Neely Bruce Music

Welcome to Neely Bruce Music, home of the choral composition, the Bill of Rights.

What's New
Saturday 16 May 2009 at 7:30 p.m.: The Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Marshall Brown, presents the Connecticut premiere of Neely's Introduction and Grand March. (See blogs no. 5 and 6.) Chippens Hill School, Bristol, CT. Check out www.nutmegsymphony.org for information, including directions.

Sunday 21 June 2009 at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.: Neely conducts the NYC premiere (and the third performance in the entire USA!) of Henry Brant's monumental Orbits for 80 trombones, soprano soloist and organ. At the Guggenheim Museum—free and open to the public. More information to follow in the blog.
 

Videos of some recent performances of other pieces are now available for viewing via this website.

On Wednesday, May 14th, St. Bartholomew’s Church presented the world premiere of The Portals of Saint Bartholomew, a leading-edge spatial musical work composed and conducted by Neely Bruce. Read press release and background info and view video.

Neely Bruce (b. 1944), Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, is a composer, conductor, pianist and scholar of American music. His largest work is entitled CONVERGENCE. Commissioned by the American Composers Forum, as part of its Continental Harmony project, it premiered June 18, 2000 as part of the New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Bruce’s opera Hansel and Gretel, commissioned by Connecticut Opera, received its first performances as a chamber work for children in 1997.
 

A prolific and eclectic composer, Neely Bruce is also an accomplished pianist and conductor. [learn more...]