{{short description|American violinist}} {{Infobox person | name = Edna Baxter Bruner | image = EdnaBaxterBruner1927.png | alt = A young woman with light skin and dark hair, holding a violin | caption = Edna Baxter Bruner, from a 1927 publication | birth_name = | birth_date = July 6, 1894 | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = October 23, 1978 (age 84) | death_place = Hammond, Indiana, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Violinist, music educator | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse(s) = | relatives = }}
'''Edna Baxter Bruner''' (July 6, 1894 – October 23, 1978) was an American violinist, pianist, and music educator. She taught violin and piano students at the Chicago Piano College and the Hammond School of Music.
==Early life and education== Bruner was born in Chicago, the daughter of Otis Willard Bruner and Maude Baxter Bruner.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daughters of the American Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4oBAAAAMAAJ&dq=Edna+Baxter+Bruner&pg=RA4-PA249 |title=Linage Book of the Charter Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (revised) |date=1929 |page=249 |language=en}}</ref> Her mother was a pianist and music educator.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1941-06-05 |title=Heads Piano Classes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-heads-piano-classes/162684463/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1930-09-30 |title=Studio Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-studio-notes/162706062/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ==Career== Bruner toured the United States and Canada as a violinist.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Beldon |first=Agnes |date=September 18, 1924 |title=Weekly Commentary; Chicago Piano College Offers Evening Courses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ao4MAQAAIAAJ&dq=Edna+Baxter+Bruner&pg=PA285 |journal=Musical Leader and Concert Goer |volume=48 |issue=12}}</ref> She and her mother both taught at the Chicago Piano College (later known as the Hammond School of Music),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=km2hv5TZZDAC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Edna%20Baxter%20Bruner&pg=RA3-PA6#v=onepage&q=%22Edna%20Baxter%20Bruner%22&f=false "Chicago Piano College Presents Bruner Pupils"] ''Music News'' 21(July 26, 1929): 6.</ref><ref>Gillespie, Margaret. [https://books.google.com/books?id=km2hv5TZZDAC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Edna%20Baxter%20Bruner&pg=RA35-PA13#v=onepage&q=%22Edna%20Baxter%20Bruner%22&f=false "Edna Baxter Bruner"] ''Music News'' 21(December 20, 1929): 18c.</ref> in Chicago and in Hammond, Indiana.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 18, 1927 |title=Bruner Studios |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SqGTi4fXSlMC&dq=Agnes%20Leist%20Beebe&pg=RA13-PA45 |journal=Music News |volume=19 |pages=45}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1933-06-15 |title=Recital at Chicago Piano College Tonight; Maude Bruner and Edna Bruner Present Piano and Violin Pupils |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-recital-at-chicago-piano-colle/162703784/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-02-25 |title=Bruner Students of Violin and Piano Present Recital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-bruner-students-of-violin-and/162704586/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was head of both the piano and violin departments at Hammond after her mother died in 1941.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-06-19 |title=To Present Music Students |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-to-present-music-students/162704984/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=47 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She continued teaching, and was principal of the Hammond school through the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1955-06-12 |title=Edna Bruner Pupils to Give Recital Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-edna-bruner-pupils-to-give-rec/162706752/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=31 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2025-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124005013/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-edna-bruner-pupils-to-give-rec/162706752/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-06-06 |title=Bruner Piano, Violin Pupils to Give Recital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-bruner-piano-violin-pupils-to/162706875/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=35 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Hammond Historical Society.<ref name=":1" /> ==Personal life== Bruner died in 1978, at the age of 84, in Hammond, Indiana.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1978-10-27 |title=Obituary for Edna Baxter Bruner |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-obituary-for-edna-baxter-brune/162673953/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Times |pages=22}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}
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