Philip Brown is the Second Solo Trombonist with the
Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Sønderborg, Denmark. He came to
Denmark from Atlanta, where he was Assistant Professor of Trombone and
coordinator of the brass area at Georgia State University. Previously,
Dr. Brown taught at the University of Washington and served as
Principal Trombone with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and Northwest
Sinfonietta. He has frequently performed with the Seattle Symphony,
Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet, and has appeared as a guest
trombonist with the Honolulu Symphony, Oregon Symphony and New World
Symphony. Dr. Brown is active as a studio musician, having performed on
over 70 soundtracks for major motion pictures, television and video
games. He has also recorded with the Seattle Symphony for their release
of American Classics—William Schuman Symphonies No. 7 and 10 and with
the New World Symphony for New World Jazz. Dr. Brown studied with
Raymond Premru at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he received
a Bachelor of Music degree. He was awarded a graduate fellowship to
attend the University of Minnesota, where he was a student of Thomas
Ashworth and earned a Master of Music degree. Dr. Brown completed a
Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Washington in June
of 2007, studying with Don Immel. Among his additional teachers are
Raymond Conklin, Chris Olka, Douglas Wright, Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto and Ed
Zadrozny. Dr. Brown’s abilities as a soloist have earned him numerous
awards in competition. He was recently named as a winner of the 2006
Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Solo Competition and Tour. In 2000, he
was awarded the Twin Cities Musicians Union Prize at the Minnesota
Orchestra Volunteer Association Solo Competition and First Prize at the
Schubert Club Collegiate/Graduate Brass Competition. He has twice been
a finalist at the prestigious international Zellmer—Minnesota Orchestra
Trombone Competition. In 1992, Dr. Brown was named the National Winner
of the Music Teachers National Association Senior Brass Competition,
and in 2005, he was thrilled to return to the same MTNA national
competition as an adjudicator.