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Brenda Brenner
Associate Professor of Music Education
Brenda Brenner specializes in the area of
string music education, teaching applied violin and courses in
violin and string pedagogy. She holds a D.M.A. (1990) and M.M.
(1986) from the Eastman School of Music in Violin Literature and
Performance, and a B.M. and B.M.E. (1984, summa cum laude) from the
Wichita State University. Dr. Brenner has taught at the IU School
of Music since 1993, when she was appointed Assistant Professor of
Music (Violin) and Assistant Director of the IU String Academy. Her
String Academy students have been featured in concerts in major
venues throughout the United States and have presented tours in
France, Japan, Sweden, Spain and Italy. Her students are winners of
several prestigious competitions and have taken leadership roles in
orchestras and classrooms throughout the country. They have been
featured in performances at the national conventions of the American
String Teachers Association, the National Association of Schools of
Music, and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, and are the
subject of an Emmy nominated documentary titled Circling Around.
Dr. Brenner also teaches and conducts at the IU Summer String
Academy, and is Assistant Director of the IU Retreat for
Professional Violinists and Violists. Prior to her arrival at IU,
she was Assistant Professor of Music at Carleton College.
Active as a chamber music performer, Dr.
Brenner is a prizewinner in several prestigious competitions,
including the Cleveland Quartet Competition, Banff International
Quartet Competition, Young Concert Artists International
Competition, and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
She has participated in several prestigious chamber music festivals,
holding fellowships at the Aspen Center for Advanced Quartet Study
and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Yale University) where she
worked intensively with the Cleveland, Tokyo, Juilliard, Emerson,
and American Quartets. She continues to be active as a performer
at IU, where she collaborates with fellow faculty members including
her husband, organist Christopher Young.
In addition to her appointment in the music
education department, Dr. Brenner continues to serve as Assistant
Director of the IU String Academy.
Courses Taught:
E303: Violin Pedagogy I
E304: Violin Pedagogy II
EdM434/436: Administration of School Bands and Orchestras (team
taught with Scott Weiss)
E420: String Pedagogy
F261: String Techniques (supervision of AI)
Applied violin teaching
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