Charles Brennand

Charles Brennand, cellist, was on the music faculty, with the Philadelphia String Quartet in residence, at the University of Washington in Seattle. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he studied with his father who was a member of the famed Hallé Orchestra in England. Brennand was a graduate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and, for ten years, the The Philadelphia Orchestra where he became a founder-member of the Philadelphia String Quartet. Besides being a fine performer of traditional music, Mr. Brennand was a champion of contemporary music, and has performed with Yoshiko Nakura, violin (formerly a member of the Tokyo String Quartet) and Milton Thomas, viola, on String Trio "Nostalgic" by Charles Harold Bernstein on Laurel Record, LR-105. Brennand died from a heart attack while on a camping trip three months after the completion of Music By Charles Harold Bernstein Volume 3. - cited from Laurel Record, LR-108