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Often referred to
as “The North Shore’s Favorite Music Historian,” Jim Kendros is the Pre
Concert Lecturer for the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra. Jim also serves
as the Pre Concert Lecturer for the Lake Forest Symphony, and is often a
featured speaker with the Elgin Symphony and Music of the Baroque.
Combining his backgrounds in performance, music history and composing,
Jim is passionately devoted to exploring and reviving rare historic
string instruments, bringing them back into chamber music and concert
hall settings. Performing on the Hurdy Gurdy and the Nyckelharpa, Jim
has researched and arranged music from the Baroque, Classical and
Romantic era for these unique instruments.
A composer of over 200 works, Jim is including the Hurdy Gurdy in his
latest work, Waiting for the Light: A Winter Solstice Fantasy, a
large-scale composition inspired by the winter scenes of Lake Bluff. His
concerto for Nyckelharpa, Adagio’s Life, is most likely the first
concerto written for this instrument. He is the author of Classical
Favorites Arranged for the Hurdy Gurdy, published by Altarwind
Music. His first CD of original piano music entitled Fermata’s
Journey will soon be released.
Jim Kendros is often heard on the North Suburban Library Cable Channel
and various cable programs on the North Shore. He is a faculty member of
Oakton Community College in Continuing Education, and is currently
completing work on his Masters in Music History and Composition. |
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