Queens Dynamic Duo

Queens Dynamic Duo musicians, Kelley McGarry and Jesús Saenz, are highly trained artists with music performance degrees and diplomas from schools such as the Manhattan School of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Texas Christian University, and University of North Texas. They have performed at world renowned venues such as New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, New Jersey’s NJPAC, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and various prestigious halls across Latin America and Europe.

After meeting at the Boston Conservatory in 2016, their violin duo was formed and trained by some of the music industries’ top artists. After graduating, Kelley and Jesús set off to tour with Lincoln Center Stage as performing artists traveling throughout Seattle, Alaska, British Colombia, Hawaii, San Diego and Mexico. Following their tour, the couple moved to Queens, NY where they named themselves Queens Dynamic Duo and began performing for concerts, events, proposals, and weddings throughout the tri-borough area.

Their most recent successes include Jesús' acceptance into the New Jersey Symphony as a Colton Fellow and Kelley’s debut as a soloist with the Cusco and Arequipa Symphonies. Both musicians actively commit themselves to the act of bettering the world and being global citizens through the lens of music and the arts. Because of this, the duo formed Musicians for the World, a nonprofit organization that provides free, virtual music education and high quality, musical performances to vulnerable communities worldwide.

Kelley McGarry

Raised in New York, violinist Kelley McGarry has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. She has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater as a soloist and competition winner. Ms. McGarry was a featured chamber musician in residence with Lincoln Center Stage, touring through Alaska, Hawaii and Mexico on Holland America cruise ships. Most recently, Kelley performed as a soloist with the Cusco Symphony Orchestra and the Arequipa Symphony Orchestra.

Kelley maintains a private teaching studio in New York while also working with students from Musicians for the World, the nonprofit organization founded by the duo in 2020.

Jesús Saenz

Hailing from Lima, Perú, violinist Jesús Saenz kicked off his career as the winner of the National Violin Competition of Perú in 2004. Since then, Jesús has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras in Perú, including the National Symphony of Perú, the Cusco Symphony Orchestra, the Arequipa Symphony Orchestra. As an orchestral musician, Jesús has performed as both concertmaster and guest concertmaster of several orchestras across Texas, Boston, and Colombia.

Jesús is currently a member of the New Jersey Symphony as a Colton fellow and often performs as a guest with Orchestra Lumos. As a passionate educator, Jesús engages with students from all around the world through the duo's nonprofit organization, Musicians for the World.