Xavier Viktor Brown (he/him/his) is from rural Maryland—a stone’s throw from the Appalachian trail and the Civil War Battlefields that got him interested in history. Xavier earned a BA in Music at the University of Chicago and a Master’s degree in Composition at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Xavier is a 4th year in the PhD program at UCLA and in addition to studying with his adviser, Mitchell Morris, has earned his Master’s degree in Musicology and is currently preparing to take his Special Fields exam on queer and trans studies, Jewish studies, and Schoenberg studies in the Fin-de-Siècle Vienna. Xavier is also working with Jessica Schwartz on a voice studies project featuring oral histories he took within trans community. In his spare time, Xavier goes birdwatching either by himself or with his friends and has a current life list (North American) bird count of 150 birds!
Xavier Brown
Musicology - Research Focus: queer and trans studies, Jewish studies, and Schoenberg studies
Conducting
Graduate study and training in choral, orchestral, or wind conducting
Ethnomusicology
The study of global musical traditions through performance training, research, and field work
Global Jazz Studies
Jazz performance and musicianship courses are paired with African American Studies
Music Composition
Mentorship in the creation and realization of music for concerts, opera, and visual media
Music Education
Preparation for music educators leading to a BA and teaching credential in just four years
Music Industry
A leadership-focused professional degree which prepares students to transform the creative, entrepreneurial, and executive structures of the music industry
Musicology
The scholarly study of the histories, cultures, and critical interpretations of music and music-making
Music Performance
Study and training towards professional performance careers in Western classical music