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John F. ("Jeff") Kelley, Ph.D., CPE |
Musical Education:
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1988-2002
Private voice instruction, Marie Traficante, Susanne Peck, Carol Evans
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1983-1985
Voice classes, SUNY/Purchase, NY
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1980-1982
Voice instruction, Peabody Conservatory at
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1970-1971
Undergraduate music major,
Professional voice and stage
experience.
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2004
Tenor, A German Requiem, Brahms with Collegium Westchester, Music
Director: Eric Kramer
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2002
Tenor, Symphony #1, Beethoven & Psalm 20 for Chorus and Orchestra,
Eric Kramer (World Premiere) with Collegium
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2002
Tenor, Mass in B Minor, Bach with Connecticut Choral Society, John
Liepold, Music Director.
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2001
Tenor (professional quartet) on CD ("I was born in iniquity") written
by Alfonso Joseph,
produced by Juan Wust
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2001
Cantor, St. Francis Xavier Church,
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1998-1999
Tenor, Marble Collegiate Church Festival of Voices avocational
choir, including 2 substitute engagements with Marble
Collegiate Choir (professional)
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1997-1998
Tenor, professional quartet,
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1997-2004
Tenor, Resident Chorus (and President/Webmaster), The Dennis Keene Choral Festival, Inc.. Music Director: Dennis Keene.
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1993-2004
Tenor (and President): Charis, A Capella
Ensemble,
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1998-2000
Tenor (occasional): Cerddorion Chamber
Ensemble, Susanne Peck, Music Director.
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1997
"McLaren", Assistant Director: Brigadoon, Tri-County
Opera, Janine Purtell, Music Director.
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1996
"Max": The Sound of Music, Tri-County Opera, Janine
Purtell, Music Director.
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1992-1996
Tenor: St. Mark's Choir, Mt. Kisco, NY; David Graf, Music Director
(Including: The Passion according to St. John, J.S. Bach; and
solo work in: Dixit Dominus, Handel; Timete Dominum,
Michael Haydn; Magnificat, Pergolesi)
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1995
"Mr. Bumble": Oliver, Tri-County Opera, Janine Purtell,
Music Director.
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1994
Tenor Ringer Carmina Burana with The Westchester Chorale
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1994
Tenor (chorus section leader): The Magic Flute, Mozart;
Tri-County Opera in
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1988-1993
Tenor, counter-tenor, soloist (and co-founder): Serious Fun A-Capella
Double-Sextet; Suz Gaffney, Music Director (Including: Holiday Music 1992, with
Philharmonia Virtuosi at the World Trade Center and SUNY, Purchase.)
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1987-1995
Voice-overs and on-camera narrations for a number of scientific videos,
including "Interactive Digital Video", produced by the Association of
Computing Machinery and IBM and broadcast on many PBS stations
Avocational Voice experience.
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2005-current
Tenor/Soloist/Webmaster, Archdiocesan
Festival Choir of Atlanta. Kevin
Culver, Choir Master; J.
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2006,
2007 Chorus (Scribe/Soldier), The Play of
Herod – a 12th Century Latin Musical Drama, Atlanta Camerata;
Kelly Morris, Director; Kevin Culver, Music Director
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2004-2005
Tenor/Cantor, St. Catherine of
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2001-2004
Tenor/Cantor, St. Francis Xavier Choir (
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1996-2001
Tenor (section leader), St. Patrick’s Choir (
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Conducted
acapella portion of Philharmonia Virtuosi’s 1993 Holiday Concert at SUNY,
Purchase.
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Various
small conducting assignments, St. Mark’s Choir,
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Assorted
engagements in
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1994-1997
Serious Fun Acapella Sextet
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1986-1997
O.K. Chorale of
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1984-1996
Taghkanic Chorale (*)
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1981-1982
Baltimore Symphony Chorus, Sergiu Commissiona director
(Including Psalmen au David conducted by the composer, Krzysztof
Penderecki.)
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1980-1982
Johns
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1967-1968
Lead singer for garage band "The Pile" (appropriately named)
Stage / Opera / Musical theater
experience.
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The Play of Herod – a 12th Century Latin Musical
Drama (Scribe/Soldier, Videographer),
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Il Trovatore (chorus), Hudson Valley Opera
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Isn’t It Romantic (Stage Director), CDG (Chappaqua Drama Group)
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A Little Night Music "Frid", CDG
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Three-Penny Opera "Smith", CDG
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Madame Butterfly (chorus), SUNY Purchase
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The Mikado
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(*) The Taghkanic Chorale: During
his 9 years as a Tenor with (and past-President of) the Chorale under the
directorship of Dr. Dennis Keene, Jeff’s repertoire included: Bach Mass
in B Minor and Magnificat, Brahms Ein Deitsches
Requiem, Dvorak Te Deum, Mendelssohn Elijah,
Mozart Requiem, Gregg Smith American Liebeslieder
(world premiere, commissioned by the Taghkanic Chorale), Handel Messiah,
Monteverdi Vespers, Orff Carmina Burana, Rossini Petite
Messe Solennelle, Vivaldi Gloria, and some 200 other
works. The Chorale has performed at the
In Prose...
When the moon is out, Jeff
Kelley is also out, nurturing a semi- professional voice and stage career.
Since 1982, Jeff has performed a variety of stage roles including Nan Ki Poo (The
Mikado), Frid (A Little Night Music), Smith (3-Penny
Opera), Sam (Oklahoma), Mr. Bumble (Oliver),
Max (The Sound of Music), and MacLaren (Brigadoon,
also assistant director). Jeff has had solo parts in The Magic Flute
and Il Trovatore and has done solo and chorus work with Charis
Chamber Voices (founding member and past-president), the Taghkanic Chorale (past-president),
the Dennis Keene Choral Festival (past-president),
the Baltimore Symphony Chorus,
Philharmonia Virtuosi, and the O.K. Chorale of Westchester. Jeff’s professional
and avocational work has included: The Charis-matics professional vocal quartet
(founding member), St. Mark’s choir in Mt. Kisco (section leader), St.
Patrick’s choir in Yorktown Heights (section leader), various ringer and solo
jobs with groups that include the Westchester Chorale and Tri County Opera,
member (and co-founder) of the Serious Fun acapella quartet, tenor (and board member)
of the Archdiocesan Festival Choir of Atlanta, and various
on-camera and off-camera narrator/voice-over jobs for professional videos (with
some runs on PBS). Jeff has done some conducting, stage-directing, video
production, he has made local appearances as Master of Ceremonies for various
events, and has appeared in guest spots on local cable shows.
By day, Dr. Kelley, a
Certified Professional Ergonomist and Fellow (and past-President) of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (HFES), with a Ph.D. from The
Johns Hopkins University, works as a human factors psychologist and computer
application designer with IBM (with an 18-month “sabbatical” in 2004 at SA
Technologies in Marietta, GA. In 1996, Jeff received, for his work at IBM, one
of the highest awards given by his professional society (HFES): the coveted
Alexander C. Williams Award for "Outstanding contributions of Human
Factors to the design of a major operational system." Jeff has held
several positions within HFES, including 6 years as Technical Program Chair,
culminating in his election as President of that organization for 2008. Jeff also served as Editor of the
internationally celebrated magazine, Ergonomics in Design. Jeff has won
several awards from IBM for his patent portfolio and application design work.
Jeff’s group was responsible for the Expo ’92 Guest Services Kiosk system at
the World’s Fair in Seville, Spain (used by over 15 million visitors), and the
Visitor Information Kiosk system at the Museum of Natural History in New York
City.