You are listening to the music of Kelly Beaman, an experienced musician, composer, and arranger who has performed as a trombonist and vocalist at Madison Square Garden with Grammy winning producer Mike Rivera (Shakira, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan) at the 1994 Salsa Festival, Walt Disney World (Summer 1990, Christmas 2004), and along the East coast with the US Air Force Heritage of America Band (1995-9). Since then, he has focused mainly on entrepreneurial pursuits including those with San Jose singer Era de Castro (www.youtube.com/eradecastro), who has attracted the attention of Tina Elmergreen, one of only twelve global iTunes associate producers, award-winning singer/songwriter Joan Hammel (www.joanhammel.com) of Chicago, up-and-coming New York actress and singer Krista Giffin (30 Rock, Law and Order SVU) and feature filmmaker Christopher Engler of Rockford, IL. Kelly's past experiences with Latin music have led to an association with Chino Rodriguez's Latin Music Booking, for which Kelly serves as talent promoter and band leader.The following are comments attributed to Kelly's music:Kelly is a passionate and broadly experienced musician. His efforts are very promising and the fact that his music is being selected for performance by a diverse array of groups is a testament to his music’s broad appeal.- Peter Graves, Arranger and Producer for Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, and the late Jaco PastoriusI received THE CHRISTMAS SONG from [Hollywood actor] David [Pires]. Very pretty arrangement. Your music on your MySpace page is also terrific.– Kurt Reichenbach, Jazz Vocalist, Los AngelesAwesome !! Great stuff.- Duane Hitchings, Music Producer/Keyboardist (Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart, Buddy Miles, Kim Carnes, Alice Cooper)Love your sound and style! – New Swing Sextet, New YorkKelly…your arrangement [of "The Christmas Song"] was one of the highlights of our program. I’ll have a recording sent to you soon. And plan on writing something else for me in the Spring if you have time.– Lt. Col. Larry H. Lang, Commander and Conductor, US Air Force Academy BandRocket Science!- Tom Garling, trombonist and former musical director for Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau, referring to Kelly's latest composition "Sudden Impact."Excellent! - Donald Fraser, Globally Successful Producer/Composer, Rockford, ILKelly holds a BM in Music Composition from Illinois Wesleyan University, an MBA in General Management from Rollins College, and a Master of Music from Northern Illinois University. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda musical honor society, the Chicago Federation of Musicians and NARAS (Grammy Awards). He is available for commissions and a few collaborations. Contact him through this site or directly at
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