Anthony Brown, percussion; Mark Izu, bass and sheng; and Masaru Koga, saxophones and shakuhachi

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Composer, percussionist, educator, and ethnomusicologist Anthony Brown has played a seminal role in contemporary California creative music from his pioneering work with the Asian American jazz movement in the early 1980s to his current leadership of the GRAMMY nominated Asian American Orchestra.  Professor Brown holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in music (Ethnomusicology) from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a Master of Music from Rutgers University, and is the recipient of numerous grants and commissions. A Smithsonian Associate Scholar, Guggenheim and Ford Fellow, Professor Brown has served as Curator of American Musical Culture at the Smithsonian Institution and as a Visiting Professor of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2005 Professor Brown established the San Francisco-based nonprofit arts organization Fifth Stream Music with the mission to advance the art form of jazz through innovative intercultural music and transformative educational experiences that reflect and promote an appreciation for, and understanding of American cultural diversity.

Professor Brown’s Improviser Exchange residency is cosponsored by:

Asian American Studies
Center for Advanced Study
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Robert E. Brown Center for World Music
School of Music
Sousa Archives and Center for American Music