Tyëse Andrea Brown
Composer Arranger Pianist
Intro
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to humming, even singing, coming from the cooing baby in the crib….
When Tyēse’s incredulous parents realized what they were hearing, they did the next best thing, they recorded her.
About The Composer
Originally from East Orange, New Jersey, Tyēse Andrea Brown started humming and vocalizing uniquely distinctive tunes before she could even crawl. Without any formal training, even before her feet could touch the floor, she sat on a bench and figured out how to transpose those tunes in her head onto the keys of a piano at the tender age of 6. In addition, she manifested an innate ability to play music by ear infused with her own signature arrangements.
The following year, her parents enrolled her into the Newark Community School of The Arts, where she began formal music lessons. During those formative years, she trained under notable Teachers and Composers like Kenneth K. Gilmartin, founder of “Music Together,” Steven Hirschhorn, and Irena Roundtree. She was also afforded the privilege and opportunity to study under the mentorship of Jazz Royalty such as Duke Anderson and Grachan Moncur, III.
As a Music and Education Student at Howard University, Tyèse studied composition under notable Jazz Musician Geri Allen.
A Classically Trained Pianist,
Tyēse has studiously devoted herself to the lifelong pursuit of Music. Professionally, she is a Public School Music Teacher with Certification in Special Education in Music and Master Degrees in Composition and Music Therapy. She is an alumnus of Howard University, NYU and Montclair State.
As a Creative and Performer, she embraces the opportunities to learn and share her knowledge, talents and skillset through engagement and collaboration with audiences and musicians. As a teacher with a strong belief that anyone can compose music, she passionately works to educate and inspire the next generation to embrace their hidden abilities. She is also a proponent of the use of Music as a tool for Healing and Restoration of the Mind-Body-Soul Connection.
Over the years, she has built a large collection of compositions, arrangements and improvisations. Her unique, unconventional style of Originative Jazz, Classical Fusion and Ambient Crossover bridges several genres of music, eliciting an unexpected gumbo of color, texture and sound.
Tyëse’s synth-based cinematic sound captures the attention of many who hear it. Her melodic and harmonic interplay weaves the tapestry of the imagination, sparking chimerical daydreams while evoking equal measures of nostalgia and optimism with a dose of childlike wonder grounded in the essence of life.
From her Corner of the World, Tyēse invites you to join her and find your Corner.
Current
Tyëse is currently working on several projects, including preparing video of her Concert Production, An Evening of Jazz, Classical And Originals, for streaming in which she organized, produced, collaborated, lead and performed with a group of seven professional musicians well known in the New York Metropolitan Area. In addition, she is working on new compositions and resurrecting old creations, continuing to build and expand her new website, her knowledge of Cubase and Logic Pro, and develop new web cast ideas. Tyëse publishes her music under her label, TAB Island Music Publishing, LLC.
Highlights
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Student Composer In-Residence
Metropolitan Opera Guild Internship, New York, NY
Selected for the METs Student Artist/Performance Internship Educational Outreach Program, she wrote and performed original score for a musical play production titled, Game Of Future., The production was written, produced and performed by the 5th grade students at the James Weldon Johnson Leadership Academy PS/MS 57 located in Manhattan, New York, NY.
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Off-Broadway
“Paul Robeson” written & performed by Julius Hollingsworth
Joined ensemble of actors/singers/performers in this musical play production, composing and arranging the score. She also performed the music and was cast as one of the characters in the play.
The production was performed at the Newark Museum of Art in Newark, NJ and The Black Box Theater in Manhattan, New York, NY.
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Accompanist & Music Director/Coordinator
Provided piano accompaniment for the Hillside Traveling Group & Play Production
Public School Music Director for the play productions of Annie & Charlie Brown
As an elementary school music teacher, she has been involved in guiding students through the process and bringing ideas to full productions on stage as Music Coordinator and Director.
Other Experiences:
Music Marketing Intern at TVT Records, New York, N.Y.: assisted in the marketing campaigns of several artist musicians.
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Televised & Media Exposure
Original composition, The Winds Of Yesterday, Movements I & II, was used as background theme for a televised episode called Imagines/Images, aired on NJN Channel #50 in New Jersey.
As a volunteer member and resident Music Director at AmeriCorp and YouthCorp of NJCU in Jersey City, she provided arrangements to accompany the introductory educaional yet riveting slide presentation of the AmeriCorp NJCU division’s Traveling Vietnam Veteran Museum. The Museum Exhibit was welcomed and displayed by several school districts around the state of New Jersey. The understated yet powerful exhibit was even invited by the Indianapolis Children’s Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana to expose their curated collection of personal items donated by Vietnam Veterans and their families from around the tristate area.
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Story Time Arranger & Composer
Along side providing musical accompaniment for the Vietnam Exhibit, she composed and arranged music for story time performances at the East Orange Explorers Interactive Children’s Museum in East Orange, New Jersey, created and run by AmeriCorp and YouthCorp of NJCU of Jersey City.
Composed original score for a live online reading by the notable children’s author, Trina Paulus, of her 1972 published work, Hope For The Flowerers. She also performed her composition live during the reading.
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Publicly Performed Compositions & Orchestrations
Performed her original Suite, The Winds Of Yesterday, as a part of her Newark Community School of The Arts Solo Recital at the Cathedral in Newark, NJ.
Opening Act for acclaimed jazz artist, Onaje Allen Gumbs at the Clinton Manor in New Jersey.
Has performed at local public venues for several years, including business establishments such as the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ, the Johnson Free Public Library in Hackensack, NJ, the Hilltop Tavern in Lodi, NJ, and more recently at Cafe Z in Union, NJ. She has likewise performed at private venues for weddings, parties and cookouts.
Orchestrated and Performed Compositions:
Ancient Springs ~ Then And Now ~ The Winds Of Yesterday, Movement I & II ~ Raedora ~ Caribbean Lover ~ His Gentle Heart ~ Merry-Go-Round ~ Peace
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Honors & Accolades
Honorably served as a volunteer judge for the Act-So Composer Competition, part of the NAACP Convention Youth Competitions, 2 years in a row.
Who’s Who Among American Women/Most Influential Women
Who’s Who Among American College Students
Who’s Who Among American High School Students
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Acknowledgment).
Off The Avenue Talent Fest: Best Instrumental Performances,
Musician of the Year/Gifted Student Scholar,
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Community Service
Volunteer Assistant Program and Coordinating Director at the Newark Museum of Art Newark, New Jersey, where she helped with directing and organizing various performing arts programs for the museum.
Provided Music Therapy to patients as a volunteer at The University of Medicine and Dentistry Hospital of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, NJ.
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Self Produced Concert/Independent Production
Conceptualized, organized, directed and debuted her first public self-produced concert featuring seven hand picked locally and regionally known artists.
An Evening of Classical, Jazz and Originals came to life on the stage of the Billy Johnson AudItorium at the Newark Museum Of Art on June 24, 2023. Tyese led the performance to a satisfied sellout crowd, highlighting her original music, the original piece of a fellow artist-performer, and interspersions of popular cover music with rousing performances by the group of skilled and talented musicians with whom she shared the stage.
“I am made of Color
I am made of Sound.
Notes of Stardust spin my Threads.
Music weaves my Crown.”
“I Am Made”
- BLB
Copyright 2024 All Rights Reserved.
Published 2024 by TAB Island Music Publishing, LLC.