Jennifer Bellor

Also available on Amazon and iTunes

Performance of Stay at the 2017 IAWM annual composer concert at the University of Kansas October 28, 2017 featuring members from the Kansas Virtuosi:

Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet
Ellen Sommer, piano
Mike Compitello, vibraphone

This new music video for my song “O Soothest Sleep” was made possible by the Nevada Arts Council Jackpot grant and really excited to share it! Produced by Zen Ritual Creative Services, the music video interprets the concept of my song: sleeping to experience other realities. Allen captured some strikingly beautiful shots of places in Las Vegas including Wet Lands, Spring Mountain Ranch and Calico Basin.

Zen Ritual Creative Services LLC Presents
O SOOTHEST SLEEP
A Film by Allen Muresan and Petrina Olson

Music and Lyrics by JENNIFER BELLOR
Jennifer Bellor, voice
Phil Joy, electric guitar
Audio mixed and edited by Phil Joy
Mastered by Gil Kaupp

The video was made possible by a Nevada Arts Council Jackpot Grant.

Excerpt from “Turn the Key” 🗝Practicing the pipe organ while singing and making sure to play the correct foot pedals is a fun challenge! 😅🎼🎹👠#multitasking #halltomyself #practice #singing #pipeorgan #newmusic #composer #newsong

A post shared by Jennifer Bellor (@jkbellor) on Dec 20, 2017 at 11:27am PST

Excerpt from “Turn the Key” 🗝Practicing the pipe organ while singing and making sure to play the correct foot pedals is a fun challenge! 😅🎼🎹👠#multitasking #halltomyself #practice #singing #pipeorgan #newmusic #composer #newsong

A post shared by Jennifer Bellor (@jkbellor) on Dec 20, 2017 at 11:27am PST

Photo from the International Alliance for Women in Music annual concert at KU October 28th 🎶#iawm #concert #composer #composerlife #postconcert

A post shared by Jennifer Bellor (@jkbellor) on Nov 8, 2017 at 9:45am PST

It was wonderful to meet all of the composers and performers involved with the IAWM concert. Stephanie Zelnick, Mike Compitello and Ellen Sommer gave a really gorgeous performance of “Stay.” 😊🎶🎼

My favorite animated short film 🎞️was created in 1919 by Lotte Reiniger titled “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (The Ornament of the Lovestruck Heart❤️). Ever since I was introduced to it at Eastman back in 2008 for a composition project at the time, I envisioned writing a new piece for it in the future – a song with original lyrics that was inspired by dreams and how we experience love. “Lulling Charities” is one of the first songs I have completed thus far for my new video concept album project. It is also the first piece of mine that utilizes my antique pump organ – harmonium – and toy piano. This project is really special to me because I fell in love with this animation and am really excited to share it! 😍🎵

Lulling Charities (2017)
Music and Lyrics by Jennifer Bellor
Film “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (1919) by Lotte Reiniger

Voice, Harmonium, toy piano by Jennifer Bellor
Acoustic guitar by Phil Joy
Mixing and Editing by Phil Joy
Mastering by Gil Kaupp

Film “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (1919) by Lotte Reiniger
film from the George Eastman House

Here is the audio on Soundcloud:

Getting ready to record the harmonium and toy piano parts for one of my songs! "Lulling Charities" will be premiered (pre-recorded) with Lotte Reiniger's animated short "Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens" (1919) at the Oct. 2nd UNLV Nextet concert 🎼🎹💕#composer #filmscoring #playing #homestudio #musicalartist #collaboration #silentfilm

A post shared by Jennifer Bellor (@jkbellor) on Sep 16, 2017 at 5:47pm PDT

Written for and inspired by Lotte Reiniger’s animated short film “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (1919)
Voice, electric guitar, harmonium and electronics
Music, lyrics and voice by Jennifer Bellor
Electric guitar w/improv and mixing/editing by Phil Joy
Duration: 3 minutes

Will be premiered at the October 2 Nextet Concert at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 7:30pm, Doc Rando

Lulling Charities is a song I wrote that is not only inspired by and can be featured with Lotte Reiniger’s animated short, but is also written for my new concept album “To Sleep.” The title of the song is taken from the poem “To Sleep” by John Keats. While writing the music/lyrics, I envision a dream where the character wakes up to a world where hearts grow on trees. Ingesting these hearts will give one a hallucination of euphoria and intense feelings for the person with whom the heart is shared. Like every hallucination, however, it could be short-lived and reality could set in sooner than we want, perhaps leaving the couple heart-broken from any issues that can arise in a relationship. For this couple, however, despite the pain that occurs, they are able to prevail because love for one another is strong and can “withstand the test of time.”

Mics are set up for the harmonium!! (pump organ) @jkbellor is getting some practice in before we finish up tracking for "Lulling Charities" #harmonium #mc930 #rme #recordingsession #composer #musicalartist

A post shared by Phil Joy (@phil.joy) on Sep 17, 2017 at 2:44pm PDT

Crystalline (2017) for two pianos and percussion was premiered Sunday, July 2nd in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music on the program “Sonic Clusters II” produced by pianists Olga Shupyatskaya and Futaba Niekawa:

Olga Shupyatskaya and Futaba Niekawa, pianos
Matt Witten and Chris Jones, percussion

The composition is inspired by the fusion of natural elements resulting in the creation of these beautiful crystal-like patterns/structures found in nature. In Crystalline, the pattern is a melody line that is first heard in its entirety by the vibraphone. Throughout the piece, the interplay among the instruments evokes images of these elements coming together and breaking a part as the structure is formed, creating a sparkly, crystal-like atmosphere.

Also available on SoundCloud: