Dana Kelley

A member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Dana Kelley has performed as guest principal violist of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and as a member of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. She 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.

Kelley has performed at numerous venues and festivals, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Recital Hall, Kaufman Music Center, the Koch Theater, the Ravinia Festival, and Bravo! Vail. She has collaborated with artists including Ralph Kirshbaum, Nobuko Imai, and Miriam Fried; pianists Leon Fleisher, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Misha Dichter; and Astrid Schween of the Juilliard String Quartet.

Kelley 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. She was a 2014–2016 Fellow in Ensemble Connect. She received her B.M. from Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music and completed her M.M. as a student of Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory. She is currently on the faculty of the Mannes School of Music at The New School.