About

Canadian born guitarist Kevin Brown is an accomplished classical and jazz guitarist.  Studying guitar from a young age under his uncle Peter Ulrich, he has gone on to study and perform with many world-class musicians. 

Brown has a BM in guitar performance from Wheaton College where he studied under Steve Ramsdell and a MM in Jazz Composition from DePaul University where he studied with Bob Palmieri.  Other notable teachers include Canadian guitarists Larry Roy, David Letkemann and Willie Wiebe; additional studies with Chicago guitarists Mike Allemana, Scott Hesse and Fareed Haque; and additional masterclasses with John Patitucci, Steve Coleman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Rez Abbasi, Gary Smulyan, Gene Bertoncini, Xuefei Yang, Oscar Ghiglia, Anne Waller and Mark Maxwell. 

Kevin Brown has performed with artists such as Benny Golson, Bobby Watson, LAGQ, Jimmy Greene, Phil Woods, Jeff Hamilton, Victor Garcia, Jon Irabagon, Curtis Nowosad, Luke Sellick among others.  He has performed at premier Chicago jazz clubs including the Green Mill and the Jazz Showcase; has performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Iowa City Jazz Festival, Jazz Up Glen Ellyn, and the Chi-town Jazz Festival; and presented classical guitar recitals on college campuses and concert series throughout Chicagoland including chamber music performances.  He has independently released three albums of music with the Chicago group Mosaik. 

Kevin Brown holds teaching positions at multiple Colleges/Universities in the Chicago area and also directs the Institute for Jazz Studies at Bellas Artes School of Music and the Northern Illinois Suzuki Guitar Institute.  He is a busy freelance performer and can be found performing in concerts and festivals, as well as providing music for corporate events, weddings, private events and in pit orchestras for musical theatre.