 In 2007, violinist Michi Wiancko and conductor James Gaffigan premiered Brouwer’s Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra with CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra.In reviewing this work, Donald Rosenberg wrote about its “surprising tension between skittish and poetic material... the violinist has long, bravura statements that melt seamlessly into tender utterances and back again.”

In 2009, premieres included Brouwer's "Rhapsody for Orchestra" commissioned and premiered by the Detroit Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conducting, and BREAKDOWN, a collaborative work by Brouwer and video/sound artist Kasumi, commissioned and premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, George Manahan conducting, at Carnegie's Zankel Hall.Brouwer's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, commissioned by the Dallas Symphony, was premiered in January 2010.