Kelk Jeffery is a composer and singer based on the traditional unceeded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples – also known as Vancouver, BC – and lives in Lions Bay with her family and her cat Miso. Her work aims to blur the boundaries between genres and styles, drawing equally from Musical Theatre, Jazz, Classical, Contemporary Choral, and Dance/Electronic music to name a few. Kelk currently sings with the Vancouver Youth Choir and Chor Leoni, and has been known to Conduct when given the opportunity.
Kelk began her studies at the UBC School of Music in Violin Performance under David Gilham, with the hopes of becoming a Great violinist. After a bout of tendinitis at the end of her first year, she began composing, and became instantly hooked. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Composition, and has studied with Jennifer Butler and Dorothy Chang.
Growing up in both Vancouver and the historic mining town of Wells, BC, on the territory of the Dakelh and Secwépemc peoples, Kelk has always sought to strike a balance between the rural and the urban; the quaint and the eccentric; the organic and the industrial. Through her work, she explores the ways in which we can relate to each other across vast stretches of time, space, and experience. When she is not composing, Kelk has an exceptional interest in history, particularly the history of music and fashion.
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The title, Calypso, refers to a chapter in the Odyssey, and is about the paradoxicalnature of grief through the lens of an unreliable narrator.
PERFORMACES:
Piano or Keyboard and Soprano
PERORMANCES:
SA + Piano
Inspired by the poem We Must be the Sun by
Hayden Roth. Commissioned by the West vancouver District Honour Choir.
PERFORMANCES:
Text: Alex Vollant; Anja Kelly, Voice; Risa Tonita, Piano
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Come out and enjoy and expereince first-hand, Kelk's various musical creations and engagments.
Chan Centre
VYC invites you to a celebration of joy, laughter, and wonder at our annual holiday performance at the Chan Centre. ‘All is Bright’ captures...
Chan Centre
Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum Debut of Agnus Dei by Kelk Jeffery
perfromed by Nabi Vocal Ensemble with Tyler Baek, Marko Sukunda, Christian Tolentino
Agnus Dei is ...
Orpheum Theatre
Agnus Dei by Kelk Jeffery, recording details coming soon, please check back
Mean Girls: The Musical at the Mulgrave School (2023-2024)
Honourable Mention 2023, for (list the pieceand possibly link)
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Promise in Lyrical Composition (2023)
Recognition in Composition (2023), Link to the piece here, or name of hte piece
Recognition on a string instrument, Violin
UBC School of Music Scholarship (2022)
Entrance scholarship for four years
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