Violist Dana Kelley joins the Kennedy Center’s orchestra
The Black Orchestral Network has congratulated violist Dana Kelley on her appointment as associate principal violist of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in Washington, DC, US.
Kelley is a graduate of Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, studying viola with Kathryn Plummer and violin with Cornelia Heard, and completed her master’s degree with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory. As part of the Argus Quartet, she received an artist diploma in string quartet studies as the 2017–2019 graduate quartet in residence at the Juilliard School. From 2014–2016, she was a fellow in Ensemble Connect.
Kelley is currently on the faculty of the Mannes School of Music and a member of Orpheus and Orchestra of St. Luke’s chamber ensembles. She has won prizes in competitions including the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, the Sphinx Competition, the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, and the M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition.
Kelley has performed alongside notable musicians including Nobuko Imai, Miriam Fried, Ralph Kirshbaum, and Astrid Schween, on stages such as the Merkin Recital Hall of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall.
The NSO is currently in its 94th season, with Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda serving as its music director. It is based at the Kennedy Center.
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