Art Kenne began singing in choirs at the age of 5 and playing keyboard at age 6. At age 8, he sang the leading role in Menotti’s opera Amahl and the Night Visitors with the local university chorus and orchestra. Art sang in choirs and stage performances until graduating from the University of Tulsa with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. 

After graduation he served as choir director and organist at churches in Oklahoma and Texas. He also taught voice and keyboard 

Having grown up on a Texas ranch with its own grass-strip airport, Art was equally comfortable in the aviation field. He worked for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at offices based in Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Washington D.C., and New York City. At FAA’s Eastern Region Headquarters in NYC, he provided management guidance and upper management direction to air traffic facility managers in the eastern part of the US including such high profile facilities as New York's LaGuardia and JFK Air Traffic Control Towers and the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control. One of the managers at FAA who oversaw his work related that Art was especially skilled at preparing congressional correspondence and in coordinating labor management decisions on issues that had the attention of the FAA Director, Congress and the White House staff – he was also an en visionary, as in one example recognizing the need for a Diversity Council and leading others to its successful formation. In recognition of Art’s work in the area of diversity, the US Secretary of Transportation presented to him the award for outstanding achievement. 

In 2004, Art took early retirement from FAA to refocus his attention on music. While living in New York City, he studied with leading singers from the opera stages of Europe and the US (including a former stage director of the Met), as well as with singers from the musical theatre and pop/jazz worlds. He sang free-lance with professional choirs, and also sang with the Canticum Novum Singers and the Stonewall Chorale. In 2006, he moved from New York City to London to pursue a Masters program at the University of London. After completing the MA degree (with distinction) he returned to the US and moved to Portland, ME. As a conductor, Art has worked with choirs of all ages and abilities. 

While in London, he served as occasional rehearsal director and concert guest conductor for the University of London Chamber Choir. 

In addition to conducting the Maine Gay Men’s Pine Tones, he currently conducts the Seaglass Chorus of southern Maine.