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'''Velvet Brown''' is an American [[tubist]] and [[euphonium]] player. She is currently a Distinguished Professor of Music at [[Pennsylvania State University]], prior to which she taught at [[Bowling Green State University]] and [[Ball State University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Velvet Brown |publisher=[[Penn State College of Arts and Architecture]] |url=https://arts.psu.edu/faculty/velvet-brown/ |access-date=June 10, 2023 }}</ref> |
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Velvet Brown also enjoys a professional career as an international soloist and chamber ensemble performer, recording artist, conductor and orchestral player. She has made regular appearances in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Finland, France, England, Hungary, |
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==Life and career== |
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| ⚫ | She is currently a professor of [[tuba]] and [[euphonium]] at [[Pennsylvania State University]]. Prior to joining the faculty at [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] in 2003, she taught at [[Bowling Green State University]] (Ohio) and [[Ball State University]] (Indiana), and served as an associate director of university bands at [[Boston University]]. Brown is currently a member of the [[International Tuba Euphonium Association]] Board of Directors and has served as the secretary of the executive committee for ITEA (2001–2007). She is also a founding board member of the International Women’s Brass Conference. Brown is noted for receiving the 1999–2000 William Fulbright Fellowship Vinciguerra Award. She has had many successful students who have won prestigious playing and teaching positions or become prizewinners at various regional, national and international competitions. |
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| ⚫ | Velvet Brown also enjoys a professional career as an international soloist and chamber ensemble performer, recording artist, conductor and orchestral player. She has made regular appearances in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Finland, France, England, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia, Japan, Canada and the United States. Brown is the former principal tubist of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra. She has served as principal tuba with the [[River City Brass Band]], and as substitute or additional tubist with the [[Detroit Symphony]], [[Saint Louis Symphony]], [[The Women's Philharmonic|San Francisco Women’s Philharmonic]], and the [[Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra|Fort Wayne Philharmonic]]. In 2004, Brown joined Howard Johnson’s “Gravity” Tuba Jazz Ensemble as lead tuba. She has also garnered high praise as a founding and current member of the Monarch Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble, the Junction Tuba Quartet, and the Pennsylvania Brassworks (Faculty Brass at Penn State). She has released three solo CDs on the [[Crystal Records]] label and a CD for the Nicolai Music label. Velvet Brown can also be heard on [[Albany Records]] in her interpretation of [[John Williams]]’ Tuba Concerto. Her latest CD was released in August 2011.{{update after|2011|08|31}} Velvet Brown is a [[Meinl-Weston|Meinl Weston]] Performing Artist, performing on the MW 2250 and 2182 F tubas, and the MW 2000 C tuba. |
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== Discography == |
== Discography == |
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* 2004 - ''New Music From Bowling Green, Vol. 3'' (Albany) |
* 2004 - ''New Music From Bowling Green, Vol. 3'' (Albany) |
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**''Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra'' by [[John Williams]] with the [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]] Philharmonia |
**''Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra'' by [[John Williams]] with the [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]] Philharmonia |
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* 2017 - ''[[Testimony (Howard Johnson album)|Testimony]]'' (Tuscarora) |
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** [[Howard Johnson (jazz musician)|Howard Johnson]] and Gravity |
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== References == |
== References == |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite web |title=Penn State University - Velvet Brown |publisher=Euphonium.com |url=https://euphonium.com/collections/penn-state-university-velvet-brown |access-date=June 10, 2023 }} |
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* {{cite web |title=Velvet Brown |publisher=[[Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University]] |url=https://peabody.jhu.edu/faculty/Velvet-Brown/ |access-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323164115/https://peabody.jhu.edu/faculty/Velvet-Brown/ |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |url-status=dead }} |
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Latest revision as of 00:54, 21 December 2024
Velvet Brown is an American tubist and euphonium player. She is currently a Distinguished Professor of Music at Pennsylvania State University, prior to which she taught at Bowling Green State University and Ball State University.[1]
Life and career
[edit]She is currently a professor of tuba and euphonium at Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State in 2003, she taught at Bowling Green State University (Ohio) and Ball State University (Indiana), and served as an associate director of university bands at Boston University. Brown is currently a member of the International Tuba Euphonium Association Board of Directors and has served as the secretary of the executive committee for ITEA (2001–2007). She is also a founding board member of the International Women’s Brass Conference. Brown is noted for receiving the 1999–2000 William Fulbright Fellowship Vinciguerra Award. She has had many successful students who have won prestigious playing and teaching positions or become prizewinners at various regional, national and international competitions.
Velvet Brown also enjoys a professional career as an international soloist and chamber ensemble performer, recording artist, conductor and orchestral player. She has made regular appearances in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Finland, France, England, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia, Japan, Canada and the United States. Brown is the former principal tubist of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra. She has served as principal tuba with the River City Brass Band, and as substitute or additional tubist with the Detroit Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Women’s Philharmonic, and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. In 2004, Brown joined Howard Johnson’s “Gravity” Tuba Jazz Ensemble as lead tuba. She has also garnered high praise as a founding and current member of the Monarch Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble, the Junction Tuba Quartet, and the Pennsylvania Brassworks (Faculty Brass at Penn State). She has released three solo CDs on the Crystal Records label and a CD for the Nicolai Music label. Velvet Brown can also be heard on Albany Records in her interpretation of John Williams’ Tuba Concerto. Her latest CD was released in August 2011.[needs update] Velvet Brown is a Meinl Weston Performing Artist, performing on the MW 2250 and 2182 F tubas, and the MW 2000 C tuba.
Discography
[edit]Solo recordings
[edit]- 1998 - Velvet Brown, Tuba (Crystal), tuba solo and piano
- 2001 - Music for Velvet (Crystal), tuba solo and piano
- 2005 - Perspectives in Rhythm (Crystal), tuba solo and percussion ensemble
- 2011 - Simply Velvet (Potenza), tuba solo and piano
Other recordings
[edit]- 2000 - Heart of a Wolf (Nicolai Music)
- Solo tuba and tuba/euphonium duet
- 2003 - Monarch Brass (2003)
- Monarch Brass Ensemble and Brass Quintet
- 2004 - New Music From Bowling Green, Vol. 3 (Albany)
- Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra by John Williams with the Bowling Green Philharmonia
- 2017 - Testimony (Tuscarora)
- Howard Johnson and Gravity
References
[edit]- ^ "Velvet Brown". Penn State College of Arts and Architecture. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- "Penn State University - Velvet Brown". Euphonium.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- "Velvet Brown". Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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