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Thomas Kelley Saxophonist, Arranger-Composer, Woodwind Player Curriculum Vita June 2020

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RECORDING: • Lead alto and flute on Brian Lynch’s GRAMMY-winning big band album The Omni-American Book Club (Hollistic Music Works, 2019) • Lead alto and flute on John Daversa’s triple GRAMMY-winning big band album American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom (BFM Jazz, 2018) • Alto saxophone on Brian Lynch’s upcoming Songbook Vol. 2 (Hollistic Music Works) • Saxophones on 11 total professional/non-scholastic albums, 2016 to present (five in 2018)

SELECTED LIVE EVENTS: • Live auditioned February 2020 for the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance. Was the only alto saxophonist to get called back within the live rounds. • 2019 Brubeck Festival: One of 20 Brubeck Fellows (Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet alumni) invited back for final Brubeck Festival. Performed throughout the week in alumni small-group and big band configurations, also taught lessons and clinics. • Brian Lynch/Spheres of Influence at Pinecrest Gardens (2017) • Alicia Hall-Moran with Shelly Berg, Festival Miami (2017) • World premier of Michael Tilson Thomas’s Playthings of the Wind (2016), performed by the New World Symphony

OTHER EMPLOYMENT BESIDES GENERAL FREELANCE: • Woodwind player with Norwegian Cruise Line (2018-2020), Band Master 2020 • Wrote 25 paid full arrangements for seven-piece band format within the last year (with additional transcriptions) • Saxophone students summers of 2016 (with local shop Downright Music), 2013 home • Weekly church pianist, St. Patrick’s Parish in Collinsville, CT (2009-2012) • Won the 2nd tenor audition for the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra (2018)

EDUCATION

DEGREES: • M.M. Studio Jazz Writing (2018), Frost School of Music, University of Miami. Majority of studies with: Gary Lindsay, Dr. John Daversa, Martin Bejerano, Brian Lynch, Dr. Dorothy Hindman, Chris Boardman • B.M. Studio Music and Jazz (2016), Frost School of Music, University of Miami. Majority of studies with: Gary Keller, Dr. John Daversa, Martin Bejerano, Dale Underwood, Phil Doyle • Brubeck Fellow Certificate (2013), Brubeck Institute, University of the Pacific. Majority of studies with: Dr. Joe Gilman, Jeff Clayton, David Henderson, Patrick Langham, Stefon Harris

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• Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead (2018) • Banff Jazz Workshop (2016) • International Association of Schools of Jazz (2015) • GRAMMY Jazz Ensemble (2012, 2011) • Vail Jazz Workshop (2011) • Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony (2011, 2010)

OTHER PERSONALLY SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE STUDIES: David Binney, Sal Lozano, Dan Higgins, John Yoakum, Jeff Driskill, David Liebman, Jeff Coffin, Bob Sheppard, Dan Goble, Adam Kolker (Not regular lessons, but highly relevant to the applicant’s development)

SCHOLASTIC RECORDINGS (not included above): • Europa: Explorations for Large Jazz Ensemble, Frost Concert Jazz Band (ArtistShare, 2019). Lead alto and flute. • Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra, Frost Concert Jazz Band (ArtistShare, 2018). By Justin Morell featuring Adam Rodgers. Conductor: John Daversa. Lead soprano/alto. • Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (2013) • Imminent release: Brian Lynch Artist Ensemble (Frost)

MAJOR PERFORMANCES WITHIN A SCHOLASTIC CONTEXT: • 2016 Monterey Jazz Festival (Frost’s Concert Jazz Band and Dafnis Prieto Artist Ensemble both won their respective graduate collegiate divisions at the Next Generation Jazz Festival) • Co-organized 2013 benefit concert for Dayna Stephens at the Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland, California. Performed with Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet, Dayna Stephens, Eric Harland, Harish Raghavan, Taylor Eigsti, and Anton Schwartz. • United Nations Conference in New York City (2013) with Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet • Davis Jazz Festival (2012)

AWARDS WITH STUDENT GROUPS: Downbeat Student Music Awards for Best Small Jazz Group with: Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (2014), Fantasy V (2013). Best Latin Ensemble: Frost Salsa Orchestra (2016), Rafael Piccolotto de Lima Latin Jazz Ensemble (2016).

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION INFORMATION: • NFAA YoungArts Jazz Saxophone Honorable Mention (First Runner-Up) (2011) • Gave bi-weekly clinics as part of Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (2012-2013) The Studio Jazz Writing Master’s Program at the Frost School of Music is an arranging and composition degree. The curriculum includes arranging, composition, orchestration, film-scoring, and MIDI courses. Students record and mix all of their own projects.