DR. ALEX KELLY (he/him) is a cellist, composer, and professor. He composes and performs with major symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, new music ensembles, string quartets, cello quartets, big bands, jazz combos, rock bands, hip-hop crews, klezmer bands, world music ensembles, theater companies, radio productions, ballet companies, modern dance companies, and circus troupes. Dance companies he has worked with include LINES ballet, Margaret Jenkins, Lizz Roman, Beth Fein, Axis Dance Company, Les 7 Doigts de le Main, and since 2008, Sean Dorsey. Alex was part of the composing team that won a 2016 Isadora Duncan Dance Award for outstanding achievement in Music/Sound/Text for the original soundscore for The Missing Generation. www.alexkelly.com