Brandon Whiteside is a 23 year old graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN. Over the last eight years, Brandon has been blessed with many wonderful opportunities to lead worship at various churches, campuses, youth events, retreats and camps, as well as college events. Brandon has a strong passion and joy for worshiping with his peers and is extremely humbled and thankful for the many great opportunities he has had over the years to be involved with just that.
"Worship is so much more than music to me," Brandon says. "We so often hear that 'worship is a lifestyle,' and that's true and I'm still learning what that really means in my own life. But more than that, worship is really a beautiful paradox to me, just as God is. There is so much mystery, awe, and wonder within worship as well as a real, deep, transcendent, genuine connection both with God and with others in corporate worship, and then on the other side there is this beautiful, authentic, personal conversation happening that is really truly meaningful and life altering. These are just a few of the things that I love about getting to be involved in worshipping through music with others."
Brandon has most recently led worship in numerous chapel services on Trevecca's campus while attending school there. Additionally, he was also a member of the worship band, Refuge, run by the Office of Admissions at Trevecca, in which he traveled almost every weekend throughout the southeast U.S. to participate in various youth and church events, as well as a full summer of leading worship at summer camps this past year. Over the past four years, he was also asked to be a part of the worship services for TNT@TNU, where over 2,000 teenagers would gather in both the historic Ryman Auditorium (2004-05) and the Grand Ole Opry House (2006-07) to worship together.
"To this day I don't understand why God has chosen for me to lead others into His presence," Brandon states. "All I know is that it is never because of me. I want to get out of the way and do everything I can to turn the focus away from 'the band' and onto Jesus. We will always strive to be excellent in what we do, but if the focus is stuck on us, everything we do is in vain. We just really count it a privilege to show up with open hearts and worship with whoever we're with in the presence of God."
Brandon recently accepted a call to college ministry in Oklahoma City where he continues to immerse himself in worship music in university chapel settings as well as services at OKC 1st where he is on staff. If you are interested in having Brandon be a part of your event, whether it be a church, college event, youth event, or coffeehouse, he would love to come and worship with you as you seek His face together. For all booking inquiries, please click on the Contact link on this page.
Hello Brandon, That's a nice acoustic sound you have there. I especially enjoy the high register chords and the Caedmons Callish vocals and melodies. Thanks for the add and God Bless You.
hey it was good to see you and to get to spend some time with you guys. i miss hanging out with you guys all the time we have soo much fun lol. but yeah i wish we could have been together over different circumstances but yeah. hope you are doing okay. and i love and miss you already. hope to see you again soon. ♥
Hello!
This is a mass comment to all MySpacious friends who live in or near Nashville, letting you know that next Thursday I'm honored to be a part of a concert called Remembering Rich Mullins. I'll be playing with Jill Phillips, Andy Gullahorn, Jeremy Casella, and Ben Shive, and we're each doing a couple of Rich Mullins covers each, along with a few of our own songs.
The concert benefits the Martha O'Brien Center and should be a lot of fun for anyone who was as moved by Rich's music as we were.
Here are the stats:
September, 20 2007 at Second Presbyterian Church
3511 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, Tennessee
Cost : $12.00 ($13.29 w/ shipping and handling)
REMEMBERING RICH MULLINS BENEFIT CONCERT. For more info on tickets call: 1.800.838.3006 or go online to: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19419. For more info on the concert: www.marthaobryan.org.
Hey you... I put one of your songs up on my site :) Just wanted you to know we miss having you around. Don't forget to visit every now and then! Hope all is well.
I don't know if you noticed the brown kid at camp who was always in the front row, but that was me. Haha. I just wanted to say you guys did awesome at camp this year and I admire you so much. You inspire me to keep going so that one day I'll be as good as you. I wanted to ask you about your guitar though. What brand is it? I heard it was quite the project.
Just wanted to drop by and say hello to you. I hope things are going well! My new CD will be available May 23rd! It will be up online in a couple weeks. Thanks for being a friend come by and say what's up when you can!
