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- Matthew Brown
Matthew Brown (b. 1978) is currently pursuing a DMA in music composition at the USC Thornton School of Music. He taught himself piano from the age of ten and began composing and arranging at age twelve, writing and arranging hymns and solo piano pieces. He recently completed a Masters Degree in composition at USC, and also holds a BA in composition (magna cum laude) from Pepperdine University, where he was given the Most Outstanding Graduate Award in Fine Arts (2000). His first orchestral piece, Patagium, was premiered in January of 2003 by Donald Crockett and the USC Thornton Symphony, and was awarded the 2003 Hans J. Salter Endowed Music Award. He has studied composition with N. Lincoln Hanks, Frederick Lesemann, and Frank Ticheli, Tamar Diesendruck, and Morten Lauridsen, and has also had lessons with Bernard Rands and Michael Daugherty. He has studied piano with Ed Francis, Sara Banta, and David Arnay, and voice with Jonathan Mack. He has performed with the Pepperdine University Community Symphony, Pepperdine University Chorus and Chamber Choir, Collegium Musicum, and the USC Chamber Choir, and is a professional tenor soloist in several San Fernando Valley churches.