Adam Brown

Adam Brown (born August 21, 1981) is an American drummer and music educator from Cincinnati, Ohio.

He started his formal music education in elementary school and continued while a student in Fairfield High School in Ohio.

After graduating Summa Cum Laude in high school, he went on to earn a music scholarship at the University of North Texas and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education.

Brown earned his Master of Science in Education Summa Cum Laude from Walden University.

He is most known as a musical director for Royal Caribbean International, drummer and musical director for Anna Fegi-Brown, and owner and chief operating officer of Brown Academy of Music located in Cebu City.

Philippines.

Adam Brown was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the first of two children born to Bruce and Sara Brown.

Adam was more involved in sports as a child, particularly in baseball.

But as he grew older he began to focus on his music study.

His very first public performances included singing with his grandmother in church.

Brown began performing professionally at the age of 13 with local performances around the Cincinnati area.

As a student at Fairfield High School he performed with almost every musical group in band, choir, and orchestra.

He was a member of the wind ensemble, marching band, percussion ensemble, jazz band, symphony orchestra, show choir band, and pit orchestra.

Outside of school he played in local youth orchestras, concert bands, as well as some jazz ensembles.

His younger sister, Heidi, was also involved in the band program.

His parents provided him with a great education, allowing him to take private lessons and also attend the Modern Drummer Festival as well as the Drum Daze clinics presented by Columbus Percussion and Yamaha and the Drum Corps International World Finals.

Through those experiences and the encouragement of his music teachers, he decided to pursue music as a career.

Brown first started his teaching career at the age of 14 while still a student in high school.

He was asked to also teach younger students in the school district and it was at that time that he decided that music education would be his career path.

He maintained an active teaching schedule as a student and performed in many groups throughout the region.

As a performer Brown earned positions in the Ohio All-State Jazz Band, Regional Honor Orchestra, Honor Band, Honor Orchestra, and Honor Jazz Band.

It was during his time that he started performing professionally for local events.

Brown performed in multiple professional symphony orchestras and musical theater groups throughout Cincinnati while still in high school.

In 1999, Brown enrolled in the University of North Texas as a music scholar receiving a music scholarship as well as an academic scholarship.

As a student at UNT, Brown was a member of the percussion ensemble, drumline, marching band, steel drum band, concert band and many other ensembles.

In 2000, Brown was a member of the award-winning UNT Drumline, which was the 2000 Collegiate Drumline Champion at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Dallas, Texas.

Brown was able to study with many of the leaders in the music field, such as Mark Ford, Christopher Deane, Paul Rennick, Harrell Bosarge, Ed Smith, Brad Genevro, and Eugene Migliaro Corporon.

The world-class training that Brown received at the University of North Texas paved the way for his musical career.

In 2002, Brown received an elite music scholarship from the Avedis Zildjian Company.

Brown was one of only 25 students worldwide to receive this scholarship.

He was also one of very few students throughout the state of Texas to receive a scholarship to the 2002 PASIC convention held in Nashville, Tennessee.

While a student at UNT, Brown taught percussion lessons, classes, and ensembles at several local high schools.

He also performed throughout the Dallas-Ft.

Worth area in various music ensembles.

In 2003 Brown started his full-time professional career as a music teacher.

He taught high school music classes, including percussion, band, jazz band, percussion ensemble, choir, and guitar.

His groups performed on a national and international level in both Bands of America and WGI competitions.

During his time of public school teaching, he wrote original curriculum in multiple teaching areas.

As a teacher, his groups performed in the OMEA State Convention, WGI World Championships, Bands of America Grand Nationals, Bands of American National Concert Band Festival, and the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference, which is the world's largest instrumental music education conference.

In 2008, Brown decided to pursue a performing career while joining the international cruise line Royal Caribbean International as a drummer and musical director.