Premiered by the S.E.M. Ensemble on April 3, 2021 at Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY, under the direction of Petr Kotik.

Marianne Gythfeldt – bass clarinet
Chris Nappi – percussion
Lucie Vítková – accordion
Ben Larsen – cello

Un oltre (parte)

Miles Walter - piano
Griffin Brown - electronics (incl. piano samples), engineering, mixing, mastering; composition

Recorded November 19, 2022 at 4U in Brooklyn, NY

Versions of That Fear

Commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble in August 2023; digital installation premiered the same month.

Griffin Brown - composition, all sounds; engineering; mix; master

Cycle

Premiered in Sudler Recital Hall at Yale University on December 13, 2016.

Emily Switzer, Cindy Xue - violin
Timothy White - viola
Ryan Hintzman - cello

Recording engineered by Jack Broza

Stay Here

Miles Walter - piano
Griffin Brown - drums and composition
Jack Broza - guitar and production/engineering
Max Vinetz - bass

Ersatz (2018)

Griffin Brown - all sounds/composition/production/mix+master

Block Party

Tom Deis and Eric Van Nielsen - speaking, sampled via field recording

Griffin Brown - all other sounds/composition/production/mix+master

Scenes from My Second Life

Leo Sussman, flute
Jasper Dutz, bass clarinet
Jasmine Lavariega, horn
Miles Walter, piano
Alec Goldfarb, electric guitar
Madeline Ehlinger, soprano
Leah Asher, violin
Meaghan Burke, cello
Paul Mortilla, conductor

The text is a poem entitled "Reunion," written by the composer.

Engineered and mixed by Ale Roubini at Good Child Music, Brooklyn, NY in February and October 2019.

Reunion

Voice Three:
- Adam O'Farrill, trumpet
- Mat Muntz, bass
- Griffin Brown, drums + composition of opening fragment

From October 28, 2019 at the Bushwick Public House

Barrier to Entry (incipit and improv)

David Leon, alto saxophone
Steven Crammer, drum set
Jon Elbaz, piano
Alec Goldfarb, electric guitar
Hans Bilger, contrabass
Griffin Brown, bass + composition

Text by the composer

Premiered on April 28, 2019 at Threes Brewing in Brooklyn, NY

Parting Song

Premiered and recorded at Spectrum (Brooklyn, NY) on February 15, 2020.

Voice Three:
- Adam O'Farrill, trumpet
- Mat Muntz, bass
- Griffin Brown, drums and composition

To Know What's Coming

Composer, poet, drummer, songwriter+vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. 

This page is mainly for concert music and improvised/jazz work. My solo/studio/"song project" releases can be found in more codified form on my Bandcamp, linked below.

Profile photo by Cyrus Duff

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