Tacket Brown began playing music at an early age. He was influenced greatly by his grandmother, herself a concert pianist, who started him on drums at the age of nine. By age 14 he began playing professionally in the Portland metro area at well established jazz venues. His teachers included the jazz drum legend Mel Brown (The Temptations, Stevie Wonder) and Grammy-nominated percussionist Niel DePonte (Oregon Symphony).
In his late teens Brown began focusing on classical percussion, making his solo debut at the age of 15 performing the West Coast premiere of Daniel Dorff’s Allegro Volante for solo percussion with members of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. From there, under the tutelage of Niel DePonte, he began performing semi-regularly with the Oregon Symphony as a section percussionist, the youngest member at the time. By age 17 he had received a full-tuition scholarship to attend the highly acclaimed University of Michigan School of Music, where he earned his Bachelor of Music Performance with concentration in Percussion Performance and Music Education.
He has performed countless concerts across the US, Japan, Argentina, Europe, and Canada and has appeared on 40+ albums. He currently teaches percussion studies, audio production and game audio at DigiPen Institute of Technology and conducts freelance master classes and clinics across the Pacific Northwest.