Greta Kelly is Brisbane based musician and producer of cross-cultural music and theatre works.
After studying at The University of Queensland she lived in Prague for four years where she discovered Eastern European folk music. Greta learnt shah kaman (Persian spike-fiddle made by luthier Peter Biffin) in Greece and Turkey studying classical, folk and sufi music. She received funding to study, conduct music workshops and perform music in Iran in 2011 and 2019.
Greta has co-produced and performed in a number of large scale, multi-arts productions including Song to the Earth (premiering at Bleach Festival and The Commonwealth Games 2018 Arts and Culture Program), Our Place (premiering at Queensland Music Festival 2019), The Birth and Death of Stars (premiering at Brisbane Festival 2020), Song to the Ocean (premiering at Hervey Bay Whale Festival 2021) and ‘Love, Always Love’ (premiering at Bleach Festival 2022).
Greta has extensive experience in the design of digital tertiary education programs and the development and delivery of music education and community engagement programs. She has managed numerous performance and community engagement tours of DeepBlue and Mzaza nationally and across Europe, the US and Asia. Greta also runs music workshops for migrants and refugees through various national settlement organisations.
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