Michael Brownlee, a music graduate of
Lee ('73), joined the music faculty in
1980. He customarily teaches
Applied Piano, Piano
Pedagogy/Literature, and Graduate Piano
Proficiency.
Brownlee is the Coordinator of Keyboard Studies
for the School of Music and is a nationally
certified piano teacher through the Music
Teachers National Association. He is a
member of the Tennessee Music Teachers
Association, Ocoee Music Teachers Association
and the National Piano Guild. He also
holds membership in Pi Kappa Lambda National
Music Honor Society and is listed in Who's Who
Among America's Teachers. He currently is
a member of the Tennessee Music Teachers
Association Executive Board. Mr. Brownlee
also adjudicates many piano competitions
particularly those held through the Tennessee
Music Teachers Association and the American
Federation of Music Teachers. He has
produced numerous piano solo winners in the Lee
University Marley Honors Recital and in the
Tennessee Music Teachers Association High School
and Collegiate Piano Competitions. Active
on campus as a pianist and organist for special
events, Brownlee also serves as pianist at his
home church, Westmore Church of God.
Brownlee enjoys musical activities, tennis,
basketball and family activities. He is
originally from Laurens, South Carolina, and he
and his wife, Gloria, Director of Supported
Learning at Lee, have two children, Chet and
Gigi.
Michael Brownlee
