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Elizabeth Joan Kelly, Composer
 


Elizabeth Joan Kelly hails from Slidell, Louisiana. She is a prize-winning composer who holds degrees in music composition from Loyola University in New Orleans (B.M. '05) and the Cleveland Institute of Music (M.M '07). Elizabeth currently resides in Tallahassee, FL, and hopes you enjoy what you hear.

News and upcoming performances:

-Performance News:
The Crimson Mix (including "Deep Blue") of 360 Degrees will be performed July 8th at the Taipei Contemporary Art Center in Tapei, Taiwan, and July 14th, 8:00 PM at Grey Matter Books in Hadley, Massachusetts.

-Performance News:
I have once again been selected as a participant in Vox Novus' 60x60! "Deep Blue" was performed at  Stony Brook University as part of ICMC during the week of June1-5 as part of the 360 Degrees program.
 
-New Music: Painter Kathy Rodriguez has recreated her M.F.A. Thesis Installation from the University of Montana, Missoula, online; it includes embedded mp3 files of the music I wrote for the show. Link here.
 
-Performance News: The Salt of Winter was selected for inclusion in the Jacksonville Symphony's Fresh Ink 2008 readings, held June 3rd and 4th.
 
-Performance News: My choral piece Tiare Tahiti, from the poem "Tiare Tahiti" by Rupert Brooke, was selected for inclusion in the American Composers Forum/Vocal Essence's Essentially Choral Readings. It was rehearsed and read by the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and conductor Philip Brunelle May 29-31st in Minneapolis.
 
-Another Review: Somehow I missed this last fall, but here is a review of the Cleveland Chamber Symphony's October 7th performance including some really nice comments about Big Band
 
-Performance News: Selections from my as-yet unfinished ballet Fat Tuesday, libretto by Baron Daigrepont, were chosen for the program of Grand Valley State University’s Free Play 10: Listening Chamber, a six hour electronic music event. 60x60's Midwest Minutes also made an appearance with Outer Limit. Program available here.
 
- New Music: An excerpt from the Cleveland Chamber Symphony's October performance of my piece Big Band is now under the "Listen" tab.
 
- Award News: As a second place winner in the Singing City 2008 Prize for Young Composers, I have been commissioned to write a new piece for Singing City to be performed at their concert in the fall of 2008, with the help and mentorship of Singing City's resident composer Andrew Bleckner. Winners arrounced here.
 
- Cleveland Plain Dealer: Here is the review from the Cleveland Chamber Symphony performance of my piece Big Band.
 
-Performance News: Outer Limit is being included in Vox Novus's Midwest Minutes of the 60x60 project. Upcoming performances can be found here. Program notes for the sixty pieces selected can be found here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Joan Kelly