Kaleb Brown, cello

Education

  • University of Memphis Rudi E. Schiedt School of Music, Memphis TN

    Bachelor of Music in cello performance, 2021

  • Cumulative 3.94 GPA

  • Dean’s List Fall 2017- Spring 2021

  • Recipient, Elba Gandy Memorial Music Scholarship, 2021

Teachers

Kimberly Patterson

Ruth Valente Burgess

Phyllis Long

Conductors

Harvey Felder

Mathias Elmer

Kamran Ince

Chamber Music Coaches

Kimberly Patterson

Marcin Arendt

Lenny Schranze

Tim Shiu

Teaching Experience

  • Lane Music 2022-2024

    Taught private lessons hosted at Lane Music in Germantown, TN with an average of 8 middle school, high school, and adult students.

  • Private Cello Studio 2024-present

    Memphis, TN

  • Memphis in Poland Festival     2019

    Coached small ensemble over one day with local high school students for a performance in Warsaw, Poland, performed side-by side with students on the shore of the Vistula River in Warsaw

Performance Experience

Orchestral Experience

2017-2021 University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra, principal cellist (2021)                                              2023 University of Memphis Collegium Musicum                                                                                        2019-2024 Sinfonietta Memphis                                                                                                                    

Chamber Experience

  • University of Memphis Chamber                2017-2021

  • University of Memphis Contemporary Chamber Players                                               2018-2021

  • Bluff City Cellos                                                 2017-2020

    • MLK50 Performance at National Civil Rights Museum 2018

    • National Anthem at Fedex Forum for NBA Grizzlies Game 2019

  • RESSOM String Quartet

      2018-2020

    • Performed in Warsaw, Poland and Bielsko Biawa in 2019

Solo Performances

  • University Recitals

    • Junior Recital, May 2020- J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 10008, Prelude, Ernest Bloch from Jewish Life, B. 54, Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Sonata, Op. 50

    • Senior Recital, May 2021- Benjamin Britten Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72, Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 4 No. 2, David Popper Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68

  • Artist Exhibitions

    • Crosstown Arts: [Fe]ATURED AR[Ti]STS exhibition, May 2025- Sept 2025, solo performance at exhibition opening, May 30, music recording and art installation visible for duration of exhibition. Benjamin Britten Cello Suite No. 1, Caroline Shaw In Manuas Tuas, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Black Folk Song Suite: II. Song Form, Phillip Glass, Orbit. 

New Music/ Experimental Music

  • New Sounds- premier of Adam J Benefield, Nebulous Night -2022               

    • Performance with other  members of University of Memphis Contemporary Chamber Players ( Mitchell Cloutier Vln. 1, Christopher Di’Vincenzo Vln. II, Noel Medford, Vla), conducted by composer               

  • Cristopher Di’ Vincenzo- Perishable 2022

    • Recorded performance with Mahir Cetiz on Organ, recorded at The Church of the Holy Spirit in Memphis, TN. 

Opera, Broadway, and Musicals

Cello II, The Great Comet of 1812, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN     2022

Cello I, Waitress, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN                                       2024

Summer Festivals

  • Memphis in Poland Festival         2019

    • Big band performance alongside violinists Heather Trussel, Marin Arendt, and vocalist Susan Marshall.

    • RESSOM String Quartet performances in Warsaw and Bielsko-Biała.

Conference Presentations

  • SCSMT Virtual Conference Undergraduate Research Forum 2021- “Interpreting Religious Symbolism in Sofia Gubaidulina’s in croce for violoncello and organ”