Musical Arts Series Presents Velvet Brown
Press Release Date: 02-02-2007
Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Musical Arts Series will present Velvet Brown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
Brown, a member of the Penn State University faculty, is a tuba soloist and the program will feature music for tuba and percussion. Masterclasses for tuba and percussion will be held for SOSU and area students at 3 p.m.
There is no admission charge for either the program or masterclasses.
Brown enjoys a professional career as an international soloist and chamber ensemble performer, recording artist, conductor and orchestral player. She has made regular appearances throughout the United States, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Finland, France, England, Hungary, Russia, Japan and Canada.
She is currently the principal tubist of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra, the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra and the River City Brass Band.
She has served as substitute or additional tubist with several other musical groups. She has received high praise as a founding and current member of the Monarch Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble, the Junction Tuba Quartet, the Garda Duo, and as frequent soloist with the Percussion Plus Project.
Brown is an associate professor of tuba and euphonium at Penn State University. She has taught at several other institutions and has many students who have been prizewinners in regional, national and international competitions.
She is currently serving as secretary of the Executive Committee of the International Tuba and Euphonium Association (ITEA), and she is a board member of the International Women’s Brass Conference. She is noted for receiving the 1999-2000 William Fulbright Fellowship Vinciguerra Award.
She has released three solo CDs, Velvet, Music for Velvet, and Perspectives in Rhythm for Crystal Records and a CD for the Nicolai Music Label performing music by Neal Corwell.
Brown will be featured on SOSU’s Musical Arts Series Feb. 8. There is no admission charge and the public is invited.