Velvet Brown

**Velvet Brown** fitacciyar 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Amurka mai buga tubali da kuma euphonium, a halin yanzu tana aiki a matsayin Farfesa David P. Stoner wanda Farfesa ne a fannin Tuba da Euphonium a Jami'ar Jihar Pennsylvania da kuma Mataimakin Darakta na Makarantar Kiɗa don Daidaito, Bambanci, da Haɗaka. Tana kuma da ɗakin karatu na zaɓi a Cibiyar Peabody ta Jami'ar Johns Hopkins. Kafin haka, ta koyar a Jami'ar Jihar Bowling Green da kuma Jami'ar Jihar Ball .  Tun lokacin da ta shiga Penn State a 2003, ta kuma ɗauki matsayin Mataimakin Darakta na Makarantar Kiɗa don Daidaito, Bambanci, da Haɗaka.  Bugu da ƙari, tana da matsayin malami a Cibiyar Peabody ta Jami'ar Johns Hopkins

## Rayuwa da aiki
Kafin ta yi aiki a Penn State, Brown ta koyar a Jami'ar Jihar Bowling Green (Ohio), Jami'ar Jihar Ball (Indiana), kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Darakta ta Jami'o'i a Jami'ar Boston . Ita memba ce ta kwamitin kafa kungiyar International Women's Brass Conference kuma ta yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na International Tuba Euphonium Association, ciki har da sakatare daga 2001 zuwa 2007.  A tsakanin 1999 zuwa 2000, an karrama ta da kyautar William Fulbright Fellowship Vinciguerra Award.

Brown tana jin daɗin aiki mai fannoni daban-daban a matsayin mawakiyar ƙasa da ƙasa, mawaƙin ɗakin taro, mai rekodi, jagoran ƙungiya, da kuma mai shirya makaɗa. Ta yi wasa da koyarwa a faɗin Turai, Asiya, da Arewacin Amurka, ciki har da ƙasashe kamar Italiya, Switzerland, Austria, Jamus, Finland, Faransa, Ingila, Hungary, Slovenia, Rasha, Japan, Cuba, Kanada, da Amurka . A halin yanzu ita ce babbar mai shirya makaɗa ta New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra kuma ta taɓa riƙe manyan mukamai tare da Altoona Symphony Orchestra da River City Brass Band . Ayyukanta na makaɗa sun haɗa da yin wasa tare da Detroit Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Women's Philharmonic, da kuma Fort Wayne Philharmonic .

A fannin jazz, Brown ita ce babbar mai buga waƙoƙin Tuba Jazz Ensemble ta Howard Johnson tun daga shekarar 2004, inda ta ba da gudummawa ga kundin waƙoƙin Testimony na shekarar 2017. Ita ma memba ce ta kafa ƙungiyoyi da dama, ciki har da Monarch Brass Quintet da Brass Ensemble, Junction Tuba Quartet, Pennsylvania Brassworks, Boston Brass, da Stiletto Brass Quintet.

Brown ne ya kafa MOJATUBA: Tuba and Dance Fusion Project, wanda ya haɗa rawa ta zamani, waƙoƙin asali, salon jazz, da tasirin Afirka. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Daraktan Fasaha na Tuba and Euphonium Fest don Orvieto Music a Orvieto, Italiya, kuma ta riga ta jagoranci Chromatic Brass Collective. A shekarar 2021, ta yi wasa a matsayin babbar tuba tare da Hope and Harmony Ensemble don bikin rantsar da shugaban Amurka wanda Marin Alsop ya jagoranta.

## Kundin Waƙoƙi

### Rikodin kai kaɗai

* 1998 - *Velvet Brown, Tuba* (Crystal), tuba solo da piano
* 2001 - *Kiɗa don Velvet* (Crystal), solo na tuba da piano
* 2005 - *Ra'ayoyi a cikin Rhythm* (Crystal), ƙungiyar tuba solo da kuma bugun ganga
* 2011 - *Kawai Velvet* (Potenza), tuba solo da piano

### Wasu rikodin

* 2000 - *Zuciyar Kerkeci* (Kiɗan Nicolai)
** Solo tuba and tuba/euphonium duet
* 2003 - *Monarch Brass* (2003)
** Ƙungiyar Tagulla ta Sarki da Quintet ta Tagulla
* 2004 - *Sabuwar Waƙa Daga Bowling Green, Vol.* *3* (Albany)
** *Concerto na Tuba da Orchestra* na John Williams tare da Bowling Green Philharmonia
* 2017 - *Shaida* (Tuscarora)
** Howard Johnson da Nauyi

## Manazarta