Lora Borgholthaus Kelly received her PhD in music education from the University of Utah.
The focus of her research is adult music teaching and learning. She has sought diverse teaching strategies for adults of all ages and has interviewed higher education instructors nationwide to learn their teaching practices.
As an educator, Lora believes in student-centered learning. As a music educator, she believes in gauging students’ attention in learning and moderating the instructional pace.
Lora earned a master of music degree in organ performance and history from the University of Utah. While there she studied with Dr. Kenneth Udy and performed Widor’s complete sixth symphony along with works by Bach, Barber, and Langlais.
Her masters paper was on transcription errors found in varying publications of Charles-Marie Widor’s organ symphonies. She has also studied improvisation with Dr. Rulon Christiansen.
Lora has been organist for many denominations, notably the United Church of Christ, First Church of Christ Scientist, and Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City.