Kelly Via

Flute

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

East Carolina University. He was the piccoloist with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra from 1986 to

2023 and the Macon Symphony Orchestra from 1991 to 2017. 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. Kelly was chosen to

conduct the NFA High School Flute Choir in 2008, Windy City Flute Orchestra to open the 2014

convention, Collegiate Flute Choir in 2017, Adult Amateur Flute Choir in 2022, and the NFA

Professional Flute Choir and LGBTQ+ Flute Choir in 2023.



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

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 is Senior Lecturer in Flute at Mercer University, director of the Mercer

University Flute Choir and Flute Instructor at the Atlanta Music Academy.