Loretta Brown
Loretta was born with a deep desire to play
the piano, make sound, and bring song and joy to the world! She
learned to walk by crawling up the leg of a piano and playing the
keys. Her first composition was written at age 4, which she entitled
"The Storm". Her desire to play was so strong that at
age 5, she began to sit at the piano with music books and figure
out how to read the notes. She is the 7th of 8 children and there
was very little money to direct towards piano lessons, but that
didn't matter to Loretta who continued to learn to play by herself
until age 13, when she finally got regular piano lessons. Since
that time she has played for everything from church to musical theater,
and has played worldwide as an accompanist to many great singers
and choirs.
Loretta lived in Saudi Arabia for over 8 years and during that time
was the Resident Accompanist for the U.S. Ambassador's Residence.
She also was hired to give piano lessons to the Saudi princesses
and taught music at the International School in Riyadh to Elementary
Children, directing her own choir of 180 voices by audition only.
For the last few years Loretta has been studying the effects of
music and sound on health, and is a Certified Music Practitioner
who plays at the bedside of the ailing and dying. Her original compositions
for piano keyboard, and voice are used regularly by massage therapists,
Reiki practitioners, sound healers, hospitals, clinics and schools
for healing and educational purposes. Loretta continues to play
on a regular basis and can also be found at the Sherman Clay Pianos
in Bellevue.
Loretta also has a B.A. in Music.