Biography

Terrance Kelly, artistic director of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, has garnered extensive musical credentials in both gospel and jazz music. His credits include choral arrangements on albums by Linda Ronstadt and the Kronos Quartet, among others. Mr. Kelly received an Emmy Award for his choral arrangement of OIGC’s KGO-TV public service announcement. In 2005 he received the Local Heroes Award from KQED Television for his directorship of the Oakland Interfaith Youth Choir and was also honored at the Gospel Music Awards. In 2013 he was awarded the Dr. Edwin Hawkins Excellence Award. Mr. Kelly currently serves as Minister of Magnification at Oakland’s Imani Community Church.