Kendra Bigley is a versatile collaborative artist and respected pedagogue. She earned a BMus in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music and a MMus in Collaborative Piano/Vocal Coaching from Temple University. She has performed frequently at the Trust Performing Arts Center with artists such as Amy Owens, Doris Hall-Gulati, Christopher Dylan Herbert, Samantha Hankey, Jennifer Aylmer, Thomas Meglioranza, Timothy Long and Christopher Shih. She has also collaborated with artists at Penn Square Music, the Pennsylvania Philharmonic, the Lancaster Art Song Society, Temple Opera, Boyer College of Music and Dance, Messiah University, Franklin & Marshall College, Millersville University and Lancaster Bible College.

In the musical theatre genre, Bigley has worked as a music director, conductor, vocal coach and accompanist at the Fulton Theatre, Prima Theatre, Florida International University, Servant Stage Company, Lancaster Bible College, The Ransom-Everglades School and Popovsky Performing Arts School. Her favorite shows as music-director/conductor include “Cinderella,” “Working,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Little Women,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Music Man” and “Titanic: The Musical,” for which she won the Regional Broadway Music Award for Best Music Director. She Bigley resides in Lancaster City with her singer/actor/director husband, Dr. Robert Bigley.

Education:

BMus – Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y.
MMus in Collaborative Piano/Opera Coaching – Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Verse:

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” – Colossians 3:23