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David Kellen is a gifted and highly motivated musician with very diverse talents. The owner of Studio K Music in Geneva, Illinois, he has mentored hundreds of youth and adults in piano and keyboard instruction since 1991. Studio K has become the most successful piano studio in the western suburbs of Chicago, with an enrollment of nearly two hundred and fifty developing musicians. His secret to success has been helping kids and adults develop a love for piano and keyboard by keeping it fun and using a great deal of popular music, as well as standard repertoire.

David is also a highly sought after Christian musician, facilitating worship for large and small events and services throughout the Chicagoland area with his passionate, contemporary style of musical leadership. He is a very poised and confident individual who is very capable at communicating with all different aged groups of people. Kellen Graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Keyboard Performance from Northern Illinois University, with an emphasis on organ, jazz piano and harpsichord. Since 1985 he has been a Freelance Jobbing Musician, playing solo piano, jazz quartet, and with various big bands for numerous events, weddings and corporate parties in the Chicago area. In 1990 he coached a student to the Yamaha National Electone Festival Finals, and in 1991, he was himself a finalist, composing a piece dedicated to the war efforts in the Persian Gulf entitled “Persian Gulf Update”.

In 1997 Kellen released his first solo piano CD entitled “In Search Of Christmas” , which has sold thousands of copies locally. He has just released a second Christmas CD through www.musicspecialties.com using the Yamaha Clavinova CVP 105, P-200 Electronic Piano and S-30 Synthesizer. David currently uses his playing and singing talents at his family’s local church where he, his wife Marianne and his two boys Matthew and Jacob attend. There, he works with a team of highly talented and dedicated singers and instrumentalists involved in Sunday worship.