Michael Brown
Chair, Department of Music Professor of Music
Dr. Michael R. Brown serves as the Head of the Music Department and Professor of Music at The Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. A native Georgian, he holds undergraduate degrees from Emmanuel College and Berry College and the Masters and Doctorate in Music Education from The University of Georgia. Prior to service at The Mississippi State University, he held the positions of Chair of the Division of Fine Arts at Indiana Wesleyan University and Director of Bands at Augusta State University and Truett-McConnell College and served as principal trumpet in the Augusta (GA) Symphony Orchestra as well as numerous other professional orchestras and ensembles. Having held several professional conducting posts, he currently serves as Music Director of the Starkville Symphony Orchestra. His publications include The Instrumentalist, the International Trumpet Guild Journal, Teaching Music, Faculty Dialogue, Decision, a trumpet textbook, and a music appreciation text. Michael lives in Starkville with his wife, Karen, Instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at MSU and their son, Andy. Their daughter, Laura, is a state auditor in Ohio and their son, Michael, serves as Sports Information Director at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is an avid gardener and outdoorsman. |
