Dr. Brunot’s first degree was the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. Upon graduation he was employed several years in the field of Nuclear Power in Philadelphia and Chicago. While in Chicago he began taking organ lessons under Dr. Richard Billingham at the First United Methodist Church, known as The Chicago Temple, located downtown Chicago in the loop.

He ended up resigning his engineering position to study music at the University of Illinois in Chicago where he completed the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. Simultaneously, he served as Assistant Organist under Dr. Billingham playing on the church’s four manual E. M. Skinner organ and assisting with services, weddings, funerals and choir rehearsals.

Following graduation he continued his studies in Los Angeles at the Flora L. Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California where he earned his Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in organ, studying with Dr. Ladd Thomas. As an organ student he was chosen to play for the premiere of the organ version of the Lux Aeterna by USC composer Morten Lauridsen.

For more than twenty years now, Dr. Brunot has held the position of Organist at Salem Lutheran Church in Glendale. This church houses an organ with a rare tracker action, and original voicing by Manuel Rosales.

Some memorable moments throughout his musical career include performing for Notre Dame titular organists Jean Guillou and Olivier Latry at AGO sponsored Master Classes; accompanying a Huntington Beach choir on two of their European tours and playing on many large European church organs, including Notre Dame in Paris, and playing a mass at St. Peter’s in Rome.

He has performed numerous recitals, including in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Southern California, and in his home town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He has experienced personal fulfillment in teaching music to private students of all ages, including piano, organ, voice, theory, and drums. He particularly enjoys playing the music of the Baroque period, especially Johann Sebastian Bach.