© Copyright 2008 Keith M. Talley        email: keith@ktalley.org

Dr. Keith Talley received his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance from Michigan State University. Dr. Talley holds a Master of Music degree in Saxophone Performance from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Missouri Southern State University. He has studied primarily with Charles Thelen, Timothy Timmons, Bobby Watson and Joseph Lulloff and has had lessons with Eugene Rousseau and Jim Forger. He has performed numerous solo, chamber music and large ensemble recitals and concerts in his career. He was also featured as soloist in the U.S. premiere of Bobby Watson's jazz suite Afroisms. Dr. Talley is a frequent performer in the Mid-West and has performed across the United States and in Europe. He has also appeared at regional and national conferences as a soloist, lecturer and member of a saxophone quartet. Dr. Talley has been teaching saxophone and woodwinds for over 10 years and has taught at the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory of Music, Michigan State University and Hope College. Dr. Talley currently teaches saxophone, clarinet and woodwind classes and directs the Jazz Ensemble and Woodwind Ensemble at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK.