Name: Concert Band – Marcellus Brown and Eric M. Smedley, conductors
Start: 2024-04-09T20:00:00
Location: Auer Hall

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Marcellus Brown is visiting professor of music in bands at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He was previously director of bands at Boise State University (BSU), where, in addition to his conducting duties, he taught instrumental conducting and served as director of the BSU Summer Chamber Music Camp. Under his direction, the BSU Symphonic Winds was recognized as one of the outstanding large wind ensembles in the Northwest, having presented concerts at numerous Idaho State Music Educators Conferences, the Western/Northwestern College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Regional Conference, the 2011 CBDNA National Conference, and by invitation at the 81st Annual American Bandmasters Association National Convention. In recent years, the ensemble commissioned and premiered four new works for wind band. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Brown earned a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance and Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Michigan, where he took conducting classes with Elizabeth Green. He undertook doctoral coursework at the University of Illinois, where he studied conducting with Harry Begian. Brown has appeared as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States and has been a guest conductor and presenter at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. He has been recognized for his work and dedication as an educator at BSU as the recipient of the 2002 Excellence In Teaching Award presented by the LDS Student Association and the 2002 Faculty/Staff Larry G. Selland Humanitarian Award presented by the University Women’s Center. He was one of 10 honored faculty to receive the 2003 and 2012 Top Ten Student Scholar Awards. In 2006, Brown was elected into the American Bandmasters Association and served as president of the CBDNA Northwestern Division (2007-09). In 2008, he was elected to a two-year term to serve on the board of the National Band Association. He has also served on the selection panel for the National Band Association William D. Revelli Composition Contest.