Dr. Andrea Brown (University of Maryland & Women Rising to the Podium)

Dr. Andrea E. Brown was appointed the Associate Director of Bands
at the University of Maryland in 2018. In this position, she
conducts the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble and serves as the
Director of Athletic Bands. Brown is formerly a member of the
conducting faculty at the University of Michigan where she served
as the assistant director of bands and was a faculty sponsor of a
College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Design Project team
researching conducting pedagogy technology. Previously Brown was
the director of orchestra and assistant director of bands at the
Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. She is a frequent guest
conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Brown completed a DMA in instrumental conducting at UNC Greensboro
where she was a student of John Locke and Kevin Geraldi. While
at UNCG, she was both guest conductor and principal horn on UNCG
Wind Ensemble's fireworks! and finish line! CDs
released on the Equilibrium label. Brown has also had several
rehearsal guides published in the popular GIA Publications series,
"Teaching Music Through Performance in Band" and has presented
at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Music For All Summer Symposium,
the Yamaha Bläserklasse in Schlitz, Germany, the International
Computer Music Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the College Music
Society International Conference in Sydney, Australia, and multiple
times at the College Band Directors National Association National
Conference. A proponent of inclusion and equity issues in the music
profession, Brown is a frequent guest speaker on these topics. She
currently serves on the CBDNA Diversity Committee and is a member
of the Drum Corps International Women’s In Step Committee. Brown is
the founder of “Women Rising to the Podium”- an online group of
over 3600 members supporting and celebrating women band directors.
Additionally, she also serves the chair of the Sigma Alpha Iota
Women’s Music Fraternity Graduate Conducting Grant and an advisor
of the SAI chapter at the University of Maryland. Brown previously
served on the brass and conducting instructional staff of the DCI
World Champion Phantom Regiment (2004 – 2017). Other marching
organizations she has instructed include the U.S. Army All-American
Marching Band, Carolina Crown, and Spirit of Atlanta. Brown will
serve a music judge for DCI for the 2021 season. As a performer,
Brown was a member of the AA Brass Quintet, which won the
International Brass Quintet Competition hosted by Fred Mills at the
University of Georgia. She performed with the horn sections of the
Boston Brass All-Stars Big Band, North Carolina Symphony,
Winston-Salem Symphony, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra.
Brown has studied brass performance and pedagogy with Abigail Pack,
J.D. Shaw, Jack Masarie, Freddy Martin, Dottie Bennett, Randy
Kohlenberg, Richard Steffen, and Ed Bach. Originally from Milan,
Tennessee, she is a graduate of Austin Peay State
University and earned a master of music degree in horn
performance and a master of music education degree with a cognate
in instrumental conducting from UNCG. Prior to her position at
Georgia Tech, Brown was the assistant director of bands at
Austin Peay State University and taught public school in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and Dallas, Texas. She is a member of Phi Kappa
Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, NAfME, and CBDNA. She was awarded the Rose of
Honor as a member of Sigma Alpha Iota Women's Music Fraternity and
is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.