Kellin Hanas (BM '24), Jazz Trumpet - 2024 Student Commencement Speaker

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Hailed in the International Trumpet Guild Journal as “one of the best up and coming jazz musicians on the globe,” 22-year-old trumpeter, composer, and comedian Kellin Hanas of Wheaton, Illinois, is a jazz trumpet student at Manhattan School of Music, and the recipient of the Carmine Caruso Scholarship. She is currently studying under Ingrid Jensen and Scott Wendholt. When she’s not at school, Hanas spends her time touring with celebrities such as Emmy- and Golden Globe-award winning actor Darren Criss, Grammy award-winning vocal group The Manhattan Transfer, and fashion designer and actor Isaac Mizrahi. She is the leader of her own band, the Kellin Hanas Quintet, which debuted in the summer of 2022 at the iconic Birdland Jazz Club in NYC, and now is traveling around the US. Hanas adds a unique touch of comedy into her shows, and has amassed millions of views for her original comedic content, stories, and characters.
While studying at MSM, Kellin was a Resident Assistant, an International Peer Advisor, the MSM Student Government Association’s Jazz Arts department chair, and its Media and Communications liaison.

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