Kelly Shanafelt

Kelly Shanafelt has been a member of the viola section since 1991 and is a native of Boise, Idaho. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, she has also played with the Honolulu Symphony and the Galliard String Quartet. In Denver, she is a member of the Intermezzo Chamber Players appearing on the Denver Eclectic Concerts Series. She also is a member of the Lyric Ensemble in Boulder and as a CSO member participates in the educational programs Once Upon A Time, Up Close And Musical and Petite Musique. She is a frequent artist on the Englewood Arts series and has taught at the Denver Waldorf school summer chamber music camp.

Kelly has an interest in many kinds of music and has played on cds of the Middle Eastern band Serefe, on Aramaic Sound Pilgrimage and with her songwriter-guitarist husband's band Martian Acres, as well as many other projects. She dabbles in the Swedish Nyckelharpa and is also a mosaic artist and makes glass jewelry, both of which can be seen at www.augustglass.tumblr.com.