Events

Those of you who know us know that we’re up for playing music just about anytime, anywhere. Each of us performs solo, and we also perform together, and with other musician friends. We’ve played at concerts, festivals, contra dances, restaurants and bars, house parties, fundraisers, protests, and sporting games, and we’re always looking forward to the next event. If you have one in mind, please let us know.

Check out a few of our upcoming and recent event highlights below, and come to see us play in person when you can!

Yours till our strings break,

Max and River

6/4/24 7:30pm Maxwell and River Brown give concert at Kendal-Crosslands

5/31/24 Maxwell and River Brown give concert at Cokesbury Village

5/27/24 2pm Maxwell and River Brown perform at Carnegie Hall recital

5/5/24 Maxwell Brown performs with Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians Youth Chamber Orchestra

5/11/24 River Brown performs with Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians Baroque Players Orchestra

5/18/24 Maxwell Brown performs with Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians Youth Chamber Orchestra

5/17/24 Maxwell Brown performs as soloist with the Wilmington Community Orchestra

https://www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/ensemble-performances.html

4/27/24 7:30pm Maxwell Brown performs as soloist with Carolina Philharmonic

https://www.carolinaphil.org/

4/16/24 River Brown performs at WFS Concert

4/14/24 3pm Maxwell Brown performs in Delaware County Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series

https://www.dcsmusic.org/chamber-series

4/12/24 7:30pm Maxwell and River Brown perform at Kutztown Folk Music Society as Berks Fiddle Festival Champions

4/11/24 4pm Maxwell Brown performs in Dover Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass at Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians

4/6/24 2:45pm Maxwell Brown performs in masterclass with Soovin Kim through Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians  

3/17/24 Maxwell and River Brown perform at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church

3/16/24 2:30pm Maxwell and River Brown perform in Temple Center for Gifted Young Musicians Student Recital

1/30/24 Maxwell Brown performs in Calidore String Quartet Seminar Young Soloist Recital

1/30/24 Maxwell Brown performs in Ryan Meehan Masterclass through Calidore String Quartet Seminar 

1/29/24 Maxwell Brown performs in Jeffrey Myers Masterclass through Calidore String Quartet Seminar 

1/28/24 Maxwell Brown performs in Almita Vamos Masterclass through Calidore String Quartet Seminar 

1/26/24 Maxwell Brown performs as a semifinalist in the International Young Artists Concerto Competition

https://www.internationalyoungartistconcertocompetition.com/2024

1/20/24 2:30pm Maxwell and River Brown perform in Temple Center for Gifted Young Musicians Student Recital

12/16/23 4pm Maxwell and River Brown perform with Temple Center for Gifted Young Musicians Youth Chamber Orchestra and Baroque Players Orchestra, respectively

12/15/23 7:30pm Maxwell Brown performs with Temple Center for Gifted Young Musicians Chamber Music Ensembles

12/2/23 7:30pm Maxwell Brown performs as soloist with Warminster Symphony Orchestra

11/11/23 Maxwell Brown performs as soloist with Old York Road Symphony Orchestra

10/21/23 3pm Maxwell Brown performs for Coastal Concerts scholarship winners recital Unitarian Universalists Church of Southern Delaware

10/6/23 1pm and 2pm Maxwell and River Brown perform on Main Stage at Waterford Fair

Entertainment

9/17/23 2:20pm Maxwell and River Brown at Berks Fiddle Festival Open Mic

https://www.bcmountainresort.com/events/events-festivals/berks-fiddle-fest/

8/6-12/23 Maxwell and River Brown at Galax Old Fiddler’s Convention

7/9/23 Maxwell and River Brown perform at Kutztown Folk Festival

7/5/23 Maxwell Brown performs for Ithaca Preludio Program Etude Concert

7/4/23 Maxwell and River Brown perform for Ithaca Suzuki Institute Recital

7/2/23 River Brown performs at Ithaca First Presbyterian Church

6/28/23 Maxwell Brown performs in Ithaca Preludio Program Encore Concert

6/26/23 Maxwell Brown performs for Ithaca Preludio Program Recital

6/23/23 Maxwell Brown performs for Northwestern University Bienen Institute Recital

