BRENNAN KEATS
Brennan Keats
studied organ with Faunce Alman at St James Church, Sydney and piano with Gordon Watson at
the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. For many years he was an organist and later
accompanied singers as a pianist in an amateur capacity.
He became Associate
of the Australian Society of Accountants in 1966, and Fellow in 1991 and graduated from
Macquarie University in 1985 with Bachelor of Arts. He
is author of "Real Estate Accounting" first published by Harper &
Rowe and over 100 other text books for bookkeeping and accountancy. So with 14 years practicing as an Accountant in
commercial industry and 20 years as teacher of Accountancy and Law he retired in 1988 to
further his career in publishing.
In 1987 he and his
wife commenced Publications by Wirripang, specialising in the publishing of books and
later fine Australian music.
Brennan is author
of "A Poet’s Composer", the biography of the Australian composer,
Horace Keats, 1895 – 1945, and his association with some of his contemporary artists
such as Peter Dawson, Barbara Russell and the poets, Kenneth Mackenzie, Hugh McCrae,
Christopher Brennan and many others.
With his wife he is
currently publishing the works of Australian composers and in particular, establishing a
means of preserving their music so it will not be lost to future generations. As well, he is composing vocal works and arranging
a number of his father’s compositions.
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