Pete Kelly

About

Born Galway Eire 1946 Composer, Musical Director, Musician (Piano/Keyboards),Producer, Lecturer. UK London Based Recording Session Musician since the1970's Also known as: Patrick Joseph Kelly, PJ Kelly, Peter Kelly. Qualifications: BA (Hons), PGCE, CertEd (FE), London City and Guilds FAETC. ARCAT Studied Music at: The London Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Open University UK, Kings College University London. Has played Piano/Keyboards: For various recording artists including: The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, Englebert Humperdinck, The Untamed, MC5, Nirvana (UK),The Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Ben E King, The Drifters, Dave Edmunds, Alex Harvey, The Three Degrees, Dana, Daniel Boone, Petula Clarke, David Soul, Van Morrison. Music Arranger: Arranged music for various artists including 3 recorded albums for the following UK football teams: (1) 'Blue is the Colour' Chelsea Football Team, (2) 'United Manchester United' Manchester United Football Team, (3) 'Sing along with Liverpool' Liverpool Football Football Team Musical Theatre: Worked as Guest Musical Director for the original London West End Theatre productions of: Hair, Grease, The Rocky Horror Show, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Music:Galt McDermott) Keyboards Player on productions including: West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast, The Las Vegas RatPack, Fame, High School Musical, Our House, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Guys & Dolls. Worked with international artists such as: Jack Benny, Donald O Connor, Wayne Sleep, Marti Webb. Worked on various Film soundtracks including 'The Man who fell to Earth' featuring David Bowie. Has had his music used on various TV series including The Waltons, Sesame Street, Cell Block H. The Fish Prince of Bel-Air, Rent-a-Cop, Danger Mouse, Mike and Molly and others. Has composed and produced the music for over 80 networked TV commercials