Three Candles Music | Douglas Brown

Composer and church musician Douglas Brown (b. 1970) is a 2010 graduate of Wayland Baptist University, receiving a bachelor's degree with a concentration in Music Theory & Composition. He served three terms as president of the Wayland student chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc., and is proud to have studied for eight semesters under the tutelage of composer Gary D. Belshaw.

Mr. Brown is currently in graduate studies at Houghton College, where he studies under Sun Mi Ro and David Davies in pursuit of a master's degree in music composition.

He has been married for over ten years to Jennifer Berryman Brown, who has a master’s degree in music from Stephen F. Austin State University and teaches music classes for Wayland Baptist University’s Virtual Campus, plus private voice and piano in their home.

Thoughts on the Works of Providence
Songs 1-3, for High Voice

This song cycle is based on the poetry of the same name by Phillis Wheatley, a former slave who gained her liberty in 1773 and witnessed the American Revolution as a free person.

Sleepless
for SSAATTBB Choir

Based on a poem attributed to Sara Teasdale, Sleepless is about the struggle a woman feels when betrayed by her lover, exploring both the brokenness and angst over lost love.

Register Etudes
for Clarinet

“Tell me to run three miles and I will give you a funny look. Put a soccer ball in front of my feet and I will run four or five. The composer offers a set of practical études that are also fun to play, being both melodic and whimsical.

Psalm 132: a song of ascents
for SATB Choir

Based on the composer’s own paraphrase of the 132nd psalm, this song is a pensive, smooth meditation that focuses on the presence of God that also helps choirs build listening skills and achieve sectional balance.

Psalm 124: a song of ascents
for SATB Choir, with divisi on last page

Psalm 124 is designed for the intermediate level choir, with expanded ranges and a middle section with a greater polyphonic challenge than Psalm 132.

There Is a Solemn Wind Tonight
for Low Voice

The dark timbre of this song will evoke from an emotional well inside the listener. Solemn Wind has an introduction of thirteen adagio measures allowing the pianist a chance to set the tone for the work. Based on text by Katherine Mansfield.

Music for 1 or 2 performers
(plus accompaniment)

Music for 3 or more performers