We have been apprised of the passing of Jim Kjelland, director of orchestras and coordinator of strings from 1984 at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. He was 76.
Kjelland write several manuals, including Teaching Stringed Instruments and the 3-volume Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra.
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