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Kelli Frances Corrado (She/Her) is an experimental singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist exploring the healing power of sound. She writes, performs, teaches, and wanders. Growing up, she would sneak into DIY shows in Chicago while learning ritual prayers from her Czech grandmother. That blend of earth and ether, grit and grace, lives in the music she makes. Originally starting on guitar duty with ambient noise trio Arkade, Kelli’s work developed into a fully formed solo vision. Now using her background in operatic voice training, string arranging, and poetry to create and record in weird and wonderful places: an 18th-century church, a seaplane port, tunnels with a 17-second natural delay, and a field of swans.
Focusing on community, Kelli is deeply committed to amplifying the voices of female-identifying folks. She accomplishes this through projects, events, and music lessons, where diverse creative expressions can thrive. She is a member of the Female Pressure network. She has contributed to compilations, Women of Noise for Palestine, and #ShoutYourAbortion. In 2024, she was commissioned by the femme dance troupe Sirens of Serpentine to create an original score.
Kelli has been featured in The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, and NPR. She has received grants from the Grammy Foundation, the Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. She has released music with labels such as Grimalkin, Enmossed, Aphonia Recordings, Flat Field Records, Lithic, and Death Pillar. She co-created Astral Well, a meditation series, with Melissa Gonzales and Lena Gray. In spring 2026, the Woodbine Chamber invited her to a residency in Louisville, Kentucky, co-supported by The Puffin Foundation, Ltd.
