About Dorrie Kelly

Dorrie Kelly is a music educator, pianist, accompanist, and vocalist. She has over fifteen years of experience teaching general music, choir, and piano to students as young as 4 years old and up! Originally from the east coast, she received her B.S. in Music Education from Hofstra University and is currently working on her Masters of Music Education. 

As a teacher and enthusiast for both the Orff-Schulwerk and Kodaly methods of teaching, Mrs. Kelly is committed to helping students find their inner-musician while also leaving room for lots of creativity and curiosity in the music setting. She enjoys helping students learn the language of music, and reacting to the magic and beauty that happens when student’s really start to GET it! As a music educator, she strives to ensure students gain music literacy as well overall musicianship skills. 

In addition to teaching, Dorrie has extensive experience as a performer. She served as the primary accompanist for Hofstra’s University Chorus and Master Chorale, performed in the Rhoda Pinsley Levin Honors Recital, the William B. Rosencras Honor’s Recital, and was winner of Hofstra University’s Concerto Competition. She has served as director of music for several musical theater productions, as well as church choirs. This past season she joined as co-director of Voices of Channel Islands Youth Chorus (VOCI) and began work as as collaborative pianist for Ventura College Community Choir.