About

Marguerite Brown is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who explores new mediums, forms, and performance practices, with an emphasis on unconventional approaches to tuning and temperament. In her compositions, algorithms often serve as frameworks for indeterminate elements to unfold, inviting interpretive freedom within a shared artistic vision.

Marguerite’s work has been performed at KM28 (Berlin), The Composers Conference (New Hampshire), Underscore Festival (Atlanta), Espacios Sonoros Electroacoustic Festival (Argentina), ClarinetFest (Denver), La Chapelle Theater (Canada), Center for New Music (San Francisco), REDCAT Theater (Los Angeles), Indexical (Santa Cruz), Bread & Salt Gallery (San Diego), Wayward Music Series (Seattle), among others. 

She received first place in the 6th International Microtonal Guitar Competition (composition category) for her piece Solo (Daisy), which she performed on a guitar refretted in an original 11-limit just intonation tuning system. In 2022, she was also awarded the Mivos/Kanter String Quartet Prize for her just intonation string quartet chroai: tetrachords, which Mivos performed frequently during their 2022–2023 season. She is currently developing a solo set for tabletop electric guitar and live electronics while completing a PhD in music composition at the University of California, San Diego.