Draft:Charles Brennand

{{Short description|American Cellist}}

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File:Charlie Brennand with his cello.jpg

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Charles Brennand (1929-July 31,1976 ) was an American cellist and string quartet player. [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4583357-Charles-Brennand?srsltid=AfmBOoq6ogP1Mozu3Ae00nAxLXAc7ZxsmYwOtdX33zi6yyO3jcEcZoii][https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/01/archives/charles-brennand.html] He was one of four brothers who all became major orchestra players, including Robert, who was principal bass with the New York Philharmonic.[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/26/archives/philharmonic-puts-four-in-new-posts.html] and Thomas who was bassist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/docfiles/programs_19910430b.pdf

As a student, Brennand attended on a fellowship to the Boston Symphony Tanglewood Music Center in 1949 . https://archives.bso.org/Search.aspx?searchType=Performance&Soloist=Charles%20Brennand He received his Bachelor of music at Oberlin Conservatory, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8x73hIkXw], where he made a recording of a Beethoven cello/piano sonata in 1950.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93OKv2bGV4Q |title=Beethoven - Cello Sonata in F Op 5 No 1 - Milton Stern, piano - Charles Brennand, cello - acetate |date=2024-02-08 |last=Greg Sandell |access-date=2024-11-08 |via=YouTube}} Subsequently, he received his Masters in Music at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne. [https://bibleaves.library.illinois.edu/?f%5Bcollection_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Concert+Programs+%28SOM%29&f%5Bperformance_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Performance&page=77&per_page=100&sort=author]

Brennand joined the cello section of the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the baton of Eugene Ormandy.{{Cite web |title=Philadelphia Orchestra Association records (personnel files) - Philadelphia Area Archives |url=https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_RBML_PUSP.MS.COLL.1479.2 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=findingaids.library.upenn.edu}} (See Orchestra Archives, Box 181, folder 3) He was a co-founder of the Philadelphia String Quartet. {{Cite web |title=Philadelphia String Quartet - Free Music Archive |url=https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Philadelphia_String_Quartet/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=freemusicarchive.org}} The 1st violinist was Veda Reynolds; 2nd violinist was Irwin Eisenberg; and the violist, Alan Iglitzin. They parted ways with the orchestra to much publicity, including this 1966 article from Time Magazine: "Orchestras: Flying the Coop". {{Cite magazine |last=TIME |date=1966-10-07 |title=Orchestras: Flying the Coop |url=https://time.com/archive/6889562/orchestras-flying-the-coop/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}

Charlie, as he was known to his friends, brought his family to Seattle in 1966 as the quartet joined the faculty of the University of Washington as their string quartet in residence.[https://nwmusicarchives.com/artist/philadelphia-string-quartet/] The quartet performed extensively for years at the University of Washington and beyond.{{Cite web |title=Nov.1 1974 PSQ Program.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXoS5jb5sIQnqaozYPzkVGi08YQnGNmw/view |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Google Docs}} They made concert tours to Europe, South America. The Philadelphia Quartet was the first American quartet to tour India, representing the U.S. State Department, in February 1968. {{Cite web |title=The Philadelphia String Quartet - Veda Reynolds and Irwin Eisenberg, violins / Albert Iglitzin, viola / Charles Brennand, cello (2 concerts) |url=https://poonamusic.com/events/the-philadelphia-string-quartet-veda-reynolds-and-irwin-eisenberg-violins-albert-iglitzin-viola-charles-brennand-cello-2-concerts/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=The Poona Music Society |language=en-US}}

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Charles made numerous recordings as a member of the Philadelphia Quartet. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXoS5jb5sIQnqaozYPzkVGi08YQnGNmw/view] and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NxMFAtaUw97qU_REAuT9QOuZTm0kz5sT/view this concert at the U of W.] . Brennand also made recordings as a cello soloist.{{Citation |last1=CHARLES BRENNAND |title=WALTER'S PRIZE SONG |url=https://archive.org/details/78_walters-prize-song_charles-brennand-william-kurzban-wagner_gbia0548073b |access-date=2024-11-08 |others=Internet Archive |publisher=Musical Sound Books For Young Listeners |language=English |last2=WILLIAM KURZBAN |last3=Wagner}} [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4583357-Charles-Brennand?srsltid=AfmBOopHCOMAQUOR50h24ZuvtynnoDPt3gFGUgqHkTyaYypWWqkB2Gfc]

He was also admired as a teacher and chamber music coach. {{Cite web |title=ICS Featured Artist: CONVERSATION WITH VICTOR SAZER |url=https://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/sazer.htm |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.cello.org}}[https://cello.org/index.cfm@fuseaction=cellistDetailPage&cellistID=10684.html] He was associated with the Seattle Youth Symphony with conductor Vilem Sokol. Charlie helped through his old contacts with the Philadelphia Orchestra that the youth symphony had permission to perform Mahler's 10th Symphony in a rare west coast appearance. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.gustav-mahler.org/archiv/veranstaltungsprogramme/v-007/V-007-002250.pdf [https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/the-biggest-little-orchestra-in-the-united-states-3/]

File:PSQ with Stanley.jpgThe LP "Memorial Album" was created to celebrate the last performances with Charlie; that included 1st violinist, Stanley Ritchie; Irv Eisenberg, and Alan Iglitzin. [https://www.discogs.com/release/13673183-Philadelphia-String-Quartet-Memorial-Album-The-Last-Performances-With-Charles-Brennand?srsltid=AfmBOooOVarRPug9Q9fDQ7wQ6Q-Fki1BaVsLwPmqiD9GDYkiBkQEa95L]