Kenneth Krause

Kenneth Krause has recently retired after a 36 year career with the Dallas Opera Orchestra, including that last 17 years as Principal clarinet. He is also Principal of the Lewisville Lake Symphony, has performed with the Dallas and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras, and is an active free lance and chamber musician in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He has recorded with Anshel Brusilow while Principal of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra from 1990 – 2010, and with Howard Dunn and Frederick Fennel while Principal of the Dallas Wind Symphony. Krause holds degrees from Northwestern University, where he studied with Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Larry Combs, and North Texas State University, having studied with Dr. James Gillespie. Kenneth studied with Andrew Crisanti, former Principal Clarinet of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.