Super thrilled to announce new guest, Kendra Bigley, to The Story!
Kendra Bigley earned the Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Barry Snyder, Fernando Laires, and Jean Barr. Ms. Bigley has built a career as a chamber musician, teacher, music director, vocal coach, and accompanist at such institutions as the Trust Performing Arts Center, Fulton Theatre, Servant Stage Company, Opera Lancaster, Florida International University, Lancaster Bible College, and Temple University, where she is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Collaborative Piano/Opera Coaching, studying with Charles Abramovic and Lambert Orkis.
With Temple Opera Theater, Ms. Bigley has performed in the recent productions of Debussy's "Pelleas et Melisande" and Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro". At the Trust Performing Arts Center, Ms. Bigley has collaborated with artists including Carla Leurs, Amy Owens, Doris Hall-Gulati, Thomas Meglioranza, Samantha Hankey, Timothy Long, and Christopher Shih. Her favorite shows as music-director/conductor include “Working”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Little Women”, “My Fair Lady”, “The Music Man”, and “Titanic” for which she won the Regional Broadway Music Award for Best Music Director. Ms. Bigley lives in Lancaster City with her husband, conductor/singer/actor, Robert Bigley.
