Graphic Score: Hatching by Kelk Jeffery
Premiered at the Vancouver Pro Musica Sonic Boom Festival on March 21, 2026 at the
Firehall Arts Centre.
Who is Kelk Jeffery
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 and Wells BC. Inspired by contemporary choral, electronic, and classical music with an obsession over harmony and form, she has always sought to strike a balance between the new and the old, the quaint and the extroverted, the mechanical and the natural. Through her work, she explores the numerous and often complex ways n which we can relate to each other across vast stretches of time, and , experience. Her work aims to blur the boundaries between genres and styles.
Kelk currently sings with the Vancouver Youth Choir, - where they placed first in the 2026 Cork International Choral Festival, and Nabi Vocal Ensemble. She has also sung with Chor Leoni, and the West Vancouver honour Choir.
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.
When she is not composing, Kelk has an exceptional interest in history, particularly the history of music and fashion. Kelk is currently involved with bringing the Arts Wells Festival (A festival of all things art) to life.
Upcoming Engagments
Come out and enjoy and expereince first-hand, Kelk's various musical creations and engagments.
June 13, 2026
NABI: The Passing of the Year
3:00 pm
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4:00 pm
St. John's Shaughnessy Church, 1490 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver
Event Details
June 13, 2026
NABI: The Passing of the Year
A diverse repertoire from all over the world, followed by an 18 minute sound cycle.
3:00 pm
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4:00 pm
St. John's Shaughnessy Church, 1490 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver
June 7, 2026
RIPPLE: Coastal Sound Music
7:00 pm
Evergreen Cultural Centre
Event Details
June 7, 2026
RIPPLE: Coastal Sound Music
World première of When You Sing, commissioned by Coastal Sound Music, and performed by the Coast Sound Children's Choir, conducted by Diana ...
7:00 pm
Evergreen Cultural Centre
April 19, 2026
NEW SUNS Vocal Ensemble
6:00 pm
Sum Gallery, China Town 268 Keefer Street
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April 19, 2026
NEW SUNS Vocal Ensemble
An evening of Chamber Music from the Renaissance and beyond!
Works by: Lassus, Finzi, Victoria, Mendelssohn, Parsons, Morley, Gjeilo, Metcalf...
6:00 pm
Sum Gallery, China Town 268 Keefer Street
March 21, 2026
SONIC BOOM FESTIVAL of NEW MUSIC
7:00 pm
Firehall Arts Centre
Event Details
March 21, 2026
SONIC BOOM FESTIVAL of NEW MUSIC
The 2026 Sonic Boom Festival of New Music will take place on March 20 and 21, 2026 at Firehall Arts Centre. There will be 17 NEW works writt...
7:00 pm
Firehall Arts Centre
November 22
Vancouver Youth Choir - EMBER
7:00 pm
Canadian Memorial United Church
Event Details
November 22
Vancouver Youth Choir - EMBER
Ember begins a new tradition for the Vancouver Youth Choir’s flagship ensemble: gathering together in the darkest days of autumn. Pull out y...
7:00 pm
Canadian Memorial United Church
More Events
COMPOSITIONS by Kelk Jeffery
Vocal
The
CALYPSO (SSATBB Divisi)
3:43
The title, Calypso, refers to a chapter in the Odyssey, and is about the paradoxical nature of grief through the lens of an unreliable narrator.
PERFORMACES:
- Bach Chamber Choir, April 2026
- Nabi Vocal Ensemble (Premiere), 01.06.24
- Nabi Vocal Ensemble, Choral Feast 3, Orpheum Theatre, 19.10.24
AGNUS DEI
2:32
HYPERBALLAD
4:12
Music & Lyricsby Kelk Jeffery
For Piano or Keyboard and Soprano
PERORMANCES:
- UBC New Art Songs: Stories Painted Upon the Air - Sylvie Nesbitt, Voice; Carlina Dykstra, Piano, May 2024
WHEN YOU SING
3:28
Music by Kelk Jeffery
Words by Karine Abergel
Commissioned by Coastal Sound
PREMIERE:
- Coastal Sound Children's Choir - RIPPLE, Conductor - Diana Clark Alto Sax - Eric Sun
WE MUST BE THE SUN
3:52
Music by Kelk Jeffery (SA + Piano)
Inspired by the poem We Must be the Sun by
Commissioned by the West Vancouver District Honour Choir.
Available through E.C. Schirmer Publishing Group
PERFORMANCES:
- Vancouver Youth Choir, Orpheum Theatre, 24.05.26
- WVHC (Premiere), 22.05.24
MINASHKUAT
2:32
Music by Kelk Jeffery
Text by Alex Vollant
PERFORMANCES:
- UBC New Art Songs: Stories Painted Upon the Air - Anja Kelly, Voice; Risa Tonita, Piano, May 2024
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Recordings
Agnus Dei by Kelk Jeffery, recording details coming soon, please check back
Composition Excerpts
page under construction, available via email: kelkjeffery@gmail.com
Awards,Recognition, and Accomplishments
Bachelor of Music, Major Composition
University of British Columbia
Musical Director
Mean Girls: The Musical at the Mulgrave School (2023-2024)
Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Young Composer Competition
Honourable Mention 2023, for (list the pieceand possibly link)
BC Arts Council Scholarship for recognition in Composition 2023
Possibly the pieces you submitted
Nora Black Memorial Scholarship
Promise in Lyrical Composition (2023)
Ernest Wesly Cubitt Sharpe Scholarship
Recognition in Composition (2023), Link to the piece here, or name of the piece
Harry and Frances Adaskin Scholarship 2022
Recognition on a string instrument, Violin
UBC School of Music Scholarship 2022
UBC School of Music Scholarship (2022)
Mary E. Gibbons Memorial Centennial Scholars Award 2020
Entrance scholarship for four years
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