Keenan Roberts Boswell was born October 30, 1987 in San Francisco, CA , and is a senior at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, CA. His musical education began with piano lessons with Louise Seyer at the age of six. At age 9, he continued his piano studies in Berkeley with Katherine Marshall Lawler, former concert pianist, through whom Keenan discovered his passion for great piano works.

As a first grader, Keenan joined the the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus. Under the careful tutelage of artistic director, Iris Lammana, he learned music theory, vocal skills and eventually became organist and accompanist for the organization’s advanced touring chorus, performing on three continents in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including Canterbury Cathedral, St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, Carnegie Hall, and St. Peter’s Basilica last summer in Italy.

Keenan has studied organ since he was 9 with Kerry Leydon, and in November of 2004, he performed on the organ for National Public Radio’s "From The Top" show, a weekly broadcast featuring the country’s young and gifted musicians.

He currently studies piano with Virginia Bigelow in Concord. Under her guidance, he has entered the Certificate of Merit Program and continues to win awards in local recitals. In May of 2005, he was awarded the Berkeley Etude Club’s second prize for his piano composition, Winter Walk, one of over 40 works Keenan has composed including “Let the Earth Be Glad” for organ and orchestra debuted by Michael Morgan and the Oakland Youth Orchestra in 2003. After graduation, Keenan plans to study organ and piano performance as well as music composition.