Galen Brown

Member since 2023

Galen H. Brown is a New York City-based composer whose music is often propulsive and groove-based, drawing influence from post-minimalism and rock. He has a particular interest in chamber music and in incorporating audio recordings and video into his work. Galen studied with David Rakowski at Brandeis University, Jon Appleton and Kui Dong at Dartmouth College, and with Lee Hyla at New England Conservatory, where he received a Master's in composition. He is also a former Senior Editor at Sequenza21. Relâche recorded his piece "Waiting in the Tall Grass" for their 2014 album, Comix Trips, and his piece "God is a Killer" was recorded by Serbian pianist Nada Kolundžija for her 2015 CD set, Breathing In, Breathing Out: A Little Anthology of Piano Music (1914–2014). In 2020, Orchestra Nowhere released his string orchestra piece Black Triage. In 2022, under the name Active Measures, he released a concept EP titled Democracy, about the 45th President, which consists of a series of covers of politically themed rock songs arranged in a style heavily influenced by classical music.