Kelijah Dunton is a New York-based composer who has enjoyed a short but prolific musical background starting in his high school years. He studied alto saxophone through school and continues to be an active performer with New York City’s own Metropolitan Music Community (MMC). Without formal composition training, Kelijah has only recently embarked on his composition career, persevering as he learns from his musical peers and experiences. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Kelijah has called the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Crown Heights home. Moving from place to place has helped him learn what it means to be around people of all backgrounds, ages and walks of life, as well as exposed him to many genres of music in different communities. Kelijah’s significant musical moments include performing in New York City honor bands, competitive NYSSMA festivals, traveling to prestigious music colleges, sitting in with various award-winning jazz bands, and most recently, performing with an MMC community band for all ages and music education levels.

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