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Joe Cox

November 18, 2007

Buena suerte con la musica suya, y, recuerdes: No hay rosas sin espinas.
Jose
donjose2@gmail.com

Rich Eldridge

November 15, 2007

Hi Anita, played our last rehearsal with you last night with the Fairlawn Diamond Jubilee Band. It was an honor and privilege to get to know and work with you. I am really impressed with you knowledge and accomplishments in the music world.

Rich Eldridge/1st Alto/Diamond Jubilee Band/ Fairlawn, N.J.

Bob Brown

November 10, 2007

Anita, my son both took some time and listened to some of your music, we both liked the big band sound, keep up the great work..Bob

margaret Bernhard Lyons

October 19, 2007

hi anita, I was looking through classmates.com & wanted to look you up. I was visiting andover in may & went by your old house. I am very proud of your accomplishments. I am an artist in new mexico.,married no chidren.Love your music very soothing! hope to hear from you margaret

Al Tatarunis

October 8, 2007

Hi:
After reading your web page you don't have to write and tell ne what you're doing.
Dr. Al Tatarunis

Dean Chongris

October 5, 2007

Anita! I am so proud of you!!
I can't believe it took me this long to find you.
You look great and you look so happy. Good luck to you. Love Dean

Mark Tonelli

October 5, 2007

Website looks great! Hopefully see you soon.

Best,
Mark

ann

September 25, 2007

Great web-site laShada!
tag.

Bill Mobley

August 28, 2007

hi bebebe my wife ad I want to have you over for dinner sometime..............what do you think? I think we could dream up something great......

Richard

May 31, 2007

Hello, I love your site! You might remember me from coming to my school and teaching everyone how to become a composer just recently.

Mrs. McConnell's Class

May 30, 2007

Thanks for teaching us. You ROCK OUR SOX!
Julia, Thalia, Melanie, Lucy, A.J., Richard, Donald, Altin, Joey, Andy, Dylan, MacKenzie, Kristen, William, Joseph, Nick, Mirella, Dana, Rebecca.

Mrs. Bell's Class

May 29, 2007

Thank you for coming to our school, and for teaching us how to compose great music.

From, Danielle, Lexi, Roberto, Eric,Jon, Alexis, Megan, Nick, Don, Jack, Anthony, Jessie, Carly, Danielle, Martha, Ben, Natalie, Stephanie, Naba, Edrion.

Mala Waldron

March 2, 2007

Hi Anita,

I wanted to let you know I was at your IAJE performance in January. You & your band were amazing! Your compositions came off with such passion and great emotion - I was deeply touched. Sorry I wasn't able to stick around at the end to congratulate you in person. Sending best wishes & hugs - Always, Mala.

John Blair

January 31, 2007

Anita,
Still basking in the glow from your successful perfromance at IAJE??
Congrats on another great performance. Wonderful energy...talk to you soon

Be cool,
The Shadow

Connie Crothers

January 24, 2007

Your concert at the IAJE Conference was really great. Everything came together. Your compositions were outstanding and the musicians in the band obviously inspired. You were dynamite. And the room was packed. It was one of those great moments. I was thrilled to be there.

Bart Noorman

January 17, 2007

Dear miss Brown,

At the IAJE 2007 I joined your clinic, bought your cd and listened to you concert. I was the guy who asked you about the chaconne bass.

I want to let you know that your music touches me deeply. At the concert I couldn't keep my tears at all songs except for the last one. When I played your cd at home the effect was similar, especially at the Shifting tides of Montauk. I listened together with my girlfriend (also a music lover) to The lighthouse. We simply had to stop the cd to take a break after hearing such intens concentration and power.

There is something in your way of using harmony and instrumentation that is really special. I hope when your new album is coming out you will let me know, because I'll buy it unheard.

Your orchestra deserves many complements as well. You simply work with excellent players. I'm a trumpeter myself. Those notes from your lead player as well as from the soloist evoke my deepest respect...

I also like the fact that the music is recorded without overdubs. These days in studios everything can be fixed, but what we hear here is honest.

Keep on writing!

Best regards,

Bart Noorman
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Dr. Jeffrey Kunkel

January 16, 2007

As always, great to see you at IAJE. As much as I enjoyed your clinic on "The Lighthouse", your concert blew me away even more. Congrats to your band. It was definitely one of the highlights of the conference in terms of performances for me. The musicc really came to life, representing a great variety of emotions. You are quickly becoming a master of tension and release, and after all, what more is there to great music?
JK

Jack Cortner

January 15, 2007

Anita,

Congratulations on a terrific concert Saturday. I wasn't able to stop by after the concert so I'm sending this email. It was interesting to hear your band live...as good as the recording is, it doesn't convey the intensity and the "wall of sound" the band delivers in the big tutti sections. And, much to my chagrin, on the end of "27 East" where I thought you had dialed in a recording of waves breaking on shore, I see (and hear) the players blowing through their horns with fluttering valves, etc. Obviously, I don't always listen as closely as I should.

I like the way the concert started, developed and ended...I think they call this good programming. Whatever you're doing Anita, keep on doing it.

All the best,

Jack

Tony Hyde

January 15, 2007

You have a wonderful concept and ability to "tell a story" with your music. Full of rich textures, energy and spiraling harmonies. It is very evocative music and it is very rewarding for the listener. I came away feeling very uplifted and content with the world. What more could you ask of one's music?

