Alex Kelly - Cellist, Performer, Teacher, Composer & Author

ENSEMBLES

Alex Kelly's orchestral performances include seasons with Wichita Symphony, the Eugene Symphony, the Oregon Mozart Players, the Haddonfield Symphony, and the Golden Gate Opera Orchestra, the University of Oregon Symphony, the Wichita State University Symphony, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Wichita Youth Orchestra, and the Kansas "State" Orchestra. Alex was also one of the founding members of The Hundredth Monkey Ensemble, a new music ensemble consisting of eight composer/performers that continues to this day.

Other improvising groups that Alex has performed and recorded with include the Knotty Ensemble (acoustic guitar, bass, viola and cell), Confluence (two cellos and guitar), Iron and the Albatross (trumpet, pump organ, glockenspiel, piano, bass, drums, violins, and the cello), and the Orfeo String Quartet (2 violins, viola, and cello).

Past Circus performances include a season with San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus, performances with Circo Zero, Girl Circus, Geoff Hoyle, Broadway Studios Cabaret, and the New Old Time Chautauqua with the Flying Karamozov Brothers. Alex directed an aerial fabric act with his wife, Amanda Starr, which led to many vaudeville performances, including a show they produced and directed, the Starr Spectacular. Alex composed the music for this two hour event which featured performances by Tom Noddy, Frank Olivier, and Geoff Hoyle.