Before her tenure at Penn State, Brown taught at
Bowling Green State University (Ohio),
Ball State University (Indiana), and served as Associate Director of University Bands at
Boston University. She is a founding board member of the International Women’s Brass Conference and has served on the board of directors for the
International Tuba Euphonium Association, including as
secretary from 2001 to 2007. In 1999–2000, she was honored with the William Fulbright Fellowship Vinciguerra Award. Brown enjoys a multifaceted career as an international soloist,
chamber musician,
recording artist, conductor, and orchestral performer. She has performed and taught across
Europe,
Asia, and
North America, including countries such as
Italy,
Switzerland,
Austria,
Germany,
Finland,
France,
England,
Hungary,
Slovenia,
Russia,
Japan,
Cuba,
Canada, and the
United States. She is currently the principal tubist of the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra and has previously held principal positions with the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and the
River City Brass Band. Her orchestral engagements also include performances with the
Detroit Symphony,
Saint Louis Symphony,
San Francisco Women’s Philharmonic, and the
Fort Wayne Philharmonic. In the jazz realm, Brown has been the lead tubist with Howard Johnson’s “Gravity” Tuba Jazz Ensemble since 2004, contributing to the 2017 album Testimony . She is also a founding member of several ensembles, including the Monarch Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble, the Junction Tuba Quartet, the Pennsylvania Brassworks, Boston Brass, and the Stiletto Brass Quintet. Brown co-founded MOJATUBA: Tuba and Dance Fusion Project, which blends modern dance, original compositions, jazz styles, and African influences. She serves as the Artistic Director of the Tuba and Euphonium Fest for Orvieto Music in Orvieto, Italy, and has previously directed the Chromatic Brass Collective. In 2021, she performed as principal tuba with the Hope and Harmony Ensemble for the U.S. Presidential Inauguration conducted by Marin Alsop == Discography ==