Kelly Garland + Musician in Frankston, VIC

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ABOUT

Descended from four generations of Scottish and early Australian colonial musicians, it is not surprising that Kelly has music in her blood. Kelly is a trained singer with an eclectic mix of musical influences and has studied jazz, blues, musical theatre, popular and classical singing under the tuition of Andrea Garing. During her years of study she developed a love of folk songs particularly in the Celtic tradition and is currently working on writing her own selections of folk songs.

A love of dramatic popular singers such as Freddie Mercury of the flamboyant rock group, Queen, and the mysterious Kate Bush, led Kelly to explore the world of musical theatre. She performed with several of Victoria's top non-professional musical theatre companies for many years.

A desire to return to roots music convinced her to abandon her musical theatre past and since then, Kelly has performed as a member of rock band "Reckless Receiver" as keyboard player and backing vocalist, sung backing vocals for The Keepers CD "Listen", performed in Swan Hill at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Torch Relay and recorded two demo CDs ("Flirting" - a tribute to her great grandfather, composer Frederick Augustus Gow Packer, and "Fields of Gold" recorded with Rohan Coster).

Since 2001, Kelly has been performing with Rohan Coster as acoustic duo, Garland and Coster. With Kelly's bell-like vocals together with Rohan's superb guitar playing, this duo make for a pleasant and entrancing listening experience.

Screen name:

Kelly Garland

Member since:

Jul 03 2012

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

25

Gigs played:

10 to 50

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Kate Bush, Queen, Tori Amos, Newton Faulkner, The Tea Party, Muse

EQUIPMENT

Roland SK50 keyboard, Washburn Guitar, Laney PA system.

MUSIC