Brenna Wee was awarded a full scholarship in 1981 by the Singapore government to study at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide and graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Piano Performance. Her teachers included Noreen Stokes, Stefan Ammer and Clemens Leske.
She has received numerous awards at major competitions, such as the prestigious Australian Society of Keyboard Music and the Diner’s Club International Piano Competitions.
Always interested in expanding her musical horizons, Wee moved to Perth in 1991, where she studied with Keith van Geyzel and Mike Nelson at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), majoring in Jazz/Contemporary Piano. A prolific period ensued in which she worked with various jazz ensembles and as a soloist. Highlights included playing at the York Jazz Festival (Western Australia) and the Summer in the Park Jazz series in Perth. She also continued to work concurrently in the classical arena, including being the Official Accompanist for the Wanneroo Eisteddfod, the repetiteur/orchestral pianist for Opera Piccola and the accompanist of the award-winning Mercy College Senior Choir, amongst others.
Since relocating to Melbourne in 2003, Wee has established herself as a chamber musician, accompanist, and teacher. Recent highlights included accompanying soprano Joanna Cole in the Quadrangle Series at Anlaby (South Australia), touring regional Victoria with the George Dreyfus’ Film Orchestra and being featured on Radio 3MBS FM in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
In 2009, She completed a Master of Music Studies (Performing/Teaching) and in 2011, a Master of Music Performance, majoring in Collaborative Pianism at the VCA & MCM, University of Melbourne, where she scored Distinctions in Performance, Pedagogy and Research units. As a natural complement to her research on the impact of globalization on Australian contemporary art music, Brenna teamed up with educator and spouse Alex Serrenti to start Bridges Collective.
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This article was written by Roy Tan.