Kelly Via

Flute

Kelly Via received his Bachelor of Music from Drake University and the Master of Music from

East Carolina University. He is the piccoloist with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. A flute choir

enthusiast and arranger, Kelly was selected to perform with the National Flute Association

Professional Flute Choir each year from 2000 to 2016. He served as Flute Choirs Coordinator

for the NFA from 2007 to 2012 and High School Flute Choir Coordinator from 2012 to 2014. He

was chosen to conduct the NFA High School Flute Choir in 2008, Windy City Flute Orchestra to

open the 2014 NFA Convention, NFA Collegiate Flute Choir in 2017 and NFA Adult Amateur

Flute Choir in 2022.

Kelly has appeared as guest conductor with flute choirs in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa,

Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Canada. His arrangements

and compositions for flute choir, available through Nourse Wind Publications, include winners

in the NFA’s 2002 and 2013 Newly Published Music Competition and finalists in 2004 and 2022.

Kelly teaches flute at Mercer University and the Atlanta Music Academy and directs the Mercer

University Flute Choir.