Dr. Judith Schlesinger

January 15, 2007

It's no coincidence that your Web site is the color of passion. Watching you conduct your gorgeous music is to witness the ultimate artistic fulfillment: highly personal, completely original, and intensely joyful.
Onward and upward, kiddo! BRAVA!!

Rebecca Monroe

January 9, 2007

Looks great - you've really added alot to this - love your "header" drawing of you conducting, too.
See/hear you soon.

Philomena Satchell

December 13, 2006

You are a very talent young lady and wish you all the best and more success in your career.

Jack Cortner

December 2, 2006

Anita,
You have an authentic and original voice in big band jazz.
Congratulations on your ASCAP award. Sometimes the good guys win!

denise (liszewski) young

November 30, 2006

hi anita!
loved the web-site. You did a great job putting it together-very informative.
loved the fact that you could listen to excerpts from your album (oops CD!!)you are an extremely talented artist that I am proud to know, love and call my true friend.
stay well and keep smilin!
luv ya denise :o)

Natasha Padilla

November 27, 2006

Intelligent, uncompromising music from a talented, exacting woman overflowing with passion for her art. Music = Life = Anita Brown. Best of luck to you always!

Maggie Patterson

November 26, 2006

Hi! I like your site a lot, especially the photos. I remember the summer you were choosing a cover for that album, I was taking piano lessons from you then. By the way, Mom loves the picture on the postcard you gave me.
--Maggie

Andrew Dark

November 26, 2006

Delightful as you are!

Jackie Gaspard

November 22, 2006

Anita-
I LOVE the website!! Everything looks great. Congratulations and keep moving foward with your dreams!!
XOXO-
Jackie

Rich Germaine

November 11, 2006

Hey Anita !!...I bought 27 East last year and still blast it around the house !! You GO GIRL !! How's your Dad and Mom?...We moved to Denver for a new job in May and love it here. My kids play Piano,guitar, bass and drums. I have 3 boys, Ricky, 14, Aaron 12, and Jesse 8. I still play Trumpet, mainly in church. I also play guitar, bass and drums on my worship team. When's the new CD comin' out? Ever gig out west?

We will try and see you when we visit the fam in NY...Old friend, Rich Germaine

JARED SIMON

November 9, 2006

Hi you're right next to me ahahah kool trumpet lesson today!

Ann St. Cyr

November 7, 2006

Again, Congratulations I am so proud of you.

Brenda Martenson

November 7, 2006

Hi Anita!
Congratulations! Awesome web site. I love the pictures.
xoxo
Brenda

Dr. Al Tatarunis

November 6, 2006

Great web site. 27 East has gotten a rave and a thumbs up from my retired musician friends - some from guys who played with your dad when you lived in the Andover area.

Linda & Michael McKenzie

November 5, 2006

Way to go girl !! We are proud of you !! Love Linda

Dave Frank

October 17, 2006

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Kris Hutchigs

October 13, 2006

I hadn't heard your music before -- it's terrific!

Matt Rappaport

October 13, 2006

This is great.

Robin Hutchings

October 9, 2006

Unbelieveable!! Not only in your accomplishments, but in the way you pass on the love of music to so many!!

Fancy Nancy

October 7, 2006

Anita Banita,

Web site is awesome!! You Rock!
I still can't "contoncentrate"
I love Garfield with legs!!
Hugs

Karen Bartholomew

September 23, 2006

Love the pics! The site looks terrific. Best of luck with your endeavors. XO, Karen

Salshutz Family

September 22, 2006

We love the website. See you Friday.

Tim Horner

September 20, 2006

Yummy !!!!!!!

Nick Zagoreos

September 18, 2006

Wow!!! Very impressed. Great website. I hope to catch up with you soon. Maybe you should organise a gig in London????

Chris McNulty

September 17, 2006

You are too clever!! This looks great....I am out on the road, and back at the end of next week, sorry not had time to re-connect, but hope to soon - No time to do anything but post production on Whispers the Heart release which came out this week. Will send you a copy soon. Very glad indeed to hear/see that things are going so well. Very best of luck, mon ami!

Carol Buchanan (your cuz)

September 17, 2006

Great site! Congratulations my dear. It seems, at least for you and I, the older we get the better we get and know what we want. I will write you soon to share with you.

Love ya cuz,
Carol

Andy Campbell

September 17, 2006

Hi Anita -

Nice web site! Way to go!

Rock on with your bad self...

Andy

louis chugranis

September 17, 2006

anita,
i want to sing with you sometime
did i tell you i traded fours with donald byrd for at 4 minutes?
lou

Mark Wechsler

September 17, 2006

Brown,
Congratulations, website looks good.
Good luck with it.

Love ya, Wechsler

Mala Waldron

September 17, 2006

Hey Anita,

Congratulations on the new website! I'm so happy to see things are going well with you & your music. Your compositions are wonderful. They evoke the most vivid pictures -- wow. I honestly love all the audio clips you've posted here. If absolutely pressed to pick a favorite, it would probably be between "Alexander's Lullaby Waltz" or "27 East." But as they say -- it's ALL good :-) I'm glad we've reconnected. Best wishes with everything. I look forward to catching you in concert ... hopefully soon!

luis D. Bonilla

September 17, 2006

Great looking site, Anita. Glad to see everything is moving forward as planned. I love the pics with the composing kids! Big kiss and hope to see you soon.
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