Alex Kelly - Cellist, Performer, Teacher, Composer & Author

Commissioned Works:

The 38 (2007) for the San Francisco Saxophone Quartet: commission for Live at Mission Blue, Brisbane, CA [4 minutes]

Blue Floor Reflections (2006) Commission and three week run with the Lizz Roman Dance Company at Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA [cello, piano, organ, and looping with DJ Clyde Sheeps- 64 minutes]

Yalla (2006), for the Mission Blue Cello Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud [4 minutes] Brisbane, CA

ODC Rooftop (2006), for the Lizz Roman Dance Company [electric cello and looping- 12 minutes] San Francisco.

Innuendo (2006) for Susan Voyticky and Max’s aerial/juggling show [cello, Rhodes, and looping- 50 minutes] San Francisco.

Cellground (2005) Commission and three week run for the Lizz Roman dance company at CellSpace, San Francisco [acoustic, electric, and Baroque cello with DJ Clyde Sheeps- 72 minutes]

Yuerba Buena II (2004) for the Lizz Roman Dance Company, San Francisco [for electric cello and looping- 26 minutes]

Empty Hammock (2004) for Elsie Smith’s aerial silk act, Guilford, VT [for clarinet, sax, bassoon, marimba, cello, and guitar- 8 minutes].

Solo Night on Broadway,SF (2004) for Virginia Meyers static trapeze act, San Francisco [trumpet, flutes, cello, keyboard, guitar, percussion, and sand paper- 5 minutes]

Vertical Tango (2004) for Sam Payne and Sandra Feusi’s duo Chinese Pole Act, Zurich, Switzerland [trumpet, baritone, guitar, drums, cello, piano, guitar, and accordion- 8 minutes] Sam and Sandra's Act won the Gold Medal at Cirque de Demain's International Circus Festival in Paris in 2005.

Mikvah (2004) for Rachel Walker’s Static Trapeze Act, Montreal, Quebec [guitar, igil, cello, bouzouki, and piano- 6 minutes]

Yuerba Buena I (2004) for the Lizz Roman Dance Company, San Francisco [electric cello and looping- 22 minutes]

Song for Amanda (2003) for Amanda Starr’s tissue act, San Francisco [electric cello and looping- 5 minutes]

Blue Mobias Project No. 6, (2002) for Dance for a Reason, Eugene, OR [electric cello, looping, and drum kit- 6 minutes]

White Dresses and Floating Latterns (2002) for the Performers Project Series, Eugene, OR [cello and two-channel audio media- 6 minutes]

Dream in Two Parts (1997) for the Hartwick Summer Music Festival’s faculty string quartet [poet and string quartet- 14 minutes]

Fanfare for Thirteen Trumpets (1996) for the Valley Forge music fair, Philadelphia, PA [1 minute]

Other Works:

Etudes (2004) for The Seven Points

Song for Amanda no. 4 (2004)

Red Scarves, fishnets, and lipstick (2003) for solo cello

"plete svoi pletenki ponorna reka" (the sunken river braids its hair, 2000) [Balkan-style alto, gaida, piano, 2 cellos, guitar, and tupan- 9 minutes]

INRI (2000) [bass clarinet, harpsichord, string quartet, didgeridoo, gong, and bass drum- 12 minutes]

Psalm 121:7-8 (1999) [soprano, alto, tenor, chorus of Tuvan throat singers, two violins, bamboo flute, Tibetan hand cymbals, Tibetan singing bowls, dumbek, guitar, and soprano saxophone- 15 minutes]

Chiaroscuro Reveries (1999) [A multimedia work for cello, soprano, alto flute/piccolo, horn, alto sax, electric guitar/12-string guitar, drum kit, 5-octave marimba, bowed cymbal, bowed crotales, Tibetan singing bowls (or low bells), 3 brake drums, 3 cowbells, Balinese earthquake gong (or bass drum), elderly gospel singer/narrator, dancer, and video projection. The work is in eight movements- 45 minutes]

Jhiangm'buzoiva (1997) [For cello, prepared piano, and Tuvan throat singer- 19 minutes]

Jhiangm'buzoiva (1998) [Orchestrated version of the same piece]

"Tanto gentile..." (1996) [For tenor and harp- 6 minutes]

Te Deum (1996) [9-part choral work- 9 minutes]

Psalm 121:7-8 (1996) [SATB choral benediction version- 5 minutes]

Woodwind Quartet (1995) [4 movements- 14 minutes]

Fugue for Piano, book 1, no. 1 (1995) [3 minutes]

Fantasy for Two Pianos (1995) [7 minutes]

String Quartet (1995) [3 movements- 13 minutes]

Sonata for Two Cellos and Piano (1994) [3 movements- 11 minutes]