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"I came upon the recording you made of my tuba sonata for Crystal Records. You play it great! I have heard this piece mangled for years, sometimes by the soloist, more often by the accompanist, but you play it the way it's supposed to go… can't tell you how appreciative I am that you decided to put it on your really fine recording and that it was played so well.
Thank you again for a terrific performance."
Bruce Broughton, composer
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"Velvet Brown is a brilliant tuba performer in all the various media: solo, brass quintet, and orchestra. She possesses a wonderfully lyrical solo style, with a beautiful sound in all registers. Her command of the various elements of technique is complete: outstanding range, flexibility, articulation, accuracy, fluid fast note production and fingering, dynamics, and rhythm."
Fritz Kaenzig, Tuba Professor University of Michigan, Principal Tuba Grant Park Symphony (Chicago)
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"The control of the technical aspects of playing is only outmatched by her consistently expressive, musical declarations."
Gene Pokorny, Solo Tuba, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Velvet Brown "is a very expressive player whose tone is focused yet robust and lively in all registers."
American Record Guide
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"Her tone, her interpretation and musical energy place her own delightful stamp on everything she plays."
John Stevens, Tuba Professor, Madison University, composer
"She can play lines with the delicacy of a flute. Each note in the horn's five octave range rings out clearly. And whether playing a newly minted piece of contemporary music, a venerable aria like Handel's 'As When the Dove' or an old spiritual, she makes her lines flow as if she was singing them."
David Dupont, Sentinel Tribune
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