Nathaniel Brown

Year Joined: 2007

BM Concordia College, MM The Hartt School, studied violin with Katie Lansdale, Eric Rosenblith, Joanne Cohen, Victor Romanul and Stephan Teiszen. Mr. Brown has performed in the Fargo/Moorhead Symphony, the Pottstown Symphony, the Lancaster Symphony, and the Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra. In addition to performing in the second violin section with ECSO, Mr. Brown has been an orchestra teacher with the Westport Public Schools and is currently teaching strings in Fairfield.

Favorite Composer:
Bach and Beethoven

What inspires you to play:
My mom is a violinist and was a string teacher when I was growing up. Classical music was always playing in our house and I remember loving the sound of the orchestra. I grew up wanting to listen to classical music over anything else. I begged my mom to get me a violin and teach me to play at a very young age, before it was offered in school. One day she brought home a very small violin, showed me the basics and the rest is history!

Hidden Talents:
Hiking, gardening and cooking!

Favorite Quote:
“It’s not that people don’t like classical music. It’s that they don’t have the chance to understand and to experience it.”
-Gustavo Dudamel