Art Brownlow is Faculty Fellow for Academic Innovation and Professor of Music at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he teaches music history. He is a fellow in the University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers, a founding fellow of the UTRGV Academy of Distinguished Teachers, and an Apple Distinguished Educator. He has received the UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, the College Music Society Instructional Technology Initiative Award, and various certifications in Flipped Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Brownlow's research encompasses brass instrument history, educational technology, flipped learning, and AI in teaching. His scholarly work includes the books The Last Trumpet: A History of the English Slide Trumpet and Teaching Music History with iPad, along with numerous conference presentations. Previously, Dr. Brownlow was an active performer, having played for thirty years as Principal Trumpet in the Valley Symphony Orchestra and with orchestras in Illinois, Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas, and the Spoleto Festival USA and Italy. He holds a DMA in Trumpet Performance from The University of Texas at Austin, a degree in trumpet performance from Northwestern University, and music education from Furman University, with additional studies in musicology at the University of North Carolina.