Music Department Faculty

John Brown
Lecturer

Office: 104 Hill Hall
Email: johnbrown@unc.edu
Phone: 919-962-1039

John Brown (Lecturer) teaches applied double bass and electric bass, co-conducts the UNC Jazz Band, conducts the UNC Jazz Lab Band and coaches jazz combos and orchestra sectionals. A native of Fayetteville NC, he began studying the bass when he was nine years old and has been performing professionally since his teens. At UNC-Greensboro he studied with Jack Budrow and after performing with several orchestras in the region, went on to become an intern with the North Carolina Symphony while still an undergraduate. In college John also developed a great love for jazz and began pursuing careers in both jazz and classical music. He has performed in the US and abroad with artists like Wynton, Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis, Elvin Hones, Cedar Walton and Nicholas Payton. He boasts a Grammy Nomination for his performance and co-writing on Nnenna Freeelon's 1995 Concord release, "Shaking Free."

John's extensive performance experience includes feature films, television movies, theater, and recordings. John performs regularly with the North Carolina Symphony, the Opera Company of North Carolina, the Carolina Ballet and gives frequent jazz performances. In addition to UNC, he also serves on the faculties of Duke University and North Carolina Central University. A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, he also plans to continue performing and teaching on a limited basis while building a general practice law firm in the Triangle. John is an Acoustic Image and an AMT Artist.