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Kennedy Center has new co-principal viola

Kennedy Center has new co-principal viola

Announcement from the Black Orchestral Network:

We congratulate our friend Dana Kelley who recently won the position of Associate Principal violist with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC.
Learn more about Dana:
Violist Dana Kelley, praised for her rich and beautiful tone, has been a top prizewinner in the Sphinx Music Competition, the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, the M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition and Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. She is a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble. Dana is also on the faculty of the Mannes School of Music.

Dana was a 2014-2016 Fellow in Ensemble Connect – a performance and teaching program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute. She received her Bachelor’s of Music from the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, studying violin with Cornelia Heard and viola with Kathryn Plummer, and completed her Master’s of Music degree at the New England Conservatory as a student of Kim Kashkashian. Dana received an Artist Diploma in String Quartet Studies with the Argus String Quartet as the 2017-2019 Graduate Quartet in Residence at The Juilliard School.

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