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Anthony M. Kelley

Professor of the Practice of Music
Music
Box 90665, Durham, NC 27708-0665
078 Biddle Music Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works


RAGTIME

Artistic production · April 2012 The Duke University Departments of Theater, Music and Dance in collaboration with Hoof 'n' Horn and the Duke Chamber Players, presented the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime. Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow. Nine performances presented in April ... Cite

Soundtrack to "Kudzu Vine"

Artistic composition · May 2011 A.M. Kelley, Soundtrack to "Kudzu Vine" [Documentary] (May, 2011). Electronic musical work to accompany the documentary by filmmaker Josh Gibson. ... Link to item Cite

Kudzu Vine Suite

Digital art · 2011 A.M. Kelley, "Kudzu Vine Suite" (2011). Compositional audio montage, expanded from music in the soundtrack to Gibson's "Kudzu Vine". ... Cite

Kudzu Vine

Digital art · 2011 A train advances through a railroad crossing flanked by dark masses of leaves and exits through the left of the frame, as if backwards in time. A radio program broadcasting to Georgia farmers waxes lyrical about kudzu’s many uses and virtues. The radio sta ... Link to item Cite

Grist for the Mill

Digital art · 2010 A.M. Kelley, "Grist for the Mill" (2010). Composition for mixed chamber ensemble, recorded for Albany Records by The Mallarme Chamber Players. ... Link to item Cite

Contra-Funkti

Artistic composition · 2009 A.M. Kelley, Nicholas Lewis, Reginald Patterson, David Garner, Contra-Funkti, 1-6 (2009). New approach to open improvisation, requiring close listening and response to polyphonic textures. ... Cite

Incidental Music to the stage production, SPRING AWAKENING (Wedekind)

Artistic composition · April 13, 2008 A.M. Kelley, Incidental Music to the stage production, SPRING AWAKENING (Spring, 2008). This music provides transition and background scoring for the Duke Department of Theater Studies production of SPRING AWAKENING, Spring, 2008. This music, for clarin ... Cite

Soundtrack to "The Doll"

Artistic composition · October 18, 2007 A.M. Kelley, Soundtrack to "The Doll" (October 18, 2007), Myrmecoid Music, Box 93378 Durham, NC 27708. This music was composed to accompany the short film, THE DOLL, directed by Emmy Award-winner, Dante James, and based on a short story by the same name w ... Link to item Cite

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Composer with colossal imagination

Journal article The News and Observer · February 2007 This article provides an overview of some of the impressive compositions from a lesser known 20th Century composer, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. ... Link to item Cite

Words are Fun!

Artistic composition · 2007 (song for brass and boy choir). The Richmond Symphony Brass and the Richmond Boys Choir performed "Words are Fun" [text by NIkki Giovanni as part of a 10-year retrospective of the Meet the Composer New Residencies Partnership and the opening of Nicholas ... Cite

Conjure Bearden [Musical Suite for Film]

Artistic composition · 2006 A.M. Kelley, Conjure Bearden [Musical Suite for Film] (Spring, 2006), Myrmecoid Music, Box 93377 Durham, NC 27708. This composition, for synthesizer, clarinet, and double bass, was designed to accompany the images of H. Lee Waters filmed in North Carolina ... Cite

GRIST FOR THE MILL

Artistic composition · 2005 Cite

Point of Reference

Artistic composition · 2003 A.M. Kelley, Point of Reference (2003), Myrmecoid Music. This is a work for improvising clarinet and piano. It incorporates New Blues practice. ... Cite

Sidelines

Artistic composition · 2002 Sports-based movements for string quartet, entitled "Sidelines" received a premiere performance by the Ciompi String Quartet. ... Cite

Closer

Artistic composition · 2000 Premiered by the Sweet Briar College Chorus and Orchestra, Plus Amherst County Gospel Singers and Galax Way. (for gospel singers, female chorus, old-time folk band, and small symphony orchestra) ... Cite

The Breaks

Artistic composition · 1998 (for large symphony orchestra). Comissioned by the American Composers Orchestra (NYC) for Carnegie Hall premiere. (Gerard Schwarz, conductor). ... Cite