Dr. Julia Brown is Director of Music and Organist at Mayflower Congregational Church, having relocated from Eugene, Oregon to Michigan in 2018. 

Julia’s many recordings with Naxos, including works of W. F. Bach, J. S. Bach, Buxtehude and Scheidemann, have gained high critical acclaim. Reviews hail her as an “unquestionably first-class artist and superb technician… exceptionally sensitive”, “the playing…projects a warmly musical personality.” 

In demand as a historical keyboardist and collaborative artist, Ms. Brown’s performances include chamber music, orchestral repertoire, and continuo playing in addition to solo recitals.  Brown has appeared in concert in North and South America and in Europe, having performed at the Oregon Bach Festival, Astoria Music Festival, Chico Bach Festival, American Guild of Organists Regional and National Conventions, Organ Historical Society Conventions, Latin American Organist Conventions, and National Public Radio. She has performed with such eminent conductors as Giancarlo Guerrero, Matthew Halls, Marcelo Leninger and Anton Armstrong. 

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Julia studied piano, harpsichord and organ in her native Brazil before receiving her MM and DMA from Northwestern University as a student of Wolfgang Rübsam. 

Upcoming engagements include a harpsichord concert in Portland, Oregon for the Western Early Keyboard Association, and an organ concert on the Taylor & Boody at Holy Cross Chapel, Worchester, MA.