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 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.
Upcoming Engagments
Come out and enjoy and expereince first-hand, Kelk's various musical creations and engagments.
March 21, 2026
Vancouver Youth Choir - EMBER
7:00 pm
Firehall Arts Centre
Event Details
March 21, 2026
Vancouver Youth Choir - EMBER
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
May 10
3rd Year Composition Recital
3:30 pm
Roy Barnett Hall, UBC
Event Details
May 10
3rd Year Composition Recital
"Deeply emotional and moving compositions" encompassing piano, oboe, french horn, with an emphasis on choral music for 4 voices. Join Kelk,...
3:30 pm
Roy Barnett Hall, UBC
Feb 18-Mar 2
South Korea Choral Festival
Various Venues
Event Details
Feb 18-Mar 2
South Korea Choral Festival
VYC is one of five choirs invited to perform at the Jeju International Choral Festival taking place this coming February in Korea! This is ...
Various Venues
Dec 1
VYC All is Bright
2:00 pm and
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7:30 pm
Chan Centre
Event Details
Dec 1
VYC All is Bright
VYC invites you to a celebration of joy, laughter, and wonder at our annual holiday performance at the Chan Centre. ‘All is Bright’ captures...
2:00 pm and
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7:30 pm
Chan Centre
More Events
COMPOSITIONS by Kelk Jeffery
Vocal
The
AGNUS DEI
2:32
CALYPSO (SSATBB Divisi)
3:43
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:
- Nabi Vocal Ensemble (Premiere), 01.06.24
- Nabi Vocal Ensemble, Choral Feast 3, Orpheum Theatre, 19.10.24
HYPERBALLAD
4:12
Piano or Keyboard and Soprano
PERORMANCES:
WE MUST BE THE SUN
3:52
SA + Piano
Inspired by the poem We Must be the Sun by
Hayden Roth. Commissioned by the West vancouver District Honour Choir.
Available through E.C. Schirmer Publishing Group
PERFORMANCES:
- WVHC (Premiere), 22.05.24
MINASHKUAT
2:32
Text: Alex Vollant; Anja Kelly, Voice; Risa Tonita, Piano
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Recordings
Agnus Dei by Kelk Jeffery, recording details coming soon, please check back
Awards,Recognition, and Accomplishments
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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