Bio.
Jeremy Brown leads a busy life in music. He is the Chair of Music and Director of the Menifee Jazz Ensemble at Mt. San Jacinto College in southern California. Jeremy is active in music performance and education throughout southern California, working with many of the finest musicians and educators. He is called on regularly to clinic and adjudicate at music festivals, and performs as a guest artist for various music programs. His first jazz quartet album as a leader is slated to be released late in 2013. Other recent projects include "On the Verge," a piece for big band inspired by his second son, and music for Experiment in a Glass, setting the poetry of Tennessee Williams to music.
Before moving to California, Jeremy earned a Master and Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. In the flourishing music scene of Austin Jeremy was in high demand as a drummer and percussionist, working nightly with Austin’s finest musicians in jazz, blues, rock, classical, and beyond including Tony Campise (Stan Kenton), guitarist Eric Johnson, Mitch Watkins, Seth Walker, Drew Smith and Grammy award-winning saxophonist/arranger Mace Hibbard. In his last year in Texas, he toured with Chicago – The Musical.
Jeremy was a member of Disney All-Star College Bands in both Paris and Orlando. He was awarded a scholarship to attend the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles. Jeremy has shared the stage with internationally-known musicians and composers Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones,
Christian McBride, Jerry Goldsmith, Eddie Daniels, Terry Gibbs, and Mike Stern.
Before moving to California, Jeremy earned a Master and Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. In the flourishing music scene of Austin Jeremy was in high demand as a drummer and percussionist, working nightly with Austin’s finest musicians in jazz, blues, rock, classical, and beyond including Tony Campise (Stan Kenton), guitarist Eric Johnson, Mitch Watkins, Seth Walker, Drew Smith and Grammy award-winning saxophonist/arranger Mace Hibbard. In his last year in Texas, he toured with Chicago – The Musical.
Jeremy was a member of Disney All-Star College Bands in both Paris and Orlando. He was awarded a scholarship to attend the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles. Jeremy has shared the stage with internationally-known musicians and composers Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones,
Christian McBride, Jerry Goldsmith, Eddie Daniels, Terry Gibbs, and Mike Stern.
