Sean A. Brown currently resides is Oak Harbor as a freelance hornist, teacher and composer. He has an active studio of 30+ students, and teaches and plays all brass instruments proficiently. He is the founder of the Harbor Brass Choir & Penn Cove Brass Ensemble, which are extracurricular student brass ensembles for middle-school & high-school musicians. He also is the founder of the Whidbey Island Horn Club, a volunteer group of hornists that play together and perform for the community.
He is an alum of the Fidalgo and Mt. Baker Youth Symphonies and in October of 2023 commenced his inaugural season with NYSA in the role of Director for Whidbey Island Youth Symphony.
In addition, Brown is an active performer when opportunities arise, as he is the principal hornist of the Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island. Brown is also an active composer and arranger. He arranges music for his own ensembles: the Harbor Brass, Penn Cove Brass and Whidbey Island Horn Club, and participates in composition contests. He has a number of original compositions for various ensembles, and is always working on new compositions. Brown received his Bachelor’s Degree in Horn Performance from Central Washington University in 2010 and his Master’s Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2014.
In addition to being a free-lance musician, Brown is a stay-at-home father of his three young sons, Luke, Logan & Levi. His wife, Holly is the Elementary Music Teacher at Oak Harbor Elementary in Oak Harbor, and is also a horn player.