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

COMMISSIONED WORKS:

Concerto for Four Soloist (2011) Tabla master Zakir Hussain commissioned me to orchestrate his new concerto for four soloists. The 35 minute work was performed at the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. on March 3-5, 2011, under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. The four soloists were Zakir Hussain, tabla, Shankar Mahadevan, vocals, Hariharan, vocals, and Kelley O'Conor, mezzo-soprano.

Damage (2011) sound track for this short film by Anton H Gill; directed by Chris McGilvray

les 7 doigts de la main (2011) wrote music for their latest show PSY

This Dance, This Place (2010) 70 min. score w/ DJ's Clyde Sheets and Gerome at DanzHaus.

At Play (2009) live sound score for Liz Roman & Dancers at Dance Mission Theater, 65 min.

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]