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— The New York Times
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rogue Valley Symphony
January 9, 10, 11, 2026
Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, OR, USA
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
With the Rogue Valley Symphony
Martin Majkut, conductor 
Hong Kong: Premiere Performances
January 23-30, 2026
Hong Kong City Hall
Beare's Premiere Music Festival 2026
Click here for a list of performances
TWELVE BLOCKS Album Release Concert        February 12, 6:00pm
Rose Studio, Lincoln Center
New York City, USA
An hour of all music by Michael Stephen Brown celebrating the release of Twelve Blocks!
Featuring performers including Jerome Lowenthal, Ursula Oppens, Anne-Marie McDermott, Paul Neubauer, Susanna Phillips, Stefan Jackiw, Yoonah, and Michael Stephen Brown
Fresh and inventive, Michael Stephen Brown’s new piece steered clear of the musical clichés that its instrumentation might have suggested to less creative minds 

— Cleveland Classical
Recent News
— Michael Stephen Brown wins 2026 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music AwardRead all about it!
— New record Twelve Blocks is out on February 13, 2026! 
— The Carnival of the Endangered Wonders premieres April 2026!

Composer George Perle & Composer-Pianist Michael Stephen Brown.
Artwork by Roman Rabinovich.

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