Keely Kelso is a singer, music educator, and choir director from Olive Branch, MS. She is a graduate of the University of Mississippi where she received her Bachelor's of Music Education as well as a Master's in Choral Conducting. Previously, she taught choir at Houston Middle and High School. This upcoming school year she will be teaching in Batesville, MS. Currently, she is beginning her service as a board member of the Mississippi American Choral Directors Association where she will act as the High School All State Treble Honor Choir coordinator. Kelso is also a scholarship singer at Tupelo First Presbyterian Church and an active member of the Oxford Civic Chorus.

This will be her first year with the MidSouth Music Institute; she will be serving as conductor for the CoroRio Oxford Children's Choir.