Michael Brown
TRUMPETER | EDUCATOR
Michael Shannon Brown Jr. is a trumpet performer and educator in the Kalamazoo area.
He recently graduated from Kennesaw State University with his Bachelor of Music in Trumpet
Performance, where he studied with Dr. Douglas Lindsey and Mr. Michael Tiscione. As a
performer, Mr. Brown has performed solo and chamber recital throughout the state of Georgia.
As a soloist, Mr. Brown has been featured with the Jones County Symphonic Band and has
performed as the cornet soloist in Sergei Prokofiev’s “Lieutenant Kije Suite” with the Kennesaw
State University Symphony Orchestra Concert at the Georgia Music Educators Association In-
Service Conference.
As an educator, Mr. Brown has taught private lessons throughout the Metro-Atlanta area
to students ranging from elementary to the collegiate level. His students have recently
been selected to participate in numerous Georgia District Honor Bands and others have earned
positions in collegiate studios at the University of Georgia and Kennesaw State University. Mr.
Brown passion for chamber music has led him to instruct the brass and chamber Music program
at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia. During his tenure at North Paulding, Mr.
Brown directed four brass quintets. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Brown was the brass and
chamber music instructor at Cass High School in Cartersville, Georgia.
Mr. Brown is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance from
Western Michigan University under the tutelage of Dr. Robert White, where he was awarded the
Graduate Brass Quintet Assistantship. When Mr. Brown is not practicing, performing, or
teaching the trumpet, he enjoys relaxing at home with his wonderful bulldog Jager.
Lorin Green
FLUTIST | EDUCATOR | WRITER
Lorin Green has studied music since the age of nine with concentrations in voice, violin, and flute. She graduated from John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School located in Augusta, GA in 2016 with her pathway being in Music. Throughout high school, she studied with Mrs. Angela Massey of the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Green held the position of principal flute with the DFA Symphonic Band, the DFA Symphony Orchestra, the Aiken Youth Symphony Orchestra, and is a former member of the Augusta Flute Choir. Ms. Green has also performed with the United States Army Field Band and has attended music festivals and camps held by prestigious members of the Flute Community such as Bonita Boyd of the Eastman School of Music. She has been awarded numerous Music Scholarships, Assistantships, and Fellowships and is the winner of the 2018 Sigma Alpha Iota Mary Ann Starring Memorial Award in the Woodwind or Brass Division. In 2021, Ms. Green was offered a position with the United States Marine Regional Bands.
In addition to being an active soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Green also has years of teaching experience with holding numerous masterclasses and giving private lessons to students of the elementary, middle school, high school, collegiate, and adult learner levels. Ms. Green recently received her Bachelors in Flute Performance from Kennesaw State University where she sat as Principal Flute of the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble for two years. During her time at KSU, Ms. Green studied Flute with Mrs. Christina Smith of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Piccolo with Mrs. Kelly Bryant of the Atlanta Opera.
Ms. Green is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Flute Performance from the University of New Mexico where she studies with Valerie Potter of the New Mexico Symphony and is a Graduate Assistant and Fellow of the UNM School of Music.
Judy Cole
PIANIST | EDUCATOR
Judy Cole is considered by local area colleagues to be one of the most versatile pianists in the Atlanta commercial music scene. She has performed for corporate presidents, university presidents, and even a former President of the United States, in venues ranging from concert halls to nightclubs and recording studios, as a soloist and as a collaborative pianist.
When Professor Cole first arrived at Kennesaw State University, she taught classes in music theory and history, coached Opera and Musical Theatre, and accompanied student and faculty recitals. From 2008 to 2016 she played, coached and musically directed all the Musical Theatre productions for the Theatre and Performance Studies division of COTA in addition to her duties for the School of Music. Since fall 2016, she has been the Coordinator of Collaborative Piano for the School of Music, and now teaches Accompanying, private studio lessons, Advanced Class Piano, and coaches/plays for the Opera Theatre classes. Judy also enjoys a demanding schedule of recital performances with faculty and students. In past years, Judy has been a featured soloist with the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and the KSU Wind Ensemble. Along with KSU trumpet professor Dr. Doug Lindsey, Judy is a founding member of Duo Trompiano.
Mrs. Cole has worked professionally and made a successful career over the last 35 years as a free-lance pianist and commercial musician playing in a variety of settings. To quote J. Lynn Thompson, founding Artistic Director of the Atlanta Lyric Opera, "Judy Cole is one of those rare artists who can move effortlessly between styles ranging from opera to Broadway, jazz to rock and roll. She is a conductor's and singer's dream of a pianist." Mrs. Cole has been featured on numerous recordings both as an accompanist and as a soloist, including her own CD "By Request," and has several solo recordings in process at this time. As often as scheduling allows, she plays in the pit orchestra for Broadway touring shows playing at the Fox Theatre and major events at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center.
Starting fall 2018, Judy is the Music Director for City Springs Theatre Company, Atlanta’s newest professional group producing Musical Theatre shows. City Springs Theatre Company is the resident theatre company for the spectacular Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center; the inaugural season opens with “42nd Street” in September, followed by “Elf”, “South Pacific”, “Billy Elliott” and “Hairspray”. As MD, Judy will both play with and conduct the pit orchestras for each show.
She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying with Marvin Blickenstaff. After taking a year off from school, during which she toured the United States playing in a show band, she was invited to attend the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she earned her Master of Music degree in Accompanying, with a concentration in Musical Theatre and Chamber Music. Her teachers included Olga Radosavlovich at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Dr. Robert Evans, Babbette Effron and Dr. Kelly Hale at CCM.
In addition to local performances, Mrs. Cole travels routinely to accompany classical, instrumental, vocal, and religious Jewish music concerts throughout the US where she is known for her ability to arrive, rehearse and perform demanding concert material all within a span of several hours. She has collaborated with many of the top Cantors and musicians in the Jewish music world, including Hazzan Naftali Herstik in Jerusalem, Cantor Asher Hainovitz, Simon Sargon, Bonia Shur, Michael Isaacson, and Debbie Friedman. Judy is a member of the Guild of Temple Musicians (the national organization of Jewish musicians and composers), the American Federation of Musicians, and the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance. She is the staff accompanist at The Temple in Atlanta and is still an active commercial musician.
Judy is a mom to daughters Katy and Rebekah, their husbands Mike and Richard, an ecstatic grandmother to Charlotte, Jack and Vivian, and is happily married to Cantor Herb Cole.