ABOUT

natalie brown is a storyteller. through music, theatre, and research, she seeks to amplify voices historically excluded from western narratives and use the arts as a means for social change.

as a composer and musician, natalie works within the worlds of theatrical, contemporary, and classical music. natalie's original creative work includes the opera adaptation of ntozake shange’s for colored girls… (eugene o’neill NMTC semifinalist, new york city center/yale university), original musical little white lies (yale university), chamber music piece insomni/black (carnegie hall commission), and original musical finding eden (rave theater festival finalist). notable among her other experience, she was a write out loud contest finalist, composes incidental music for live theatre, and regularly performs her original music at venues recently including new york’s 54 below and new haven’s koffee?.

natalie’s work is grounded in cultivating an understanding of where we are, where we’ve come from, and where we're going; thus, academic rigor and research are essential parts of her process. natalie received her BA in african-american studies and music at yale university in may 2025, where she was a mellon mays/edward a. bouchet fellow.

committed to telling stories in all mediums, natalie writes for film, TV, and theatre. her other theatrical experience includes acting, producing, music directing, and music assisting. at yale, she was named a swensen scholar in the arts and awarded honors including yale's abraham beekman cox prize, given to "the most promising gifted composer in the junior class," and the michael manzella award.

raised in houston, tx, she now splits her time between new haven, ct, boston, ma, and new york city.