Andiel Brown is director of Gospel Choirs and Ensembles at the University of Oregon. He received his high school diploma from Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon, and his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Oregon.
While a student, Brown was a member of the UO Repertoire Singers, Gospel Choirs, and University Singers, as well as a local favorite and spiritual leader on the Ducks football team. He served as an assistant director of the Eugene Gospel Crew, which then merged with the UO Gospel Ensembles.
Brown has considerable performance experience. He has sung with artists such as The Uncanny Sound Boys and Deandre Cole, and in 2004 he was the winner of the University of Oregon school-wide vocal competition, "Duck Idol". Brown was also a guest choreographer for the University of Oregon cheerleaders from 2004-2009.
Upon becoming the gospel director at the UO, Brown set out to make the University of Oregon a national gospel powerhouse. He has done this through regional and national tours, and competing at (and winning) national gospel choir competitions, including back to back first place honors at the national Disney Gospel Choir Fest in Orlando, FL in 2010 and 2011.
Under his direction, the UO Top Gospel Singers made world history in March 2013 by becoming the first gospel act ever to make a public performance tour of The People's Republic of China. They held 15 performances throughout China, including a special joint concert with the #1 Chinese choral choir, The Qingdao Teachers Choir, at the Qingdao Grand Theater.
