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Meg Brennand (born 1962, died Oct.25, 2024) was an American cellist. She performed throughout the United States as both a modern and Baroque style cellist. Ms.Brennand was a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra in Seattle, WA. She was born in Philadelphia, PA.
Performing
[edit]Ms. Brennand was a member of Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra for thirty-four years.[1][2][3] She was also a longtime member of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra.[4] Ms. Brennand was the cellist in the Onyx Chamber Players, a piano trio with violinist James Garlick and pianist David White.[5][6][7]
She was very active in the Baroque world of authentic playing, this includes her work with the Cosi Quartet which specialized in Baroque instruments and style.[8] , and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra with violinist Ingrid Matthews.[9] She also performed with Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham as part of the Whidbey Island Music Festival.[10] A very important collaboration was with violinist Stanley Ritchie.[11] with whom she performed many times.
Ms. Brennand was part of a cello quartet Cellicatessen, with Page Smith, Brian Wharton, and Olga Ruvinov who performed in the Tacoma/Seattle area.[12][13] Her daughter, Eleanor Legault, is a professional Baroque violinist.[14][15] She and Ms.Legault recorded as the Duo Moda[16] There are many other concerts and collaborations.[17][18][19][20][21]
Teaching
[edit]Meg served on the faculty as cello teacher at Seattle Pacific University Music Department for many years.[22] She also maintained a full schedule of private students from elementary school age through adult amateur players.[23] Brennand served for years on the faculty of Midsummer Musical Retreat, a camp for adult amateur musicians.[24]
Background and personal life
[edit]She graduated from the Eastman School of Music. She came from an extended family of professional musicians. Her grandfather, Asher, who was a cellist who was to play on the Titanic, but was quarantined due to measles in the family; so lived to father a family of musicians.
Meg's father was cellist Charles Brennand,[25] a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and founding member of the Philadelphia String Quartet.[25] Her three uncles were all professional orchestra players. Thomas, the oldest, was a principal violist with the Cleveland Orchestra.[26] William was a leading cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra. Robert Brennand was the principal bass player of the New York Philharmonic.[27]
Meg married Steven Legault, and has two sisters, Anne and Betsie Brennand. Meg lived for years in Shoreline, Washington.
References
[edit]- ^ "People | About PNB".
- ^ "Executive Director's Notebook: George Balanchine's the Nutcracker® 2024 | PNB Blog". 22 November 2024.
- ^ "PNB Orchestra | Pacific Northwest Ballet".
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/auburnsymphony/photos/a.10151040375506274/10156795399951274/
- ^ "Onyx Chamber Players to take the stage at Maier Hall". 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Piano trio gives fresh twist to classic works". 6 July 2006.
- ^ "Armchair chamber-music fan: A living-room rehearsal can get pointed at times | Cascade PBS".
- ^ "Cosi Quartet". 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Meg Brennand". Discogs.
- ^ "Whidbey Island Music Festival: With Friends Like These – Pisendel & Veracini | Live Music Project".
- ^ "More Music Listings".
- ^ "Four centuries of music from four cellos at next First Sundays concert". 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Recurring Jazz series". 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Our Artists – Classical Uncorked".
- ^ "Eleanor Legault". 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Log into Facebook". Facebook.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine". archive.org.
- ^ "Musique du Jour Presents! – the Classical String Quartet | Live Music Project".
- ^ "Anacortes Early Music: The Classical Quintet All Mozart Concert | Live Music Project".
- ^ "A Lot of Night Music | Live Music Project".
- ^ https://www.thediapason.com/sites/diapason/files/Nov2013FullIssuePDF.pdf
- ^ "Sprezzatura Trio | Seattle Pacific University".
- ^ "Elinor Frey Explores the Piccolo Cello on 'Early Italian Concertos'". 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Faculty".
- ^ a b "Charles Brennand". The New York Times. August 1976.
- ^ "SYMPHONIA QUARTET | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University". 11 May 2018.
- ^ "International Society of Bassists - in Memory".