Community Corner
Concert Series @ Kendall Square: Kendall Ramseur
As the weather warms, join Kendall Square Corporation, for a series of FREEoutdoor concerts at 300 Athenaeum Street, every Thursday from Noon to 1:30 PM, beginning in June lasting through September 5th. Thursday performances are co-sponsored by Berklee College of Music. Come listen to some of the areas most acclaimed musicians on our open air seated plaza. Also join us July 16th, August 6th and August 27th from 4:30 - 6:00 pm for FREEevening concerts.
Kendall Ramseur is a singer-songwriter, composer and cellist
from Charlotte, North Carolina. His mission and passion is to create positive,
inspiring, and heart-felt experiences through music. Kendall is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). He studied cello
with Dr. Brooks Whitehouse. While at UNCSA, he achieved various honors
including: a radio debut on WDAV performing the first movement of Edouard
Lalo’s Cello Concerto in D minor(2007), accompanied Ethan Stiefel principal
dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in Tchaikovsky’s Pas de Deux from “Swan Lake”(2008), a member of the 2008 Grammy Awards Orchestra, an Artist-in Residence with an affiliate of the Grammy Awards Orchestra, along with acceptance and participation in the “2010 Bernard Greenhouse Cello Festival” in Los Angeles(LA). While in LA, Kendall gave several cello recitals dedicated toward building unity and compassion for mankind through music.
Upon graduating UNCSA, Kendall matriculated to Boston University’s College of Fine Arts (BU) where he received his Master’s of Music in Cello Performance with Marc Johnson, member of the Vermeer String Quartet. However, being in Boston expanded Kendall’s scope of musical expression. At BU he finds himself experimenting with many genres of music. He enjoys fusing the sounds of different genres with classical elements learned through conservatory training. Furthermore he is an active member of the Inner Strength Gospel Choir at BU.
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Website: http://kendallramseur.com/
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