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From Concert Hall to Soup Kitchens: Kelly Hall-Tompkins New Yorker of the Year

Kelly Hall-Tompkins
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/nyregion/new-york-today-new-yorker-of-the-year-kelly-hall-tompkins.html
Kelly Hall-Tompkins

From the concert halls to homeless shelters and soup kitchens, violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is feeding hearts, bodies and souls with her music.

Acclaimed violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins was recently nominated for New York Today’s New Yorkers of the Year.  Rochesterians will recognize Kelly Hall-Tompkins as the Concertmaster of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra.

It is her belief that music has the power to reach deeply into the hearts of individuals that drives Hall-Tompkins in her work, whether performing with Westchester Philharmonic or performing solo in places you wouldn't expect to hear classical music. Read the full article.