Jeff Brannen has been a member of the KSO since 1997. He is also principal second violin of the Symphony of the Mountains and a violinist and sometimes violist with the Oak Ridge Symphony. Jeff’s teachers include Eliot Chapo at Florida State University, Alan Bodman at the University of Akron, and Mark Zelmanovich at the University of Tennessee. While studying at UT, Jeff was the winner of the School of Music’s concerto competition. Jeff also has training playing the oboe, percussion, timpani and bass guitar. Jeff started playing the violin at age eight in his home town of Harvard, Massachusetts. While…
More about Jeffrey BrannenThe mission of the KSO is to develop and sustain a symphony orchestra of the highest artistic standards and to reach East Tennessee audiences of all ages by providing excellence in musical performance and education programs.
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The KSO is a leader in this region in so many irreplaceable ways, from our education programs that reach over 20,000 children each year to our Family, Masterworks, Pops and Chamber series concerts that entertain and enrich more than 200,000 people annually.
KSO musicians spend approximately 70% of their time in outreach endeavors on behalf of the Symphony. The costs involved in sending these professional musicians into area classrooms and hospitals are covered solely through grants and contributions. Unfortunately the demand for these programs far exceeds our ability to fully provide them. With your help, we can continue to carry on our mission.
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