Helmut Karl Braunlich

Background

Braunlich, Helmut Karl was born on May 19, 1929 in Brünn, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. Son of Kurt and Irma (Schmidt) Braunlich. came to the United States, 1951.

Education

He received his formal musical education at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, where he studied violin with Christa Richter-Steiner, composition with Egon Kornauth, and music history with Eberhard Preussner. After his immigration (1951) to the United States in 1951 he played with various professional symphony orchestras and became a member of the United States Air Force Symphony Orchestra. He studied composition at the Catholic University of America in Washington, District of Columbia, where one of his teachers was the great organist, Professor

Conrad Bernier.

After earning his master"s degree in composition with a concerto for two violins and orchestra, he pursued doctoral studies, earning his Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology.

Career

Here he taught numerous courses in composition, music theory, and performance practice. In 1988 he was promoted to Professor. In 1989 the state government of Bavaria, Germany, awarded him the "Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis" in composition.

He served as the chairperson of the Composition Department at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at the Catholic University of America, until he became Professor Emeritus in 1999.

From then on he devoted his time mostly to composition and performance, but also taught selected graduate students. by Helmut Braunlich include works for orchestra, chamber music, works for various solo instruments, and songs.

Achievements

• Helmut Karl Braunlich has been listed as a noteworthy Composition educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

After his immigration (1951) to the United States in 1951 he played with various professional symphony orchestras and became a member of the United States Air Force Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Society of Composers, Professor Braunlich devotes his efforts to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding and dissemination of new and contemporary music

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, gardening.

Connections

Married Inga Britta Elgcrona, July 10, 1960(divorced March 1974). 1 child, Karl; married Patricia Deeney, June 25, 1974. Children: Kurt, Martin.

Father:

Kurt Braunlich

Mother:

Irma (Schmidt) Braunlich

Spouse:

Inga Britta Elgcrona

Spouse:

Patricia Deeney

child:

Martin Braunlich

child:

Karl Braunlich

child:

Kurt Braunlich