 Brouwer was one of five American women composers to be commissioned by American Pianists Association to write a work for solo piano.Her composition "Prelude and Toccata" premiered in Indianapolis on April 15, 2013 by Eric Zuber, for the APA's 2013 ProLiance Energy Classical Fellowship Awards.On April 18 and 19, 2013 the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra performed Brouwer's "Remembrances.