Kelly joined the Potsdam Brass Quintet and the Crane faculty in 2001. She received her B.M. from the Eastman School of Music and subsequently earned her M.M. from the University of Michigan. Ms. Drifmeyer spent much of the previous decade performing with the Windsor Symphony (Ontario), the Kansas City Symphony and New Ear, a contemporary music ensemble. Ms. Drifmeyer has also performed with the North Carolina Symphony, the New Mexico Symphony, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in the Dominican Republic. Ms. Drifmeyer previously taught at the University of Michigan-Flint, the University of Missouri - Kansas City, and the Bingham Arts Academy.