LARRY THOMAS BELL
Composer and Pianist
73 Hemenway St., apt. 501
Boston, MA 02ll5 E-mail:
(6l7) 262-1775 www.larrybellmusic.com
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Berklee College of Music, 2007––present
Associate Professor of Composition
Harmony and Composition, Counterpoint and Composition
New England Conservatory of Music, 1992—present
Chairman of the Theory Department for the Departments of Preparatory and Continuing Education
Composition Faculty; Counterpoint, Solfège
The Boston Conservatory, 1980—2005
Composition faculty (1980–2005); Piano faculty
Harmony, Solfège, Form & Analysis, Counterpoint
Graduate Seminars: Beethoven String Quartets, The Classical Style,
Music of Mahler, The Music of Richard Strauss
The Juilliard School Pre-College Division, 1979—84
Theory, eight levels; Solfège, eight levels
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, 1982—83
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1981—82
Rockefeller Foundation grant to the Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, 1985
Charles Ives Award, American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1977
Meet the Composer grants, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2007
National Arts Associate Award, Sigma Alpha Iota, 1986
Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999
American Symphony Orchestra League, 1988
BMI Student Composers Award, BMI, 1973
EDUCATION
FAAR, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Fellow — Post-Doctoral degree in Composition, 1983
D.M.A., The Juilliard School, New York — Composition, 1982
M.M., The Juilliard School — Composition, 1977
B. M., Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina —Composition, 1974
RECORDINGS
Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music: Poems, Liturgical Suite, Four Lyrics, Unchanging Love, Remembering Al: Idumea Variations, Chris Gekker, trumpet, Richard Bunbury, organ, Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble, Larry Bell, piano, Albany Records CD (2008)
Music for Strings: String Quartet No. 3, Celestial Refrain, Tarab, Borromeo String Quartet, John Muratore, guitar, Tarab Cello Ensemble, Albany Records CD (2007)
Larry Bell Piano Music: Four Chorale Preludes, Miniature Diversions, Piano Sonata No. 2 (Tala), Revivals, and Elegy, Larry Bell, piano, Albany Records CD (2006)
Larry Bell Vocal Music: The Immortal Beloved, Songs of Time and Eternity (Dickinson), Four Sacred
Songs, and Songs of Innocence and Experience (Blake) Albany Records CD (Troy 741); D’Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano, Larry Bell, pianist, New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic and Children’s Chorus, Benjamin Zander, conductor (2005)
The Sentimental Muse: The Sentimental Muse, Song and Dance, Idumea Symphony, Short Symphony for Band, North/South Recordings CD 1031, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Jordan Winds, Joel Suben and William Drurry conductors, Kathryn Sleeper, bassoonist (2004)
The Book of Moonlight: The Book of Moonlight, In Memory of Roger Sessions, Just As I am, Four Pieces in Familiar Style, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, Sleep Song, Ayano Ninomiya, violinist, Larry Bell, pianist, North/South Recordings 1033 (2004)
Reminiscences and Reflections: 12 Preludes and Fugues, Jonathan Bass, pianist, N/S 1032 (2004)
Hansel and Gretel, a Fable for Narrator and Orchestra. New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, conductor and narrator, Zander website (2003)
Sacred Symphonies, Vienna Modern Masters CD 3016, Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla, conductor (1993)
Piano Sonata, North/South Recordings CD 1007, Larry Bell, pianist (1996)
Piano Concerto, Vienna Modern Masters CD 3037, Russe Philharmonic Orchestra, Tsanko Delibosov, conductor, Larry Bell, pianist (1997)
River of Ponds: The Black Cat, Caprice for solo cello, River of Ponds, Fantasia on an Imaginary Hymn, North/South Recordings CD 1018 (1999) Eric Bartlett, cellist, Robert J. Lurtsema, narrator, Sarah Clarke, violist, Larry Bell, pianist (1999)
Mahler in Blue Light, Barking Dog Records CD 2181, "American Breath," Russell Peterson, saxophonist, Diane Trumaine, 'cellist, Doug Schneider, pianist (2001)
PERFORMING PIANIST
Solo piano recitalist or guest composer: Aspen Music Festival, Music Today (NYC), Mozarteum (Salzburg), Columbia University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Florida State University, Bowdoin College, Community College of Rhode Island, Keene State College, Boston University, University of North Dakota, Arizona State University, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory Faculty Artist Series, American Academy in Rome, University of Keele (UK), Foligno (Italy), others.
Composer-in-Residence: Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum; U-Mass-Amherst; Tokyo Metro University; Temple University–Japan; Barton College (Wilson, NC); University of Arizona, Hartt School; University of Richmond (VA); Queens College; University of Miami; Rivers School, Weston, MA; Woodstock Fringe; American Song/Fest, Woodstock, NY, and others.
