Violet Kathryn Breneiser This is Me

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1. 1. Eliot Breneiser, professor emeritus of music who taught 35 years, dies

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   Published on: 11/27/2000   Last Visited: 3/13/2001

   Breneiser retired from Old Dominion in 1986 following a 35-year teaching career in the music department. His courses included Piano , Theory , Form and Analysis and 20th Century Techniques. From 1954 until his retirement , he directed the university's Madrigal Singers and helped organize the annual Madrigal Banquet , which has become a December tradition at Old Dominion.
   
   Among his awards and honors was the A. Rufus Tonelson Faculty Award in 1980 , which Old Dominion presents annually in recognition of outstanding teaching , research or community service. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa , Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa.
   
   A member of the original Faculty Senate , Breneiser later served as senate chair for three years. He was the University Marshal from 1979 until his retirement. He also was the faculty representative to the Board of Visitors in 1969-70.
   
   During his career , Breneiser served on many boards and committees at the university , including the Concert Series board and Credit Union board. He served on the Presidential Search Committee in 1975-76. He was a board member of Town-N-Gown and chaired the Norfolk Round Table lecture series for several years. Breneiser was active in music organizations locally , statewide and nationally. He served as chair of the Virginia Music Education Association and as a committee member in both the Music Educators National Conference and the Virginia Music Teachers Association. He was vice president of the Norfolk Choral Association and a consultant for the Virginia Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He judged various music competitions , including the Bartok Competition in Washington , D.C. , and the Virginia Pops International Piano Competition. For many years he was a choral adjudicator and clinician for public schools in the area.
   
   Breneiser also served on the boards of the Virginia Society of Ornithology and the Cape Henry Audubon Society.
   
   Born in Santa Maria , Calif. , Breneiser was an alumnus of Pomona College and held graduate degrees from Claremont Graduate School and the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II.
   
   He is survived by his wife , Violet Kathryn Breneiser ; two sisters , Marrie Ewing of Santa Fe , N.M. , and Cathryn Darling of Redmond , Ore. ; and a brother , J. Valentin Breneiser of Santa Fe.