6/10/23 Maxwell Brown performs as soloist with DYSO

5/27/23 Maxwell and River Brown perform at Carnegie Hall

5/23/23-5/27/23 Maxwell Brown performs as student-artist for Juilliard’s Starling-DeLay Symposium

https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/Juilliard_Starling-DeLay_Artist_Bios_0.pdf

5/19/23 Maxwell performs as a student guest with the Wilmington Community Orchestra

5/15/23 Maxwell and River Brown perform at Cokesbury

5/6/23 Maxwell Brown performs with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason at The Grand Opera House

4/28/23 Maxwell and River Brown perform at Royal Albert Hall

4/22/23 Maxwell Brown performs as finalist for Lowell Concerto Competition

4/14/23 Maxwell and River Brown perform for Kutztown Folk Music Society

4/1/22 Maxwell Brown performs for Costal Concerts with Elena Urioste

 

3/17/23 Maxwell Brown performs for ASTA Annual Board Meeting

3/16/22 Maxwell Brown performs for ASTA eclectic strings masterclass with Darol Anger

2/25/23 Maxwell Brown performs as a soloist with the MYAC Symphony Orchestra as the Overall Winner of the Junior Open Division of the Walgreens National Concerto Competition

 

1/21/23 Maxwell Brown performs as a soloist with professional orchestra at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall, Chicago, IL for the semi-final round of the International Young Artists Concerto Competition

https://www.internationalyoungartistconcertocompetition.com/2023

12/10/22 Maxwell Brown performs with Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra, including as a soloist for Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre

12/9/22 Max and River Brown perform on piano for Jennifer Nicole Campbell’s studio recital

11/25/22 Max and River Brown perform at Carnegie Hall for American Protege Winners Recital

11/19/22 Maxwell Brown performs for MTNA Delaware Winners Recital

11/18/22 River Brown performs at Unitarian Universalist Church, Cherry Hill, NJ

10/30/22 Maxwell Brown and Rich Myers perform at Arden Guild Hall

10/22/22 Maxwell Brown opens for Amy Yang as Coastal Concerts top scholarship winner

9/25/22 Maxwell Brown performs as Coastal Concerts scholarship winner

 

9/19/22 River Brown performs on Dave Kline’s Mountain Folk Stage at Berk’s Fiddle Fest

9/3/22 Maxwell Brown performs with New Ballard Branch Bogtrotters at Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival

6/29/22 River Brown performs in Ithaca Suzuki Institute Student Recital

6/27/22 Maxwell Brown performs in Preludio Program Recital at Ithaca Suzuki Institute

6/24/22 Maxwell Brown performs in Northwestern University’s Bienen Summer Violin Institute Recital

6/23/22 Maxwell and River Brown perform with the Sullivan Sisters at Banjo after Dark at Borelli’s Pizza Chicago

6/14/22 Maxwell and River Brown perform concert at Cokesbury Village (private)

6/12/22 Maxwell and River Brown perform in Suzuki Academy of Delaware Graduation Recital

6/8/22 Maxwell Brown performs with Ambler Symphony Orchestra as invited guest artist

6/2/22 Maxwell Brown performs with Ambler Symphony Orchestra as invited guest artist

 

4/24/22 Maxwell Brown performs with Ambler Symphony Orchestra as a Menges Award Winner

4/22/22 Maxwell Brown performs with Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas at The Grand Opera House

 

4/20/22 Maxwell Brown performs with Rowan String Ensemble as Junior Division Winner of their Concerto Competition

4/13/22 Maxwell Brown performs in Rising Stars concert

4/7/22 Maxwell Brown performs in masterclass with Sirena Huang

3/19/22 Maxwell Brown performs at American String Teachers Association (ASTA) masterclass with Benny Kim

3/5/22 Maxwell Brown performs with Giro Quartet to win Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (PMTA) Chamber Music Junior Division

1/16/22 Maxwell and River Brown perform for Climate Emergency Workshop

12/3/21 Maxwell Brown performs with Giro Quartet for Warp Trio Master Class

11/7/21 Maxwell and River Brown perform for the COP26 event Making a Climate for Families, hosted by Sustaining All Life

10/24/21 Maxwell Brown performs at the Cedars House 

https://www.thecedarshouse.com/

9/27/21 Maxwell Brown’s Paganini Caprice No. 11 featured in WFS Good News program

 

9/25/21 Maxwell Brown performs as Berlin Fiddlers Convention Winner for Youth Mandolin, Adult Fiddle, and Adult Guitar (the Maryland State Flatpicking Champ!). River Brown performs as an outstanding up and coming young fiddler!

