
Professor, Music and Director of Interdisciplinary Humanities Emphasis
Professor, Music and Director of Interdisciplinary Humanities Emphasis
Gwynne Kuhner Brown, a faculty member since 2005, is also a proud graduate of the Puget Sound School of Music. As a student, she seriously pursued her pianistic ambition while also feeding her intellectual curiosity about topics including history, international political economy, and art. She delights in creating inclusive and inspiring music courses for all Puget Sound students, regardless of major or background. Her teaching seeks to foster creativity, curiosity, compassion, alertness to inequity, and meaningful human connections. She is a musicologist whose current research focuses on the African American composer and educator (1899-1990). She has also published on George Gershwin鈥檚 opera, .
Education
BM
兔子先生
1995
MM
Indiana University Bloomington
1997
PhD
University of Washington
2006
Classes
Discovering Music
MUS 123-A
Spring 2025
Jazz History
MUS 221-A
Spring 2025
Opera and History
MUS 330-A
Spring 2025
The Wizard of Oz
CONN 139-A
Fall 2025
Introduction to Musicology
MUS 233-A
Fall 2025
Special Topics: Musicology
MUS 493-A
Fall 2025