Matthew BrowerArtist Affiliate: Piano
Hailed as “superb” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dr. Matthew Brower is a pianist, coach, and MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music whose expertise spans a variety of genres, from classical piano, chamber music, opera, and art song to musical theatre and jazz. Dr. Brower has appeared in many prestigious venues throughout the U.S. and China, including Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, and the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, and he has been featured on WRTI, Philadelphia’s classical radio station. He has performed with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, as well as members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and faculty from many leading conservatories.
Dr. Brower is a member of 6-WIRE, a violin-erhu-piano trio that mixes traditional chamber music with new styles from around the world. 6-WIRE has had the honor of performing for then-Vice President Joe Biden on two occasions, and they have collaborated with musicians from Turkey, Israel, India, and Afghanistan, including members of the Silk Road Ensemble. In addition to serving as a University of Delaware Ensemble-in-Residence, they have performed at numerous other universities including the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Their debut album, 6th Sense, was reviewed in Gramophone, and their album, 6-WIRE on 57th, showcases music from their sold-out 2019 Carnegie Hall concert.
As a vocal collaborator and choral accompanist, Dr. Brower has held positions at Opera Philadelphia, Westminster Choir College, the Curtis Institute Summerfest Young Artist Voice Program, the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy, Opera in the Ozarks, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, the University of Delaware, the University of Pennsylvania, and Oxford College of Emory University. He is also the pianist for a new musical about Holocaust refugees entitled Shanghai Sonatas. Dr. Brower currently coaches vocalists at Emory and most recently accompanied the Emory Concert Choir for the spring 2025 semester.
He received his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Michigan and his Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Dr. Brower held previous academic positions at Agnes Scott College and Washington College, where he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Piano and co-founded the Washington College Piano Festival.
