Meet the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
ORCHESTRA ROSTER
French Horns
Bryan Kennedy has been a member of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra for 18 years. From 1995-1998, he was Professor of Horn at
the University of Michigan School of Music. Kennedy is a member of the
DSO Brass Quintet and the Detroit Chamber Winds, an ensemble with which
he has soloed and recorded on numerous occasions. He is a two-time
prizewinner at the Heldenleben International Horn Competition.
Kennedy has played with the Summit Brass, Richmond Symphony,
Michigan Opera Theatre and was the principal horn of the National
Symphony of Costa Rica. He recorded the Hindemith Sonata in F and has
also been featured in many national and local commercials and film
scores.
During the summer, Kennedy’s activities include the music festivals of
Grand Teton, Great Lakes in Bloomfield Hills, Sunflower in Topeka, and
Bellingham in Washington, where he is the principal horn of the
American Sinfonietta. He has performed with other internationally known
artists in numerous chamber music concerts throughout North and South
America, including a Carnegie Recital Hall debut in 1986. He has also
presented master classes at conservatories and universities across the
United States. Kennedy graduated with honors from the University of
Michigan School of Music where he studied with Louis Stout. Kennedy was
married in March 2000 to Detroit Symphony Orchestra violinist, Kimberly
Kaloyanides Kennedy.