Steven Brenn

STEVEN STUART BRENN Obituary Steven Stuart Brenn, 45 of rural Levant, KS, passed away July 3, 2018 at his home. He was born February 9, 1973 in Colby, KS to Lawrence and Sheryl Brenn, Levant. Steve moved to Hugoton, KS when he was 3 yrs. old and graduated from Hugoton High School, Hugoton, KS. He earned his BA in Piano Performance at Wichita State University and later earned his MA in Piano Performance with Emphasis on Dance Accompaniment at the University of Arizona, Tucson. This degree was designed especially for him and he made history as the first person in the US to achieve that degree. He worked for the Ballet school at WSU prior to attending U of A in Tucson. He also played for the Joffrey Ballet when they came to Wichita State to conduct workshops. He worked for various ballet companies including the Houston Ballet, Tulsa Ballet and the Kansas City Ballet. He most recently accompanied vocal groups at Wamego and Colby, KS public schools. Besides classical music Steve loved cats, gourmet cooking, and flowers, especially orchids, lilies and roses. He was exceptionally talented in arranging and composing music for choral, ballet and orchestra. He conducted church choirs and even did a little orchestra conducting for the Wamego Columbian Theatre. He was multi-talented as a baritone voice, piano performer and as a handbell player. While attending U of A he auditioned and sang with an all-men’s chorus. He belonged to the Sonoran Handbell Choir when he lived in Tucson and was sent to a workshop to learn to “voice” (tune) and repair handbells. Many of his original compositions were played by handbell and sung by vocal choirs and some were even debuted on the High Plains Public Radio Station, Garden City, KS. He composed choral music for a work called “The 7 Last Words of Christ” and it was performed in Tucson. His most recent work was composing the music for a ballet titled “The Little Mermaid”. It is unfinished. Steve is survived by his parents, sisters Wendolyn Worley of Virginia, and Laurel Warren of Wamego; nieces and nephews, Evan and Brenn Worley and Blake and Brittah Warren. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Stuart and Betty Brenn, Kenneth Jordan and Hazel Jordan and nephew Alec Stuart Warren. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 11 at 10 a.m. at Colby UMC. Interment will follow at Beulah Cemetery, Colby, KS. Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. Memorials may be made to High Plains Public Radio, Garden City or Colby United Methodist Church.