Velvet Brown facts for kids
Velvet Brown is a talented American musician. She plays two big brass instruments: the tuba and the euphonium. She is currently a special professor of music at Pennsylvania State University. Before that, she taught at other universities like Bowling Green State University and Ball State University.
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Life and Career
Velvet Brown is a professor of tuba and euphonium at Pennsylvania State University. She joined Penn State in 2003. Before that, she taught at Bowling Green State University and Ball State University. She also worked as an associate director of university bands at Boston University.
Velvet Brown is known for receiving a special award called the William Fulbright Fellowship Vinciguerra Award in 1999-2000. Many of her students have become successful musicians and teachers. Some have even won awards in music competitions around the world.
Velvet Brown also travels the world as a solo musician. She performs with different music groups and records music. She has performed in many countries, including Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and Canada.
She used to be the main tuba player for the Altoona Symphony Orchestra. She also played with the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra. Velvet Brown has played with famous orchestras like the Detroit Symphony and the Saint Louis Symphony.
In 2004, she joined a jazz group called Howard Johnson’s “Gravity” Tuba Jazz Ensemble. She is also a founding member of other music groups. These include the Monarch Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble, the Junction Tuba Quartet, and the Pennsylvania Brassworks.
Velvet Brown has released several solo music CDs. Her music can be heard on labels like Crystal Records and Albany Records. She also played the Tuba Concerto by famous composer John Williams on one of her CDs.
Recordings
Velvet Brown has recorded many albums. These include solo recordings where she plays the tuba. She has also recorded with other musicians and groups.
Solo Albums
- Velvet Brown, Tuba (1998)
- Music for Velvet (2001)
- Perspectives in Rhythm (2005)
- Simply Velvet (2011)
Other Albums
- Heart of a Wolf (2000) - This album features solo tuba and tuba/euphonium duets.
- Monarch Brass (2003) - With the Monarch Brass Ensemble.
- New Music From Bowling Green, Vol. 3 (2004) - Features her playing a tuba concerto.
- Testimony (2017) - With Howard Johnson and Gravity.
