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C. H. and Caroline Yoe Foundation
HALL OF HONOR 2000
Dr. Danny Roy Kelley
O. J. Thomas High School Class of 1965
Born with remarkable musical gifts, Danny gave his first piano recital in Cameron at the age of six after only a year of formal study with Mrs. Francis Cox. Later, majoring in music at Prairie View A&M University, he was the first student presented in solo recitals each of his undergraduate years. He won the coveted University Development Award his senior year enabling him to study privately with Albert Hirsh, artist-in-residence at the University of Houston. The Ford Foundation of New York City then funded his studies at Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore where he earned both the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. Danny has performed at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and Houston Museum of Fine Arts. He also has appeared as soloist in celebrated concert halls in cities of the Caribbean and Europe. Prairie View A&M University has honored him with chairmanship of its Department of Music and Drama, while he has continued to expand his skills as a concert pianist. He performed as a soloist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in famed Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts in 2001 performing the Brahms First Piano Concerto.
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