Robert Bond Kelley, Pianist "Robert Bond Kelley is a musician of great sincerity whose caring attitude and experience are valued by his colleagues and his students."

Dr. Charles Fierro, Pianist
Professor Emeritus, California State University


"Your perceptive, painstaking compositional analysis of my Double Concerto impressed me a great deal."

Elliott Carter
Composer, Recipient of Pulitzer Prize


"Robert Bond Kelley's Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, richly textured, driving and propulsive, is at once utterly original and a perfect extension of the past."

Faubion Bowers
Music Critic for Musical America
Author of Scriabin, A Biography



Biography

   Thirty years of teaching experience

Private piano instruction in California, New Jersey and Northern Virginia

   Masters of Music, California State University, Northridge
Degree in Piano Performance
Recipient of the William Richard Memorial Scholarship for Piano Performance


   Masters of Music, University of Southern California
Degree in Composition and Theory

   Foundation Grant, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Award for the composition of Symphony No.1 and the Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

   Performance experience
Solo and accompanying recitals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Washington

   Composition performances
Concerts of original compositions in Los Angeles, Lincoln Center in New York and on National Public Radio

   Professional Affiliations
Music Teachers National Association
Virginia State Music Teachers Association
Washington Music Teachers Association
Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association
Springfield Music Club
Fairfax/Loudon Music Fellowship