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Posted on July 29, 2023 by Jen

July Photo Shoot at Nelson Ghost Town – Photos by Mark Maryanovich

Jennifer Bellor
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Jennifer Bellor
PC: Mark Maryanovich

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I feel very honored to be the recipient of the 202

I feel very honored to be the recipient of the 2025 Nevada Regents’ Creative Activities Award. It means a lot to me to have this support and recognition for my work and I’m grateful for this.😊☀️🎶

“Your unique perspective, creativity, and commitment to innovation have enriched the artistic landscape
both within our university community and beyond. I know that aspiring creatives will look to you as a
shining example of pushing the boundaries of expression.”

#unlvmusic #unlvfinearts #composer

Video clips of the live performance of my piece "R

Video clips of the live performance of my piece "Reviravoltas Sonoras" for violin, vibraphone and cello featuring John Irrera, Annie Stevens, and Andy Smith. 🎶

I've been focusing on music project deadlines this weekend and was so happy to receive the live performance recording of this piece. It was such a wonderful experience collaborating with them. I hope you enjoy it! Full video is on my YouTube channel.

@johnirrera @timpanniestevens

#composer #newmusic #chambermusic #trio #violin #vibraphone #cello #newmusicalert #collaborations

Kicking off a self care weekend filled with creati

Kicking off a self care weekend filled with creative projects and artistic connections 🩷🎶

Thanks, @heatherloveshair702 for a wonderful appointment today! Love the highlights and it’s always awesome catching up!

Clip of my piece “Sirens” performed at the Mid

Clip of my piece “Sirens” performed at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention 🎶🧜🏻‍♀️ featuring Lauren Zwonik and Sam Wetzel. Thank you both! 😊🩷

@lzwonik @samwdrums
#altoflute #vibraphone #duet #newmusic #melodic

Dressing up tonight ✨ Looking forward to the @un

Dressing up tonight ✨
Looking forward to the @unlvnextet concert!

#composer #concert #newoutfit
@express

Excerpt of my piece “Light, Awaken” performed

Excerpt of my piece “Light, Awaken” performed by the ensemble Musique 21 under the direction of Michael Gabriel at Michigan State University last Monday. 🎶✨

#composer #liveperformance #newmusic #contemporary #contemporaryclassical

@michael_gabriel96

Thank you, Tom Haugen at Take Effect for a wonderf

Thank you, Tom Haugen at Take Effect for a wonderful review of my album, Long These Days. 😊🎶

“A gorgeous body of work that takes inspiration from the poetry of Christina Rossetti and Pablo Neruda, the themes of love, empowerment and nostalgia use improvised bouts that provides even more intrigue and awe.”

https://takeeffectreviews.com/january-2025-1/2025/1/16/jennifer-bellor

#composer #albumreview #album

@livyokers @normanno.espinoza @tasospelt

Wore one of my new outfits teaching today 🎶 @ex

Wore one of my new outfits teaching today 🎶
@express

#composer #professor #suitup #justbecause

Really enjoyed watching the MSU Musique 21 concert

Really enjoyed watching the MSU Musique 21 concert tonight via livestream and many thanks to Michael Gabriel and the ensemble for a beautiful performance of my piece, Light, Awaken. 😊✨

@michael_gabriel96 @new_music_msu

#composer

The next Nextet concert is next Monday, February 1

The next Nextet concert is next Monday, February 10th! I had a blast organizing this event. Guest composer Christopher Cerrone will be here along with guest artists Annie Stevens (percussion) and John Irrera(violin). Annie and John will perform several works on the program, including music by Cerrone, Viet Cuong (“Well-Groomed”), and my pieces “Reflections at Dusk” for vibraphone and tape and “Reviravoltas Sonoras” for violin and vibraphone, with Andy Smith on cello.

UNLV faculty and students will also perform works by Cerrone, Russell Wharton, and Julia Wolfe, along with the premiere of Diego Vega’s “Double Quartet With Piano.”

PROGRAM

Cerrone: selections from Memory Palace
for percussion and electronics
feat. Annie Stevens, percussion

Cerrone: Shall I Project a World?
feat. John Irrera, violin

Wharton: The Fool
for distorted vibraphone and multimedia
feat. Chandler White, vibraphone

Cuong: Well-Groomed
feat. Annie Stevens, snare drum

Cerrone: New Addresses, mov. 1
version for flute, marimba, and tape
feat. John McMurtery, flute; Ryan Bond, marimba

Bellor: Reflections at Dusk
version for solo vibraphone and tape
feat. Annie Stevens, vibraphone

Bellor: Reviravoltas Sonoras
feat. John Irrera, violin
Annie Stevens, vibraphone
Andrew Smith, cello

Wolfe: Compassion
Cerrone: Area of Refuge
feat. Katie Leung, piano

Cerrone: The Pleasure at Being the Cause
feat. John Irrera, violin; Annie Stevens, percussion

Vega: Double Quartet With Piano
feat.
Max Steven Marquis, soprano saxophone
Megan Kearny, alto saxophone
Shawna Pennock, tenor saxophone
Nicholas Logan, baritone saxophone
Haoyan Zhou Chen and Szeyi Fung, violins
Jason Guzman, viola
Jeayoung Jo, cello
Timothy Hoft, piano
Tyler Gordon, conductor

Monday, February 10 at 7:30 PM
Doc Rando Hall
Free admission
#unlvnextet #unlvmusic #unlvfinearts
@chriscerrone @timpanniestevens @johnirrera @vietcuongmusic @dvega.co @tylergordon_music @shawner9 @katieleungpiano @velvetrain2.0 @cwhite0913 @saxmanmax

