Vinroy D. Brown, Jr. is a conductor, musicologist, and educator with academic and professional experience in choral conducting, sacred music, and music education. He currently serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sacred Music at Westminster Choir College, where he conducts the Westminster Jubilee Singers, teaches in the Baccalaureate Honors Program, directs the Westminster Vocal Institute, and is the Founder and Curator of the university-wide Celebration of Black Music. He previously served as Lecturer of Music in the College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University, where he developed and taught the institution’s inaugural course in music and social justice. In addition to his academic work, Brown serves as Minister of Creative Worship, Music & Arts at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City. He is also Artistic Director and Conductor of Capital Singers of Trenton.
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His research focuses on the music of the Black experience, women composers, and living composers, with particular attention to music as a tool for social justice and anti-racism in educational and communal settings. His work has been published in the Choral Journal of the American Choral Directors Association, and he is a contributing author in Choral Repertoire by Women Composers. Brown is also the curator of the Black Psalmody Database, the first comprehensive compendium of choral psalm settings by Black composers.
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He has presented research and conducted workshops for international, national and regional organizations, including the International Florence Price Festival, American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO), New Jersey Education Association, and Music Education Association conferences in Virginia, Georgia, Illinois, and Maryland. He has lectured at Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Miami, Millikin University, Rowan University, Kutztown University, the University of Delaware, and The College of New Jersey.
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During the 2025–2026 season, Brown will serve as a guest conductor for the Millikin University Vocal Festival and the Rowan University Tenor-Bass Festival. He will also co-curate the Journey Through Jazz series for Jazz at Lincoln Center, serve as a contributor to the Psalm 150 Conference at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and lecture at Princeton University. Additional engagements include conducting Handel’s Messiah with the Abyssinian Cathedral Choir and New York Philharmonic, Credo by Margaret Bonds with the Westminster Jubilee Singers, and The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson with Capital Singers of Trenton. A noted baritone, Brown appeared as a performer in the Netflix film Maestro, which was awarded the 2025 Grammy for Best Soundtrack for Visual Media. He also served as Chorus Conductor for the world premiere production of Omar, an opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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He holds leadership roles in several professional organizations. He is National Second Vice President and Director of Membership for the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc, the country's oldest organization dedicated to the preservation and performance of music of the Black experience. He is also a member of the National Association for Music Education, National Alliance of Black School Educators, American Choral Directors Association, National Collegiate Choral Organization, International Society for Black Musicians, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, Inc.
Brown earned a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Temple University, where he received both the Elaine Brown Choral Award and the inaugural Alan Harler Choral Award. He also holds a Master of Arts in Practical Theology from Regent University, and dual Bachelor of Music degrees in Sacred Music and Music Education from Westminster Choir College. He is currently a Sigma Alpha Phi scholar, pursuing the Doctor of Philosophy in Music with a concentration in Musicology and additional coursework in Africology and African American Studies at Temple University.