FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9/8/08
Contact: Barry Freidly '69, interim director of media relations, 717-361-1495, freidlyb@etown.edu
Elizabethtown College Monday Series Concert Features Grammy Award-Winning Guitarist David Cullen and Vocal Soloist Kelly Meashey
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – On Monday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m., the Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present the next concert in its signature Monday Series. The event – titled “An Evening of Jazz for Voice and Guitar” – will feature the talents of Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Cullen and professional vocalist Kelly Meashey. The performance, which is open to the public and free of charge, will be held in the recital hall of Zug Memorial Hall on Elizabethtown’s campus. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.
Revered by Billboard magazine for his “ferocious 
fingerstyle,” David Cullen has performed in a dazzling range of styles, including jazz, classical and world music. During his career, he has collaborated with a collection of acclaimed artists, including Will Ackerman, Samite of Uganda, Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, The Jaco Big Band and the Philly Pops Orchestra. Cullen was recognized with a Grammy Award for the best pop instrumental recording and was selected as the featured soloist at the New York Guitar Festival. A graduate of the Hartt School of Music, he has released 10 CDs for the acoustic guitar label Solid Air Records and two books, titled “Jazz, Classical and Beyond” and “Grateful Guitar.” In addition to being artist-in-residence at Elizabethtown College, Cullen also teaches at Kutztown and West Chester universities.
Kelly Meashey is a practicing music therapist, music 
psychotherapist, educator and professional vocalist. As she has developed her own jazz performance abilities over the years, Meashey has explored the healing properties of voice, particularly with non-verbal clients with various disabilities. Currently, she owns her own private practice that helps music therapists, musicians and others overcome personal issues through voice and creative arts therapy methods. Meashey also teaches jazz, classical voice and stress reduction for performers at Community College of Philadelphia and advanced vocal psychotherapy skills at Immaculata University. Meashey earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music therapy from Temple University. She has been trained in vocal psychotherapy and Guided Imagery and Music.
Located in southeastern Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown College offers its 1,900 students more than 50 academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences and professional studies. Driven by its motto to “Educate for Service,” Elizabethtown centers learning in strong relationships, links classroom instruction with experiential learning, emphasizes international and cross-cultural perspectives and nurtures the capacity for lives of purpose.
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