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She has taught at Puget Sound Guitar Workshop since 1993.
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She still plays regular gigs with her quintet, Velzoe Brown and
The Upbeats.
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She plays regularly at community locations across Santa Cruz and
surrounding areas.
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Raised in Nebraska, Velzoe was one of five children born to a
mother and father who played piano and trumpet, respectively.
Velzoe's first instrument was the piano, which she says she learned
without lessons --"I gathered it in with my mother's milk,
I think." At 13, Velzoe started playing trombone, teaching
herself from an instruction book. She worked her way up to first
chair in the girls' marching band at Omaha Tech High, and at 16,
she became a full-time musician with the all-women traveling orchestra,
The Pollyanna's Syncopators, a group that played ballrooms and
theaters from the east coast to California. Later, Velzoe moved
to California, where she spent many more successful years playing
with top-notch bands.
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