KENDALL DEAN
BIOGRAPHY

Kendall Dean prides herself on her unique sound and musical versatility, breaking boundaries with crossing genre borders. 
Primarily sub genres of Neo Folk, Kendall is a Modern New Age/Folk Pop/Rock artist- eclectic world genres all influence her music prominently, running with a well balanced blend of soulful warmth, grit, and ethereality throughout her sound. 
Her ethereal vocal melodies have been referred to as, "The voice of an angel", with similar vocal tonalities as the voices of Sarah McLachlan, Enya, and Natalie Merchant, and her soaring, emotive violin riffs have been likened to the eclectic sounds of violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and Lindsey Stirling.
Kendall Dean has been playing the violin for over 25 years since the age of 8.
Her roots are from the rocky coastline of Maine, where she studied Irish, Cape Breton, Scottish, and Classical music for 10 years.  She grew up learning traditional fiddle tunes and technique with her Uncle and sang harmonies with her mother, who is a trained pianist and pipe organist. Her grandmother was a vocalist and guitarist in a Hawaiian style female trio and Dean feels that the love of music has been passed on to her, it's "in her blood".
Kendall is a classically and traditionally trained violinist ( acoustic and electric ), a self-taught guitarist, and trained vocalist. She uses a Boss RC300 looping system to create colorful soundscape layers for her own originals and cover remakes when performing live. Her primary instrument is the violin, and she loops live string tracks with her 5 string electric violin.
She's been a member of various bands, from Country music to borderline Metal music, performing as an electric and acoustic violinist and as a vocalist, performing across the US and in Europe. She has studied courses with Berklee College of Music and has attended numerous workshops including one in Dunkeld, Scotland, training with renowned Scottish fiddler, Pete Clark. 
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Kendall believes that music has the power to heal and promote balance between the body and mind and the world around us. She has studied Music Therapy and Sound Healing and enjoys collaborating with various Yoga and Dance instructors as well. 

She has studied courses with Berklee College of Music and has attended numerous workshops including one in Dunkeld, Scotland, training with renowned Scottish fiddler, Pete Clark and another in Austin, Texas for violin teacher training with the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
As a world traveler, Kendall Dean based herself out of Maui, Hawaii for almost 10 years. After the tragic Maui Wildfires in August of 2023, she started a new chapter and is now based out of Northern California where she is performing regularly across the state at venues for local and private events.

Stay tuned for her exciting new music release this year, 2026.

Please feel free to send an email to stay connected and up to date with performances/events and to help support her with doing what she loves- bringing the music to you!