Orchestral (selected performances):
Hansel and Gretel, The Atlanta Symphony, Jere Flint, conductor (March 2008)
David and Old Ironsides, Boston, The Hatch Shell, Boston Landmarks Orchestra Charles Ansbacher, conductor, Hubie Jones, narrator (June 2007)
Songs of Innocence and Experience, Boston, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the NEC Children’s Chorus, Gil Rose, conductor (January 2001); Boston, NEC Youth Philharmonic, Benjamin Zander, conducting (2003)
Song and Dance, Richmond, VA, Currents Ensxemble, Fred Cohen, conductor (March 1997)
Piano Concerto, New York, Music Today, Gerard Schwarz conducting; Larry Bell, pianist (November 1989); Boston, NEC Orchestra, Russe Philarmonic, Russe Bulgaria, Tsanko Delibosov conducting, Bell, pianist (June 1996)
Sacred Symphonies, Seattle, Seattle Symphony, Christopher Kendall conducting (February 1988); Boston, Symphony Pro Musica, Bratislava, Slovakia, Bratislava Radio Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla, conducting (February 1992)
The Idea of Order at Key West, a Double Concerto for Soprano and Violin, New York, Alice Tully Hall, Jorge Mester conducting, Nicholas Mann, violin, Ruth Jacobson, soprano (May 1982)
Continuum for Orchestra, Rome, Italy, Radiotelevisione Italiana, Massimo Pradella conducting (December 1984)
Idumea Symphony, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, Jed Gaylin conducting (March 1997), Olmutz, Czech Republic, Moravian Phiharmonic, Joel Suben, conductor (March 2003)
The Sentimental Muse, a Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, Kathryn Sleeper, bassoonist Thomas Sleeper, conductor, University of Miami (April 1998)
Short Symphony for Band, Boston, Jordan Hall, Jordan Winds, William Drury, conductor
(March 1999)
Chamber Music:
Tarab, Tarab Cello Ensemble, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA (February 2006)
String Quartet No. 3 , Borromeo String Quartet, Forsyth Chapel Forest Hills, Jamaica Plain, MA, (December 2005)
Concerto for Oboe and Five Instruments, New York, Speculum Musicae, Stephen Taylor, oboist (April 1989); Salzburg, Oesterreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik (April 1994)
String Quartet No. 1, Ravinia Festival, The Juilliard String Quartet, Chicago (June 1976) and New York (May 1976); Cavatina String Quartet, New York (April 1980);
Piano Quartet, Boston, Victor Romanul, Scot Woolweaver, Andrés Dìaz, Janice Webber (February 1992); New York, NY, String Quartet No. 2, Chamber Music Society of Boston (March 1985); New York, Columbia String Quartet (February 1985)
Quintessence, New York, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble (March 1997)
Fantasia on an Imaginary Hymn for cello and viola, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, and Juilliard Theater, New York, Joel Krosnick and Samuel Rhodes; and on the Juilliard String Quartet's 1984—1985 season; Rome, Italy, Eric Bartlett and Sarah Clarke (October 1986), Boston and New York (October 1992)
The Black Cat, 92nd St. Y, New York, Longy School, Boston, Larry Bell, Wu Han, Eric Bartlett (1988); Boston, Steven McConnell, Andrès Dìaz, Michael Dewart (1991)
River of Ponds, Boston, Jordan Hall, Andrés Dìaz, cellist, Larry Bell, pianist (February 1994); Blues Theme with Variations, Russia, The Moscow Autumn Festival, Elena Ivania and Allysa Smith, pianists (November 1995)
The Book of Moonlight, New York, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Ayano Ninmiya, violinist, Larry Bell, piano (January 2002)
Mahler in Blue Light, Boston, Jordan Hall, Kenneth Radnofsky, alto saxophone, Pamela Frame, cellist, and Larry Bell, pianist (December 1996); WGBH-FM broadcast simultaneous with world-wide web internet live (March 1997);
Piano Music:
Reminiscences and Reflections, Twelve Preludes and Fugues, Boston, Jordan Hall and New York, Merkin Hall, Sara Davis Buechner, pianist (March and April 1999)
Piano Sonata, Salzburg, Mozarteum, Bell, pianist (April 1994); Tokyo Metro University (Japan, Larry Bell, pianist (March 1996)
PUBLICATIONS
"Musica reservata in Frederic Rzewski's North American Ballads," The Musical Quarterly, Vol. LXXII, No. 4 (1986), 449—458. [with Andrea Olmstead]
"Some Remarks on the New Tonality," Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 6 part 2 (1992), 43–49.
Bell's music is published by Casa Rustica Publications and Ione Press, a division of ECS Publishing.
ORGANIZATIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Broadcast Music, Incorporated, composer and publisher
Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome
MacDowell Colony Fellow
REFERENCES
Vincent Persichetti and Renée Longy, The Juilliard School Placement Office
Robert Mann, Violinist and founder, Juilliard String Quartet
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, The Seattle Symphony
John Harbison, Composer
Yehudi Wyner, Composer