Dr. Danny Kelley, dean of Prairie View A&M University’s Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, performed in recital solo and chamber music at New York’s Steinway Hall, April 26. The program consisted of works composed by Johannes Brahms (Piano Pieces, Opus 118, and the F Minor Piano Quintet, Opus 34).

Kelley, a PVAMU alum, has maintained an active performance schedule while serving as dean. He has performed throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and Germany in recital and as a soloist with orchestras in Baltimore, San Antonio, and Houston. He, along with the PVAMU University Chorale, will travel to Torun, Poland this August where he will perform solo repertoire and accompany Leon Turner, Bass Baritone, in a program of music written by American composers.