Department of MusicCollege of Fine Arts and Communication

Kelvin began playing music professionally when he was sixteen.  He formed a band with high school friends and played all over Wisconsin performing a variety of popular music.  His love for music then led him to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he graduated with a Jazz Performance degree on guitar.  Since graduation in 2008, Kelvin has a wide variety of sideman performance credits including Wayne Newton and Saturday Night Live cast members as well as sharing the stage with The Yellowjackets and Bobby McFerrin.  Music has brought Kelvin all around the United States but locally he can be seen performing with The Pocket Kings, The Celebration Church Worship Team and other small Jazz Ensembles.

Kelvin works regularly as a session musician on guitar and many other string instruments throughout Wisconsin.  His credits as a performer and arranger can be found on works from NBC’s The Masked Singer, Janet Planet’s Grammy Nominated “Just Like A Woman”, Blue Dream Studios (Los Angeles, CA) and jingle writing for Narrator Tracks (Oshkosh, WI).