Guitar and Bass

Kelvin began playing music professionally when he was sixteen. He formed a band with high school friends and played all over Wisconsin, performing various popular music. His love for music 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. Kelvin has also performed alongside various touring musicians such as vocalists Typhanie Monique, Raquel Rodriguez, Janet Planet, B3 organist Ben Paterson, and trombonist Natalie Cressman. Music has brought Kelvin all around the United States but locally he can be seen performing with The Pocket Kings, Tae and the Neighborly, Stephen Cooper and Nobody Famous, Stuck on Blue, The Celebration Church Worship Team, and many other small 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). Along with performing and recording, Kelvin is currently on staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for Jazz Guitar.