Oren Brown

Oren Brown (April 13, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was a famous American vocal pedagogist and voice teacher.
Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Brown attended Boston University where he earned a bachelors of music with an emphasis in vocal performance and a masters degree in music composition. In 1932 he began his long career as a voice teacher which would last up until his death 72 years later. He notably served as a faculty member of the Mannes College of Music during the late 1940s and was on the voice faculty at the Juilliard School from 1972 through 1991. Many of his students have had successful singing careers, including John Aler, Cecilia, Eva Johansson, James King, Ann Monoyios, and Bo Skovhus among many others.
In 1952 Brown joined the staff of the Washington University School of Medicine, serving as a lecturer in voice therapy and otolaryngology up through 1968. While there he collaborated with medical personnel to develop an interdisciplinary approaches to voice...