Dr. Michael R. Brown serves as the Head of the Music Education Department and Professor of Music at The Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. A native Georgian, he holds undergraduate degrees from Emmanuel College and Berry College and the Masters and Doctorate in Music Education from The University of Georgia.
Prior to service at The Mississippi State University, he held the positions of Chair of the Division of Fine Arts at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana and Director of Bands at Augusta State University and Truett-McConnell College and served as principal trumpet in the Augusta (GA) Symphony Orchestra. His publications include The Instrumentalist, the International Trumpet Guild Journal, Teaching Music, Faculty Dialogue, and Decision.
Michael lives in Starkville with his wife, Karen, Instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at MSU and their son, Andy. Their daughter, Laura, is a state auditor in Ohio and their son, Michael, is a college student in Indiana. He is an avid gardener and outdoorsman.
