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Brenda Brenner

Eugene O'Brien Bicentennial Executive Associate Dean (Interim); Associate Professor of Music (Music Education)

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Phone:
812-855-0989
Email:
bbrenner@indiana.edu
Department:
Music Education
Campus:
IU Bloomington
Simon Center, M145C

Education

  • D.M., Doctor of Music, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, 1990
  • M.M., Master of Music, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, 1986
  • B.M., Bachelor of Music, Wichita State University, 1984
  • B.M.E., Bachelor of Music Education, Wichita State University, 1984

Biography

Brenda Brenner is Eugene O'Brien Bicentennial Executive Associate Dean (Interim) and associate professor of music in music education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She specializes in string music education, teaching applied violin and courses in violin and string pedagogy.

Brenner earned a B.M. and a B.M.E. from Wichita State University and an M.M. and a D.M.A. in violin performance from the Eastman School of Music. In addition to her appointment to the Jacobs Music Education Department, she serves as co-director of the IU String Academy, a position she has held since 1993. Her String Academy students have been featured in concerts in major venues throughout the United States and have presented tours throughout Europe, Asia, and South America.

As director of the Fairview Project—a program in which every first and second grader in an underserved school is taught violin as part of the curriculum—Brenner is researching the cognitive, academic, and social outcomes of early instrumental music instruction.

An active performer of chamber music throughout the United States, she partners with pianist Kenneth Huber and her husband, organist Christopher Young. She also teaches and conducts at the IU Summer String Academy and is assistant director of the IU Retreat for Professional Violinists and Violists.

Additionally, she is an active international clinician, with recent appearances at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, American String Teachers Association National Conferences, and Music Educators Conferences throughout the United States. She is president of the American String Teachers Association.

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