Rate My Professor Birch Browning

Dr. Birch Browning is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Cleveland State University School of Music, where he has served on the faculty since 2002. Specializing in Music Education, he also holds the position of Music Director of the Cleveland Winds, a professional wind band based at CSU that he founded in 2009. Prior to joining CSU, Browning taught music education courses at Stetson University and Florida State University. Before pursuing his doctorate, he taught high school band and orchestra in Florida. He earned a Ph.D. in Music Education from Florida State University. As a conductor and clinician, Browning is in demand nationally, with his ensembles including the CSU Symphonic Band, Chamber Winds, and Cleveland Winds performing at the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Development Conference in 2005, 2015, and 2017. They have broadcast live on WCLV, Cleveland's classical music station, on six occasions and appear on the recording Timothy Reynish International Repertoire Series, Vol. 12, available on iTunes and Spotify. The Cleveland Winds won The American Prize in the Band/Wind Ensemble Performance—community and school division.