Robert J. Brownlow
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UPCOMING WORLD PREMIERES:
DUO for bassoon & cello - Spring 2010
TRIO for violin, cello & piano - Fall 2010
RECENT PROJECT:
Music for the Official SYZYGY STUDIOS Logo
(Other credits: Syzygy logo design by Dave Andrews, Animation sequence by Istvan Szabo, Ifj.
Biography
Dr. Robert J. Brownlow has enjoyed a varied career as a composer, educator and performer.
He has composed works for nearly every genre. His eclectic style is noted for its rhythmic drive and energy, as well as colorful and rich harmonies. It attempts to appeal to a broad audience. His music has been described as “energetic”, “impressive” and “sonorous”. His primary influences range from Bach, Bartok, jazz and minimalism to film score composers John Williams and John Barry. His music has been played throughout the United States as well as in Germany, France and Puerto Rico.
Before beginning duties in the composition and theory section at the University of Akron School of music in August of 2006, Dr. Brownlow had held full-time teaching positions at Luther College, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He has been on composition and theory faculty at the Interlochen Arts Camp each summer since 1999.
As a performer, he has held positions with many orchestras including: the Minnesota Sinfonia, the Bach Festival Orchestra, the Quad-Cities Symphony and the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra.
He holds a BA from Luther College and an MFA and DMA from The University of Iowa.
Music Reviews
"...provided and interesting contemporary adaptation of this traditional form...sonorous...with purity & control..."
- David Montgomery, Festival of Trumpets Concert
Gates Concert Hall, Denver CO, 2004
Fantasia and Toccata reverberated off the limestone walls & the high-peaked wood ceiling of Neu Chapel..."
- ITG 2001 Conference Preludes
Neu Chapel, IN, 2001
Contact Info
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON School of Music
139 Buchtel Avenue
Akron, OH 44325-1002
Phone: 330-972-6639
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