Galen Brown

Member since 2023

GALEN H. BROWN is a New York City-based composer whose music is often propulsive and groove-based, drawing influence from postminimalism and rock. He has a particular interest in chamber music and in incorporating audio recordings and video into his work. Galen studied with David Rakowski at Brandeis University, Jon Appleton and Kui Dong at Dartmouth College, and with Lee Hyla at New England Conservatory, where he received a Master in composition. He is also a former Senior Editor at Sequenza21. His piece Waiting in the Tall Grass was recorded by Relâche for their 2014 album Comix Trips, and his piece God is a Killer was recorded by Serbian pianist Nada Kolundžija for her 2015 CD set Breathing In, Breathing Out: A Little Anthology of Piano Music (1914–2014). In 2020, Orchestra Nowhere released his string orchestra piece Black Triage. In 2022, under the name Active Measures, he released a concept EP about the 45th President entitled Democracy, which consists of a series of covers of politically themed rock songs in arrangements heavily influenced by classical music.