the Cypress Philharmonic. In addition to his engagements in the greater Boise area, Brandon is the owner of Owl Percussion products and enjoys a vibrant freelance career playing a wide range of musical styles.

During the Summer of 2022, Brandon was a member of the percussion section at the Blackburn Music Academy, an immersive summer conservatory for emerging professional musicians in Napa Valley, California. Brandon is also an alumnus of both the Aspen and Texas Summer Music Festivals.

Outside of orchestral performance, Brandon has had innumerable experiences performing in a variety of musical settings such as percussion ensembles, brass choirs, jazz combos, opera and musical theater orchestras, and contemporary music groups. These experiences have given him the opportunity to collaborate with artists such as Joshua Bell, Jon Kimura Parker and Sophia Becelar.

As an advocate for new music, Brandon has performed chamber works by notable composers such as George Crumb, Kaija Saariaho, Unsuk Chin, John Adams and Toru Takemitsu, and has also premiered works by emerging American composers Theo Chandler, Lucas Lemonholm, and Daniel Leibovic.

Recognized as a finalist for the Houston Symphony’s 2015 HSL Concerto Competition and a New Horizons Fellow at the 2018 Aspen Music Festival, Brandon has studied with Brian Del Signore, Svet Stoyanov, Ed Stephan, and Doug Howard, and has played under the batons of noted conductors Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff and Gemma New.

A Houston native, Brandon studied at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, earning his Bachelor’s and Master's Degrees in Percussion Performance as a student of Richard Brown and Matthew Strauss. He is currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Percussion at the University of Southern California as a student of Joseph Pereira and Jim Babor.