Brandwynne’s
work as a chamber musician is equally extensive as her
solo work. In California she has performed at Music at the Vineyards, the
Claremont and the Cabrillo Music Festivals. She has given chamber music recitals
with eminent concert artists such as violist Walter Trampler, first flutist
of the Boston Symphony Doriot Anthony Dwyer, and ’cellists Bonnie Hampton,
Lawrence Lesser, and Emil Miland, as well as mezzo-sopranos Stephanie Friedman
and Christine Schadeberg. She has appeared with the San Francisco Chamber
Players, Mills Performing Group and the Robert Bloch String Quartet. In January
of ’02
she collaborated with San Francisco Symphony musicians including concertmaster
Alexander Barantschik in the popular San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music
Sundaes series, and was also heard at Davies Symphony Hall on the same series
performing the F minor Brahms Piano Quintet. [Listen
to a live performance]
She was a founder of the Avanti Piano Trio—Zina Schiff, violin and Burke Schuchman, ’cello—and has recently joined with Zina Schiff to form the Schiff/Brandwynne Duo.
In March of ’05, Miss Brandwynne performed a solo recital in New York City at Merkin Hall, where she was joined by ’cellist Bonnie Hampton (formerly of The Francesco Trio) for several works, including New York premiers by Andrew Imbrie, Therese Brenet, and Elinor Armer, as well as works by Darius Milhaud.
“The slow movement was so soulfully sung that Brandwynne and Miland made the sun shine again.” —San Francisco Classical Voice