9/19/21 2pm Maxwell Brown competes at Berks Fiddle Fest

8/19/21

6pm Maxwell Brown and Andrew Vogts to perform bluegrass concert for Stonegates (private)

8/9/21 and 8/10/21

6pm Maxwell Brown to compete in Galax Old Fiddler’s Convention Youth and Adult Old Time Fiddle Competitions

7/20/21

6pm Maxwell Brown and Mark Unruh to perform Concert in the Park as part of The Grand’s summer series featuring the Music School of Delaware

 

7/8/21

4pm Maxwell Brown to perform as part of the Ithaca Suzuki Institute Preludio Program Student Recitals.

7:15pm Maxwell Brown to perform as part of the Ithaca Suzuki Institute Preludio Program Etude Concert.

https://www.ithaca.edu/suzuki-institutes

7/1/21

7:15pm Maxwell Brown to perform as part of the Ithaca Suzuki Institute Preludio Program Encore Concert.

https://www.ithaca.edu/suzuki-institutes

 

5/27/21

7pm Maxwell Brown to perform along with other merit scholarship recipients at the Music School of Delaware Honor Award Recital

http://www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/our-events.html

5/24/21

1-3pm Maxwell Brown to perform at The Cedars House. Max will be joined by his friend, McKayla Hwang.

https://www.thecedarshouse.com/

5/7/21

7pm Maxwell Brown to perform at the Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians Winners Recital as winner of the 12 and under category at the Music School of Delaware

http://www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/our-events.html

 

4/18/21

12-2pm Maxwell Brown to perform as part of the United to End Racism and Sustaining All Life Earth Day Workshop on Making a Climate for Families

https://www.sustainingalllife.org/events/making-a-climate-for-families

 

3/13/21

1pm Maxwell Brown to perform at The Cedars House. Max will be joined by his friend, McKayla Hwang.

https://www.thecedarshouse.com/

 

3/6/21

Maxwell Brown wins the Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians, age 12 and under category. A video of the piece he performed (recorded a few days prior) can be viewed at:

8/5/20 

Summer in the Parks by the Grand Opera House of Wilmington, DE Children’s Theatre and the Music School of Delaware, with Mark Unruh

https://www.thegrandwilmington.org/education-community/summer-programs/summer-parks/

 

7/7/20

Ithaca College Suzuki Institute Heifetz Program Virtual Recital

 

6/5/20

Dave Kline’s Americana Fest Virtual Performance

https://www.readingeagle.com/living/entertainment/americana-fest-continues-this-week-with-music-classes-more-spotlight/article_27c68094-a0fc-11ea-81a2-9781cc736f7a.html

 

4/9/20

8:15pm Maxwell Brown to Perform as Part of the Tomorrow’s Bluegrass Stars (TBS) Online Festival

Tomorrow’s Bluegrass Stars launch online youth festival

 

3/7/20

Maxwell Brown Wins Second Place in the Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians. A video of the piece he performed (recorded on a separate date) can be viewed at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGcYP7IZlAA

 

3/1/20

Maxwell Brown Joins Grip It and Rip It to Play for a Contra Dance at the Arden Gild Hall, Delaware

http://ardenclub.org/gilds/contradance/

 

1/26/20

Maxwell Brown Performs with the Brandywine Fiddlers at the Hard Rock Cafe in Philadelphia

12/14/19

Maxwell Brown Performs at Carnegie Hall in the American Protege Winners Recital for Music Talent Competition (for which he won a First Place award as well as Judges’ Distinction award)

https://americanprotege.com/talent2019fall/

11/17/19

1pm Maxwell Brown Performs with the First State Fiddlers at Keep Music Alive’s Sip, Savor, & Song fundraiser in Wallingford, PA:

 http://www.keepmusicalive.org/

 

11/16/19

3pm Maxwell Brown opens for Trout Fishing in America at Reading’s Miller Center for the Performing Arts.

https://millercenter.racc.edu/trout-fishing-america

11/8/19

7:30pm Maxwell Brown performs for the DE Kids Fund’s Operation Warm Newport fundraiser for warm coats for kids.

