"The idea of this Orchestra is to find the answers to many questions - through constant change of personnel, style, and direction." His latest recording, due out in May (Rosemary Elephant), is one step in a new direction and one step in an old. The sound is tighter, yet looser. The framework, thinner, yet stronger.This recording came a year after a double album release in 2008 (A Bentel Brief and La Ciudad de Fort Worth) and their single live performance in October of last year. "Performance isn't the end all with me. That is only one aspect to creating music."

Who is The Floating Opera Orchestra? "Filled with wild humor, intentive theme-play and a darkly imaginative power." - Ft. Worth Chronicler Known for his maddening solo studio sessions that span days, he overcame his tyrannical compulsions and sought out others - but solely for live performances. They have yet to record as an ensemble - but rumors are that is about to change. "Playful, idiomatically sharp, and intellectually engaging." - Chicago Music Monthly The sound of the Floating Opera Orchestra has been called a New Orleans paradigm with Slovakian undertones; a touch of Eastern European dark circuses; a vaudeville-inspired instrumental tapestry; a magnetic monster; a contagious soundtrack. Difficult to categorize, yet easy to enjoy. There is not one “story”, but a proliferation of characters that tantalize the listener with suggestions of vast scenarios and organic tapestries; such digressions, however, are less the product of careless craft than of a lush and frantic imagination overwhelming its own project. (Also known as Brandon A. Brown & the Floating Opera Orchestra)