Kelly Dylla’s focus on arts education and community engagement drives her work as a violist, teaching artist, and arts professional. Between 2000 and 2005, Kelly was a teaching artist for the Lincoln Center Institute, New York Philharmonic, and Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center. She was also the viola professor at Hofstra University and director of an elementary-level violin program at the Packer Collegiate Institute in downtown Brooklyn, NY.

In recent years Kelly has worked on consulting projects for the Sphinx Organization, Pacific Symphony, and for Alan Brown, principal consultant for WolfBrown. A graduate of The Juilliard School with a Master of Music in viola performance, Kelly also holds a Bachelor of Music from Rice University and a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.