http://dekidsfund.com/operation-warm/

 

11/2/19

10am Maxwell Brown performs at the Kimmel Center as a winner of the Vivace Competition.

https://www.vivacemusiccompetition.com/concerts—awards-

 

10/23/19

5pm Maxwell Brown joins Eastside Dave and the Mountain Folk Trio to perform in advance of the Steep Canyon Rangers at Kutztown University.

https://www.kutztown.edu/about-ku/administrative-offices/ku-presents/2019-2020-season/steep-canyon-rangers.html

 

10/13/19

Maxwell Brown Performs with First State Fiddlers at Smithville, NJ Irish Festival

http://historicsmithvillenj.com/19-irish-festival 

 

9/21/19

8pm Maxwell Brown Performs with Mark Unruh at the Kennett Flash

https://www.kennettflash.org/events/mark-unruh-with-special-guest-maxwell-brown/

2pm Maxwell Brown competes at Berlin (Maryland) Fiddlers Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBGMZt1RlOI&t=2s

 

9/15/19

1:30pm Maxwell Brown competes in Youth Fiddle at Lyons Fiddle Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY5idCo8k-M&t=18s

 

9:30am Andrew Vogts and Maxwell Brown Perform at Lyons Fiddle Festival

https://lyonsfiddle.com/#/entertainment/

 

9/8/19

3:15pm Maxwell Brown to Perform as a Lyons Fiddle Champion at Apple Days Festival at Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem

 https://historicbethlehem.org/events/apple-days/apple-days-performances/

 

9/5/19

4:30pm Maxwell Brown to Perform with Mark Unruh at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children as part of the Help Our Kids Radiothon hosted by 93.7  WSTW

https://foreverdigitalmedia.com/radiothon/?st=wstw

 

9/1/19

11:15am Maxwell Brown Performs on Mandolin with Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival Kids Academy

https://delawarevalleybluegrass.org/schedule/

 

8/5/19

6pm Maxwell Brown Competes in Youth Old Time Fiddle and Youth Band at Galax Old Fiddler’s Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afWnRq65lcE

 

8/6/19

6pm Maxwell Brown Competes in Adult Old Time Fiddle at Galax Old Fiddler’s Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=332Mq3UcgKA&t=45s

 

7/13/19

7pm Andrew Vogts and Maxwell Brown Perform at Pipersville Music Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9qQypke4I&t=20s

 

7/10/19

4pm Maxwell Brown  Performs at Ithaca College’s Hockett Hall, for Ithaca Suzuki Institute Student Recital

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt3JY9XIX_s

 

7/7/19

10am Maxwell Brown Performs Czardas by Monti at First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, NY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiiS8J99I0c

 

5/27/19

Maxwell Brown performs at PA Music and Arts Festival

https://pamusicsociety.org/

 

5/17/19

7:30pm Maxwell Brown performs at Carnegie Hall as a First Place winner of the Crescendo Competition 

https://www.crescendocompetition.org/

 

5/10/19

7:15pm Maxwell Brown performs in advance of bluegrass legends Del (McCoury) and Dawg (David Grisman) at Delaware’s Grand Opera House

https://www.delmccouryband.com/tour

 

5/5/19

3pm Maxwell Brown performs along with other participants in Scottish String Fling final concert led by Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas at The Ashokan Center

 

5/4/19

7:30pm Maxwell Brown performs with Molly Mason at Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas’ Scottish String Fling Talent Show

 

4/13/19

2pm Maxwell Brown to Perform with Andrew Vogts and the Psycho Exploding Orangutans at Wilmington Wintergrass

 

3/31/19

11:30am Maxwell Brown Performs at Carnegie Hall as a Second Place Winner in American Protege Piano and Strings Competition

https://americanprotege.com/ps2019/

7:30pm Maxwell Brown Performs at Carnegie Hall as a First Place Winner in American Protege Music Talent Competition

https://americanprotege.com/talent2018fall/

 

3/18/19

Maxwell Brown Performs at Halftime of Delaware Blue Coats Basketball Game

https://bluecoats.gleague.nba.com/

 

12/13/18

Andrew Vogts and Maxwell Brown Open for The Beach Boys at Delaware’s Grand Opera House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luyaG78Iu