An evening with
Kelly Bray & Mitch Dion
Friday February, 13th 2026
Botanika
353 w 200 s Suite 100A
Salt Lake City, UT
$10 suggest donation

Kelly Bray
is an acclaimed improvisor. While her work draws from many different styles and influences, she is most frequently characterized within the experimental, free jazz, and creative music realms. Bray has performed at venues across the Northeast US and Canada, appearing alongside acclaimed musicians such as Joe Morris, Brandon Lopez, and Salt Lake City’s own Alan Braufman. With a unique approach to trumpet and electronics, her music has all the traits of something unleashing, with all the thoughtful taste of a veteran.
A sought after artist, Bray has been invited to perform in sever curated series, including but not limited to FIM Improvisation (New Haven, CT), Improvisations Now (Hartford, CT) This Music (Cambridge, MA) The Creative Music Series (Somerville, MA) The Driff Fest (Cambridge, MA) Arts In The Margins (Montreal, QC) Instantiation Music Series, and Ars Nova Workshop (Philadelphia, PA)

Mitch Dion
A drummer and percussionist with a sprawling catalog untethered to genre, his music has reaches into the depths of the avant garden and out stretched towards pop and rock, hitting near every marker in between. A deep listener and thoughtful player, Dion shapes his solo work for drums, percussion and electronics like clay work, distilling the music down to a beautiful formation.