The Julie Brown  Website

The Story

By now, September 11 is firmly etched in the minds of every American and probably most of the world. That same week in 2001, I composed a soprano melody expressing my sadness of this tragic day for America. The accompaniment was then integrated by my dad on the Roland KR-1070 digital electronic grand piano and added to the melody line track using Cool Edit Pro software.

In Mourning and Remembrance

Coloratura Classics
a
Compact Disc Recording by
Julie Christine Brown

New! - Hear Julie Sing!
Download an mp3 CD-quality song!
Songs are at the end of this webpage.

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Background Information
-The-
-Recording-
Coloratura Classics
Julie Brown's First Compact Disc Recording
(October, 1997)

   Coloratura Classics was made in three sessions starting October 3, 1997 at  The Production Block Studios, Inc.   906 E. Fifth St. Austin TX 78702  Phone: (512) 472-8975 Fax: 476-5635 .   The recording engineer was Brian Standefer, a classical musician himself (a cellist) who knows and understands the nuances and specifics of recording classical music. Brian is shown below at the recording console getting things ready.

Then the recording session began. Julie was in a separate room with earphones, and her pianist, Brooks Whitmore was in another room. Their only communication was via earphones.

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Here is Julie recording The Silver Song

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Here is Brooks Whitmore examining his piano score as he listens to a recording.

 

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Some Details on the Recording

    Contents- Eleven Operatic Arias chosen from various media, including German,

        Italian, French, and English

    Mixing by Brian Standefer, Sound Engineer for The Production Block Studios, Inc.

    Mastering by Sound Recorders, Inc., 4031 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas Tel (512) 454-8324

    Pianist- Brooks Whitmore, Doctoral Candidate, Applied Music, The University of Texas at

        Austin  whitmore.bb@mail.utexas.edu

    Cover Photo- Peter Staats, Photographer    Austin, Texas, Telephone (512) 473-8897 . The photo was made at Julie's parents home in Westlake Hills, Texas, with the Texas sky in the background.

About Julie Brown

    Julie Christine Brown was born in Austin, Texas on May 26, 1967.  In 1968, Julie and her family spent one year in Freiburg, Germany . She returned to the US speaking English with a German accent!  From 1969 until 1982, Julie grew up in Chapel Hill, NC where her father was a professor in the Department of Botany at the University of North Carolina. Julie learned to play the violin and appreciated classical music. Then, in 1982, Julie and her family returned to Austin where her father resumed faculty duties in the Department of Botany at The University of Texas at Austin. While in high school, Julie began taking voice lessons with Ruth Ritterling who encouraged her to continue singing.. Her greatest influence and teacher in Austin was  Terry Lusk Terry Lusk now a Professor Conservatory of Music at the University of  Cincinnati. Terry taught Julie how to sing and encouraged her. In 1990, Julie received a bachelors degree from The University of Texas, majoring in elementary education. In January, 1994, Julie enrolled in the Meadows School of the Arts  at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. There she studied with Professor Thomas Hayward and completed her Masters Degree in Vocal Performance in December, 1995. Julie Brown  has studied voice with Carolina Segrera in New York City, and she has performed in Austin, Dallas, Boston, and Tampa. For more information on Julie, click HERE to download her resume.

1.  Caro nome from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi-4,755K; 5 min 04 sec
2. Regnava nel silenzio from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti- 6,992K; 7 min 27 sec
3.  O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini- 1,932K; 2 min 11 sec
4.  Quando m’en vo from La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini- 2,168K; 2 min 18 sec
5.  Je suis Titania from Mignon by Ambroise Thomas- 5,212K; 5 min 33 sec
6.  Ou va la Jeune Indoue from Lakme by Leo Delibes- 6,889K; 7 min 20 sec
7.  Arriere from L’Enfant et les Sortileges by Maurice Ravel- 2,059K; 2 min 11 sec
8.  Zittre Nicht from Die Zauberflote by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- 4,010K; 4 min 16 sec
9.  The Trees on the Mountains from Susannah by Carlisle Floyd- 4,457; 4 min 45 sec
10.  The Silver Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe  by Douglas Moore- 3,267K; 3 min 29 sec
11.  The Willow Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe by Douglas Moore- 3,486K; 3 min 43 sec

The Story

Since the original recording of Coloratura Classics in 1997, there have been advances in digital recording technology. With the better  software and editing capabilities, it is now possible to greatly improve the recordings made nearly 7 years ago. My dad uses "Cool Edit Pro" and has been able to tone down the piano which was not recorded so well in the original. I hope that you will enjoy these remasterings. They are made with the highest mp3 settings VBR from Cool Edit. Just click on the corresponding numbers below to play/download the remastered recording. Enjoy!

Remastered mp3 files

1. Remaster 01.mp3

2. Remaster 02.mp3

3. Remaster 03.mp3

4. Remaster 04.mp3

5. Remaster 05.mp3

6. Remaster 06.mp3

7. Remaster 07.mp3

8. Remaster 08.mp3

9. Remaster 09.mp3

10. Remaster 10.mp3

11.Remaster 11.mp3

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modified October 23, 2004