About Me
Brenden Bachaud is a historically informed violinist and teacher. They have performed with the Richland Light Opera Company, Mid-Columbia Symphony, Washington-Idaho Symphony, Yakima Symphony Orchestra, Cœur d’Alene Symphony, Walla Walla Summer Musical Series, Collegium Musicum in Memphis TN, Greeley Chamber Orchestra, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, Longmont Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Camerata, Denver Philharmonic, Colorado International Piano Academy Festival Orchestra, and Sinfonia Spirituosa. They have also performed with Black Violin and Mannheim Steamroller. Brenden was a founding member of the Colores Trio, which received the Kendall Feeney Award for Work in Contemporary Music in 2018. They have performed in masterclasses for Sarah Whitney, the Aulos Ensemble, Carla Moore, and Julie Andrijeski, and attended the Amherst Early Music Festival in 2026.
From 2014-2015 Brenden was the featured artist of Col Solare Winery. They have been featured as a soloist with the Columbia Basin College orchestra and with the Greeley Chamber Orchestra.
Brenden began teaching in 2011 and maintains a private studio in Greeley Colorado. They also teach chamber music at Frontier Academy, and work regularly as a clinician for the Loveland High School, Lucile Erwin Middle School, and the Western States Honor Orchestra Festival.
Brenden studied with GRAMMY Award winning violinist Dr. Julia Salerno on scholarship at Eastern Washington University, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the Dean’s Award of Excellence in 2018, with Timothy Shiu on a Graduate Assistantship at the University of Memphis, studying both modern and baroque violin performance as well as pedagogy, and is currently a student of and teaching assistant to GRAMMY nominated violinist Dr. Jubal Fulks at the University of Northern Colorado, studying historical violin performance and receiving the Russel D. Fielder Memorial Scholarship, the Eulalia Health Scholarship in Music, and the Graduate Dean's Scholarship Program award to fund their schooling.
My Pedagogical Family Tree
One of my favorite things about playing the violin is that we are all connected through our teachers. The love of this amazing instrument is something that has been passed down from master to apprentice for more than four centuries now. When we listen to recordings, practice etudes, study repertoire, so much of it is directly connected to us through this pedagogical lineage. Below is a very condensed version of my own "family tree", intended to serve as a source of inspiration for myself and my own students.
