Kevin J. Kelly
Composer
| Years at Source: | 2015, 2017 |
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| Biography: | Kevin J. Kelly is a Los Angeles-based composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is a Professor at Los Angeles City College and a founding member of the chamber-folk duo Homesick Elephant. He completed his BM in composition at West Chester University, where his principal teachers were Robert Maggio and Larry Nelson. He was awarded a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied with Jay Reise, James Primosch, Anna Weesner, and Ingrid Arauco. He also studied with Samuel Adler, Philip Lasser, Narcis Bonet and Michel Merlet while participating in the EAMA summer composition program in Paris, France. Dr. Kelly’s recent works have been performed by the Mivos Quartet, Richard Valitutto, gnarwhallaby, Alan Dunbar, Lara Bolton, and Eva Ingolf in the U.S., Europe, and South America. His song cycle Sierra Sketches was a winner of the 2014 ACFLA competition. Other awards and scholarships include a prize in the National Guild of Community Schools for the Arts' Young Composers Competition, recognition as a regional winner in the 1999 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition, and the William Penn Fellowship from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kelly lives in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles with his wife and two children. |
| Website: | www.composerkevinjkelly.com |
| Source Moment: | So many! But the performance of Die schöne Müllerin by Evan LeRoy Johnson and Julius Drake was one of the most memorable and moving musical experiences of my life. Working with Libby Larsen on my music was also a fantastic experience! |