Quinton Gardner

Quinton Gardner is a bass-baritone, recording artist, producer, multi-instrumentalist and heavy metal vocalist working out of Portland, OR.

Gardner has performed in a multitude of Portland clubs and music venues since arriving in 2007: His recording projects include Lightbreaker, Only Zuul and Full Metal Jackson, the latter two of which have shared the stage with the likes of Deicide, Cattle Decapitation, Origin and Behold Xoth to name a few. At the same time he has sung with Renegade Opera, the Resonance Ensemble choir, and has served as a chorister for Portland Opera since the ‘21 - ‘22 season.

In the early part of 2022 he performed in the world premiere of Damien Geter’s “An African American Requiem” with locally based choral group, Resonance Ensemble, as well as the subsequent performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Since then Gardner has continued to work with Resonance, including on their programs for “Earth’s Protection” and the "Blacknificent 7", also joining them in performing "Beethoven's 9th" on the last day of the Oregon Bach Festival, 2024.  In summer of 2023, he took on the role of the antagonist, the Reverend Billy Noble in Renegade Opera’s production of Ruby Fulton and Baynard Woods’ “Adam’s Run”, for his first foray into contemporary opera, and his first operatic principle role.  As a chorister for Portland Opera, he appeared in his first fully staged production of “Carmen” towards the end of 2022, an off-stage appearance in “Rusalka” at the beginning of 2023, and most recently in "Falstaff", 2025 

At the outset of 2025, Gardner was offered the unique opportunity of workshopping Will Liverman & DJ King Rico's "The Factotum", a modern re-imagining of 'The Barber Of Seville", set in a Chicago barbershop, where he voiced the newly added role of Pastor Leeroy.  In March of 2025, Quinton Gardner performed his first principle role for a nationally recognized opera company as Dick Hallorann in Portland Opera's production of Paul Moravec's "The Shining". 

Mr Gardner will return to the Oregon Bach Festival this year, once again with Resonance Ensemble, this time in "Carmina Burana".  He has various performance dates coming up with his band Full Metal Jackson who recently released their latest single, complete with music video for "The Way You Make Me Feel", with a follow-up single due to be released just before winter.  He is also currently storyboarding and writing lyrics for the follow up recording to "Annihilation Of The Aennealids" by local death-metal-space-opera supergroup Lightbreaker, due for release some time around the end of the year

Quinton Gardner studied voice under his father, bass-baritone Jake Gardner. He maintains a small, local, private voice teaching studio.