Biography

Brooke Pierson (b. 1987) is a multi-award winning composer, conductor, and educator based in Ypsilanti, Michigan (USA). 

His music has been performed by countless university, school, and professional ensembles throughout the United States and abroad including performances with the US Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, the US Army Band at West Point, and the Dallas Winds. Since 2019, his music has been regularly featured at regional and national conferences, contests, and festivals including the annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 2020, his work "The Lighthouse Keeps Watch" was  selected as winner of the NBA/Alfred Composition Contest. In 2021, he was commissioned by the West Point Academy Band/US Army to write his Symphony No. 2 "West Point", the first piece of this scope commissioned by the academy band since 1952. Brooke regularly serves as a guest and resident composer to institutions.

Brooke holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Michigan State University and is currently Chair of the Music Department at the Washtenaw International High School and Middle Academy, (Ypsilanti, Michigan), teaching Orchestra, Band, Music History, Music Culture, and Music Composition, where he has held this position since the school's inception in 2011. He also served as the music director of Grace Lutheran Church (Howell, MI) for 8 years as organist and musician. 

Brooke is a member of ASCAP and his music can be found with Alfred Music, Excelcia Music Publishing, C. Alan Publications, and his own publishing company Taurus Music Publishing.