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James Shallenberger has been an active violinist – both performing and instructing – for over 30 years. He achieved a Masters degree from University of Washington (Bachelor degree from UC Berkeley). James’ performance experience includes: Orchestral: The San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet Orchestras, the Oakland Symphony, and many more.
- Forged in The Fire of The Vietnam War
- The Influence of Music Teachers
- Staking A Claim in The Golden State
- A Caché of Hipness
- A Pervasive Presence
In 1973, chamber music was the most genteel form of Western classical music. Some of the century’s most prominent chamber players—including violinist Isaac Stern, cellist Pablo Casals (who would die in October of that year), and violist William Primrose—were still performing. Yet, the works of such great 20th-century composers as Bartok, Webern, Sh...
At the time of their first meeting, Benshoof was a rookie teacher at the University of Washington. Harrington played second violin in a string quartet that had formed at Roosevelt High—a public school that has spawned a number of notable artists, actors, authors, scientists, and such musicians as orchestral composer David Kechley, Mike McCready of ...
It didn’t take long for the Golden State to lose its luster for cellist Gray and his wife and then–second violinist Ella Killian Gray (sister of founding violist Tim Killian). Trying to raise two young children on the meager income derived from busking for tourists outside the red-brick chocolate factory at Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco’s Mar...
Despite their love of new music, until 1980, Kronos still clung onto many of the chamber world’s old conventions. Onstage, the men wore tuxedos and Jeanrenaud donned a floor-length gown. “When I joined, the group was still playing standard repertoire with one so-called classical piece on the program, something written before 1900,” Jeanrenaud says....
By the close of its first decade, Kronos had released nine albums, including several landmark recordings on the Nonesuch label, introduced chamber music to a generation of rock, pop, and jazz fans, and redefined the terms for chamber groups in fundamental ways that led even the buttoned-down Emersons to employ lighting design and theatrical element...
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Jim Shallenberger is an active freelance musician in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from UC Berkeley (music theory/history) and finished his masters degree at UW Seattle (music theory/violin playing).
Nov 14, 2013 · The ensemble’s founding members were Harrington and Jim Shallenberger on violins (Shallenberger is now a freelance musician and teacher in the Bay Area), cellist Walter Gray (now with the...
James "Jim" Shallenberger, a founding member of the Kronos Quartet, played violin on the 2002 recording Quartet San Francisco. Shallenberger is a member of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras.
- Classical, jazz
- 2001–present
- Jeremy Cohen, Joseph Christianson, Chad Kaltinger, Andrés Vera
Nov 13, 2015 · The original quartet included California violinist Jim Shallenberger, as well as SYSO alumni Tim Killian (viola) and Walter Gray (cello).
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