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Alex
Kelly
Cellist
| Composer | Conductor | Electronic Musician | Ethnomusicologist
As
a cellist, Alex Kelly has performed throughout the United States
and Canada for the past ten years. In the past three years, he has
premiered almost one-hundred solo and mixed chamber works. His versitily
is demonstrated in his variety of styles, which range from renaissance
to romantic, from avante garde to pop. He has studied Baroque cello
and performance practice and has improvisation experience with acoustic
and electric cellos.
Alex's compositions have been performed throughout the United States.
He
has performed his compositions in a variety of venues, including
multimedia performances with video, live music, and dance. Currently
he is preparing a solo album in which he plays cello, electric cello,
guitar, piano, violin, string bass, igil (a Tuvan string instrument),
uses computer sound synthesis, and sings in traditional styles as
well as the Tuvan throat singing style. Alex is also recording an
album of his favorite movements from the Bach Cello Suites.
1996
B.M. in Cello Performance and Composition
1998 M.M. in Cello Performance and
1999 M.M. in Composition from Wichita State University
2001 M.M. in Conducting from the University of Oregon
2002 D.M.A. in Performance with a secondary area in Composition
from the University of Oregon
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[2002]
The Musical Artistry of Alex Kelly
Compilation
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[2002]
this is not a (c/s)ell
Theurgic Seed
DVD & CD
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