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Dr. Jeffrey Brown
Office Location: 217 Browne Hall
Office Phone: 309.298.2163
Email: J-Brown2@wiu.edu Jeffrey Brown has concertized extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia as a solo recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestras. Recent performance highlights include the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., a recital tour of the U.S. and Canada sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild of New York, and two chamber music tours of China. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the Performer’s Certificate, the Master of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. He studied with Natalya Antonova and served as her teaching assistant, and he pursued chamber music studies with Jean Barr. His early training was with Jane Allen at the University of Missouri, where he received the Bachelor of Music degree. As a winner of the Eastman Concerto Competition, he performed the Barber Piano Concerto with the Eastman Philharmonia. He has also been a prizewinner in the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, the Corpus Christi International Young Artists’ Competition, the Music Teachers National Association Competition, and the Iowa International Piano Competition. A dedicated vocal accompanist and chamber musician, he has recently presented collaborative recitals at the National Flute Association Convention, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Miami, the University of South Carolina, and the Norfolk Chamber Consort. He has served on the faculties of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, the Scuola Italia Summer Opera Program in Urbania, Italy, and the Eastman International Young Artists Piano Competition and Festival. In addition to his performance engagements, he is a passionate educator of young musicians. He has presented masterclasses and lectures for the Illinois State Music Teachers Association, the St. Louis Area Music Teachers Association, the Virginia Music Teachers Association, and has served as adjudicator for competitions throughout the United States. In 2008, he traveled to China to perform and present masterclasses at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu. He currently serves on the faculty at Western Illinois University.
Office Location: 217 Browne Hall
Office Phone: 309.298.2163
Email: J-Brown2@wiu.edu Jeffrey Brown has concertized extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia as a solo recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestras. Recent performance highlights include the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., a recital tour of the U.S. and Canada sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild of New York, and two chamber music tours of China. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the Performer’s Certificate, the Master of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. He studied with Natalya Antonova and served as her teaching assistant, and he pursued chamber music studies with Jean Barr. His early training was with Jane Allen at the University of Missouri, where he received the Bachelor of Music degree. As a winner of the Eastman Concerto Competition, he performed the Barber Piano Concerto with the Eastman Philharmonia. He has also been a prizewinner in the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, the Corpus Christi International Young Artists’ Competition, the Music Teachers National Association Competition, and the Iowa International Piano Competition. A dedicated vocal accompanist and chamber musician, he has recently presented collaborative recitals at the National Flute Association Convention, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Miami, the University of South Carolina, and the Norfolk Chamber Consort. He has served on the faculties of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, the Scuola Italia Summer Opera Program in Urbania, Italy, and the Eastman International Young Artists Piano Competition and Festival. In addition to his performance engagements, he is a passionate educator of young musicians. He has presented masterclasses and lectures for the Illinois State Music Teachers Association, the St. Louis Area Music Teachers Association, the Virginia Music Teachers Association, and has served as adjudicator for competitions throughout the United States. In 2008, he traveled to China to perform and present masterclasses at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu. He currently serves on the faculty at Western Illinois University.
