Columbus Gay Men's Chorus

After leaving his dairy farm upbringing in his home state of Indiana, Brayton received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from The Ohio State University in 2006 and a Bachelor of Arts in sexualities studies in 2007, completing a thesis on How Gay Male Bias Influences the Gender Performance of Drag Queens in and out of Drag. After spending six amazing years in Columbus, Brayton completed his Master of Social Work at the University of Washington in Seattle in 2010, and received his Licensed Independent Clinical Social Work credentials in 2014. After graduating in 2010, Brayton spent six years as the artistic director of Diverse Harmony, the nation’s first queer straight alliance youth chorus, and Diverse Harmony’s small a cappella ensemble Spectrum. Brayton left Seattle in 2017 to become the artistic director of Reveille Men’s Chorus and Desert Voices Chorus in Tucson, AZ.