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James J. Kellaris (born 1956) is an American composer and scholar. He teaches Marketing at the University of Cincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College of Business.

His compositions include music for classical mandolin and plucked string ensembles. His scholarship examines the effects of music on listeners, including the earworm phenomenon.

Education and Career
Kellaris studied musical composition at the Georgia State University School of Music and privately thereafter. After graduation he made a living as a freelance musician in Atlanta in the early 1980s. Kellaris returned to Georgia State University, eventually earning MS and PhD degrees in business.

In 1989 he joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, where he began conducting research on the influences of music on consumers and continued to perform and compose.

He has been a visiting scholar in France, Australia, and the UK. He currently holds the James S. Womack/Gemini Corporation Professorship in Signage and Visual Marketing at the University of Cincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College of Business.

Work
Notable examples of Kellaris’ work for mandolin orchestra include the Kalamazoo Swag (2009), published by Joachim Trekel Musikverlag, Persephonia (2014), a tone poem dedicated to the Austin Mandolin Orchestra and winner of a Vox Novus Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame competition, and Chrysopylae Reflections (2012), a tone poem for plucked string orchestra and winner of the 2012 San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra International New Music Composition Competition, the premier of which was at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, May 27, 2012.

Residencies
Kellaris was named 2013 Composer in Residence by the Classical Mandolin Society of America and 2015 International Composer in Residence by the Federation of Australian Mandolin Ensembles for the Sydney [Australia] Mandolin Festival.