Jennifer Bellor

The 2018 Mid-Missouri Composers Symposium was a wonderful experience! From July 12-22, Four composers and I were in residence at the Osage Arts Community in Belle, Missouri. Each day, we all spent the day composing and then met up early evening to share our music and ideas. I finished my new composition Cerulealina for violin, cello, 3 percussion, harp and double bass, and was so happy to have the time to do that. Many thanks to composer Nolan Stolz for the invitation to be at this artist residency!

Last night, May 31st, the Oregon State University under the direction of Chris Chapman performed Uprising for wind ensemble featuring jazz drum set, featuring Ryan Biesack. It was a fantastic performance and the recording will be available soon!

Here is a link to the article: http://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/music/osu-wind-ensemble-to-premiere-new-works-at-concert/article_7aae1e2f-6873-5046-a46a-557d24c39a36.html

The Nevada Chamber Orchestra performed Echo’s Lament and Out of the Shadows Sunday, May 6 at the Historic Fifth Street School Auditorium in Las Vegas. The concert was called “Celebrating Women,” which honored various women of the Nevada School of the Arts including dean Shakeh Ghoukasian and UNLV College of Fine Arts dean Nancy Uscher.

Guest Conductor Alexandra Arrieche led the ensemble, delivering a beautiful performance of Out of the Shadows, which featured the NSA strings with jazz trumpet, vibraphone (performed by guest faculty Rachel Julian), piano, electric bass and drums. This was the string orchestra premiere of the piece, that was originally written back in 2012 for string quartet and commissioned by Mike Kaupa (jazz trumpet) with vibes, piano, bass and drums for premiere at the Eastman School of Music.

Conductor Chuck Cushinery led the NSA strings in a beautiful performance of Echo’s Lament, a piece written back in 2009 for the Millersville University Orchestra under the direction of Reuben Blundell, inspired by the Greek mythological story of Echo along with being in memoriam of Jennifer Mathiason, an artist and friend, whose works inspired the piece.

This Sunday, the NSA Chamber Orchestra under the direction of guest conductor Alexandra Arrieche will perform my piece “Out of the Shadows” for string orchestra, jazz trumpet, vibraphone, piano, electric bass and drums. This will be the premiere of the string orchestra version. They rehearsed it beautifully last night and I’m very excited for Sunday! It’s going to be a great concert! 🎶🎻🎺🎹🎸🥁

Concert: “In Composition”
Choreography by Richard Havey
Jennifer Bellor is on stage with the dancers
This live video recording is featuring the dance with the mastered track from her album Stay: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stay/1140547832
Video recording by Arthur Chivis

I had the opportunity to perform Chase the Stars with the UNLV Dance department! It was an incredible experience and loved collaborating with UNLV Dance faculty choreographer, Richard Havey. Here are some photos!

for saxophone ensemble (3 soprano sax, 3 alto sax, 3 tenor sax, 3 baritone sax, 1 bass sax)
Skylark Lullaby(2014) was written for the Eastman Saxophone Project, under the direction of Chien-Kwan Lin, and was premiered at the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) in March 2014. http://www.esm.rochester.edu/news/2014/03/eastman-saxophonists-will-perform-compete-at-national-conference/
I hope to have this recorded in the near future to be included on my new concept album about sleeping and dreaming.

Duration: 11 minutes
Selected for performance at the Seventeenth Biennial Festival of New Music at Florida State University
Winner of 2015 IAWM Judith Lang-Zaimont Prize
Semi-Finalist, 2015 The American Prize