Kelly Oja Jazz

Kelly Oja is a talented bassist, composer, educator, and performer currently based in Glendale, CA and Salt Lake City, UT. She has been involved with music for as long as she can remember whether it was singing in church, taking piano lessons, or playing bass in the high school jazz band and orchestra.

Kelly received a Bachelor of Music in Classical Bass Performance before pursuing a Masters in Jazz Studies form New York University. She performed with a number of BYU and NYU top performing groups, including nearly all of the jazz ensembles, while working on her degree. Czech Republic, Russia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Brazil, and Australia are a few of the countries Kelly has been luckily enough to perform, teach, and/or tour in as a musician. Her private teachers have included Eric Hansen, Martin Wind, Matt Larsen, Tony Moreno, and Alan Broadbent.

While living in New York City, she was the bassist for Arctic Circle, Aaron Ginns, numerous studio sessions, jazz gigs, and NYU's Broadway Orchestra. Kelly has been a highly sought-after freelance electric and double bassist for over ten years. Her freelance work has had her performing for weddings, corporate parties, hotels, pit orchestras, local symphonies, recording studios and more. She has an extensive background in all genres from classical to pop.