Salisbury’s Brown named composer-in-residence

Local composer Dr. Davis Brown was celebrated earlier this month as the winner of the annual composition contest of the Alabama Orchestra Association.

Brown received the award at the AOA’s annual festival on Feb. 15, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Alabama Festival Orchestra, made up of middle- and high-school students from around the state, performed the world premiere of his piece “Papahanaumoku’s Garden,” under the baton of Dr. Mark Laycock. That piece had been selected from more than 100 applicants.

While there, Brown addressed a student audience at a Meet-The-Composer event.

“I am deeply honored to have had this work premiered by an orchestra with such an impressive depth of talent,” he said.

Brown is affiliated with the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and his music is published by Gusthold Music Publisher.