Exciting Announcement! I'm thrilled to share that as a member of the esteemed faculty at Arkansas Tech University’s Department of Music I am now teaching Music Composition!
Teaching Music Composition at Arkansas Tech University
Sharing the Joy of Music: My Journey so Far as a Piano Teacher at Renown Music
Exciting Journey at Renown Music! Hey friends and music enthusiasts! I wanted to take a moment to share the incredible journey I've had at Renown Music as a piano teacher.
Music Theorist and Composer Joins Arkansas Tech University's Faculty as Visiting Lecturer of Music
I am happy to announce that I have joined Arkansas Tech University’s Music Department as Visiting Lecturer of Music.
Spoken-Word Magic: A Night of Poetry and Passion at Kollective Coffee+Tea in Honor of Sinéad O'Connor
On July 26, 2023 I joined local poets and wordsmiths for a very special Wednesday Night Poetry (WNP) at Kollective Coffee+Tea , nestled in the heart of Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Zane Gillespie Pens Thought-Provoking Foreword for New Poetry Collection!
Join Noumenist poet Jason W. Johnson as he launches his second collection of poetry The Night Watches, with Foreword by yours truly SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023 AT 2 PM Eastern • Book Launch for THE NIGHT WATCHES • Sunrise Books • High Point, North Carolina.
Paper Published in Technoetic Arts 20.3!
My paper entitled “Towards a new aesthetic: Noumenism and Noumenist poetics” has recently been published in issue 20.3 of Intellect’s well-established, peer-reviewed academic journal Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research
New Work Published: Metanoia for Woodwind Quintet & Fixed-Media Electronics
Dear colleagues!
I am pleased to announce the publication of my new work Metanoia for woodwind quintet and fixed-media electronics by Gusthold Music Publisher.
For details and ordering, please visit the publisher's website: https://davisbrown7.wixsite.com/gustholdmusic. Please notice that the recorded media (for the electronic component) is included, absolutely free.
First Film Score!
Last Regional CMS Conference as Executive Board Member for Music Theory
New Position at LRAFB
Catholic Music at MCAS Cherry Point Chapel amid the Pandemic
ASC 2020 Global Conversation/UK's Cybernetics Society’s “Cybernetics and the 21st Century: Stories of Practice”
I had the privilege of participating in the American Society for Cybernetics 2020 Global Conversation back in September. This event was held in coordination with the UK's Cybernetics Society’s virtual event “Cybernetics and the 21st Century: Stories of Practice,” and consisted of a series of live online conversations running across various time zones.
Belmont New Music Ensemble Premieres Reliquiae
CMS-Southern Chapter Conference Held Jointly with SCSMT
Paper Published by Cybernetics & Human Knowing!
Another paper of mine entitled “The Destabilizing Cybernetics of Implausibility: The Anti-Anthropocentric Crisis” was published this month in Cybernetics & Human Knowing 26, nos. 2-3: 169-190. In it, I use an analysis of my own creative process to formulate the hypothesis that a feedback loop connects the music composer, the composition, and its percipients, moving them gradually away from humanocentricism.
Performing New Work as New Executive Board Member for Music Theory
The 40th Annual Southern Chapter Conference of The College Music Society (CMS)
American Society for Cybernetics 2018 Conference
What a conference! Creation as a result of change in perspective! Self-referential science! All after a reintroduction to basic cybernetic concepts. These are just some of the things dealt with in presentations and discussions at the American Society for Cybernetics 2018 Conference: “Framing Reality and How It Matters in a Shared World.”
College Music Symposium: "Down the Passage Which We Did Not Take"
Can Music, as a Discipline, Contribute to a Conversation about Resilience?
The distinguished attendees of the American Society for Cybernetics 2017 Conference (where I gave a lecture/recital featuring my own works) define resilience as the ability to respond to change. Scott M. Harris, founder of Recursionist Publishing, is one of these people. “Beneath this is a form of reason based not only on logic but also on...beauty,” he says.