Just had a wonderful zoom rehearsal with conductor

Just had a wonderful zoom rehearsal with conductor Michael Gabriel and the MSU New music ensemble, Musique 21. They are performing my piece Light, Awaken on February 3rd. Many thanks to all of them for inviting me to their rehearsal and for playing it so beautifully! ☺🎶

@michael_gabriel96
@new_music_msu

#composer #rehearsal

Belated NYE glam pic ✨ @shawner9 @michelleccoyn

Belated NYE glam pic ✨

@shawner9 @michelleccoyner

#nye #friends #dressup #glam #cocktaildress

Kicked off 2025 with a wonderful album review by T

Kicked off 2025 with a wonderful album review by Textura for ‘Long These Days’ sent to me on New Year’s Eve. Thank you so much, Ron Schepper (Textura)! ☺️🙏🎶

“registers as a standalone work of multi-hued design, a tapestry in the truest sense.”
•
“sophisticated composition of integrity and craft”
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“The coupling of electric guitar and piano with the singers’ rich, resonant voices produces arresting blends.”
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“Long These Days by Las Vegas-based composer Jennifer Bellor is an art song tapestry of an unusual and distinctive kind. It’s a melodically ravishing work that backs soprano Olivia Yokers and bass Norman Espinoza (she on three tracks and he on four others) with the composer on piano and Tasos Peltekis on electric guitar, the arrangements alone distancing it from other chamber-classical projects…”
link to full review in bio 🎶

https://www.textura.org/archives/b/bellor_longthesedays.htm

@tasospelt @livyokers @normanno.espinoza

#albumreview #newmusic #composer

It’s always fun coming back to my childhood home

It’s always fun coming back to my childhood home and revisiting the bedroom I had growing up. Even though it’s changed a lot, there are still a lot of items on display that evoke a lot of memories, many from high school. Also, loving the festive pjs this time of year. ❄️⛄️🎄🩷

#nostalgic #memories #holidays #holidaypjs #childhood #childhoodmemories #vibes #flannel #visitingfamily #selfie #childhoodhome #bedroomselfie
#composer #fitnessmotivation

Thanks to all my listeners for checking out my new

Thanks to all my listeners for checking out my newest album! 🩷🙏

The album I produced this year (Long These Days) was a really special project for me because it combined my passion for composing art song with electric guitar and piano and it featured wonderful collaborations I had with soprano Olivia Yokers, bassist Norman Espinoza, and electric guitarist Tasos Peltekis. It also combines my varied stylistic interests (blends genres) and I wanted to create an album that featured art song connected with instrumental interludes (piano with electric guitar improvisation).

I can’t wait to create more music and dive into many more new projects and collaborations to share with all of you 😊

@lexiconclassics @emithastudios
#composer #newmusic #composerlife #artsong #spotifywrapped #wrapped #album #crossgenre #crossgenremusic

Some old childhood photos with my sister 🩷(plus

Some old childhood photos with my sister 🩷(plus one of me at 3 1/2 playing violin 🎻 at my first concert and I think I’m giving the girl next to me the side-eye 😬). I get to visit my sister tomorrow for Thanksgiving 🎉 and came across these old photos while organizing files on my laptop today.

#composer #oldphotos #oldpics #sisters #memories
@kebellor

Ran to Hoover Dam via the Historic Railroad Trail,

Ran to Hoover Dam via the Historic Railroad Trail, since I didn’t hold music theory class this morning. It was a beautiful run! ⛅️

#runner #hooverdam #railroadtrail #historicrailroad
#trailrun #runningmotivation #running #motivation #motivated #composer #professor #preholidayrun #thanksgivingrun #prethanksgiving #runnergirl

Violin & Piano version of my song "Song of Flight"

Violin & Piano version of my song "Song of Flight" 🎻🎹 Violinist John Irrera asked me to create a version of my song for our performance at my portrait concert on Oct. 1st at the New Music & Technology Festival at Virginia Tech.

I'm glad he asked me to write some violin and piano versions of some of my songs. Violin was my main instrument growing up, and loved playing slow lyrical pieces. It was also thrilling for me to have the opportunity to play piano all of these pieces. 😊

In addition to "Song of Flight," I also have a violin/piano version of my songs "Echo" and "Noche" (retitled Night Song).

#violin #violinandpiano #newmusic #violinsong #songwithoutwords #contemporaryclassical #lyrical #melody #flight #liveperformance #violinmelody #concertmusic #chambermusic #easylistening #newclassical #composer #composerperformer #pianist #instrumental

Last week, clarinetist Garrick Zoeter sent me this

Last week, clarinetist Garrick Zoeter sent me this wonderful live performance recording of my piece "All Rivers at Once" for two clarinets, featuring him and Wojtek Komsta. I wrote this version of the piece back in 2020 and was very delighted to see and listen to their performance last week on their faculty recital. They did an awesome job capturing the fun and adventurous atmosphere and loved to see them smiling and laughing at the end of it. 😊

This was inspired by a section of a Rumi poem with the same title:

What is the body?
Endurance.

What is love?
Gratitude.

What is hidden in our chests?
Laughter.

What else?
Compassion.

- Rumi

#composer #clarinet #clarinetduet #twoclarinets #newmusic #chambermusic #woodwinds #contemporaryclassical

Cocktails & Collaborations ✨🩷🎵🌟 @shawn

Cocktails & Collaborations ✨🩷🎵🌟

@shawner9

#composer #saxophonist #besties #colleagues #collaborations

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