Sherril K. Wood
Founding Academy Director
Flute, Recorder, Piano

Devin Kelly
Percussion

Devin Kelly is a freelance percussionist based out of Los Angeles, California. He received a Masters Degree in drumset performance from the Eastman School of Music in May 2005. While at Eastman, Devin was a member of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble and the Eastman Studio Orchestra, both under the direction of Bill Dobbins.

Devin has shared the stage with Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Barry Harris, Eric Reed, Wessel “Warm Daddy” Anderson, Gary Foster, Clay Jenkins and many other jazz luminaries. Recordings as a sideman include the 2005 MHR Records release “The Pulse: The Music of Bob Stata”. Devin is also a member of the Left Side Four. The group’s first recording “Introducing the Left Side Four” is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2006.

Devin has also toured nationally and internationally as a member of the pit orchestras for several Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Most recently he played drumset in the orchestra for the 2003 international tour of “Barry Manilow’s Copacabana” produced by Windwood Theatricals Inc.