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Larry Bell

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Larry Bell -- composer, pianist Recognized by The Chicago Tribune as “a major talent,” composer Larry Bell (b Wilson, NC, 17 Jan 1952) has been awarded the Rome Prize, fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, and the Charles Ives Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and grants from the American Music Center, the American Symphony Orchestra League, and Meet the Composer. He has been a resident composer at Bennington College, the Woodstock/Fringe Festival, the American Academy in Rome, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, The Rivers School, the Hartt School, and the MacDowell Colony. Bell’s music has been widely performed in the United States and abroad by such orchestras and ensembles as the Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, RAI Orchestra of Rome, Juilliard Philharmonia, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Ruse Philharmonia (Bulgaria), Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston, Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, University of Miami Symphony, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, ÖENM (Salzburg Mozarteum), Boston Chamber Music Society, Speculum Musicae, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, New York New Music Ensemble, Borromeo String Quartet, North/South Consonance, and Music Today (NYC), as well as at festivals in Ravinia, Aspen, Valencia (Spain), Pontino (Italy), San Salvador, Russia (Moscow Autumn), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Australia, New Zealand, Edinburg Festival (Scotland), and the Boston Early Music Festival fringe concerts.

     
Popular Tracks   
Four Lyrics: Giacoso on Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music by Chris Gekker, Larry Bell & Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
Poems: Miracles on Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music by Chris Gekker, Larry Bell & Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
The Black Cat, Op. 28 on Bell, L.: River of Ponds / The Black Cat / Fantasia On an Imaginary Hymn / Caprice by Larry Bell & Eric Bartlett
Poems: There came a wind like a bugle on Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music by Chris Gekker, Larry Bell & Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
Poems: A Dream Within a Dream on Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music by Chris Gekker, Larry Bell & Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
The Book of Moonlight, Op. 31: I. On Approaching Carolina: Carolina Moon on Bell, L.: Book of Moonlight / in Memory of Roger Sessions / Just As I Am / 4 Pieces in Familiar Style / Sleep Song by Larry Bell & Steve McConnell
Poems: A Cradle Song on Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music by Chris Gekker, Larry Bell & Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
Poems: Dover Beach on Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music by Chris Gekker, Larry Bell & Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
Four Lyrics: Amoroso on Unchanging Love: Brass and Organ Music by Chris Gekker, Larry Bell & Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
The Book of Moonlight, Op. 31: I. On Approaching Carolina: Mr. Moonlight on Bell, L.: Book of Moonlight / in Memory of Roger Sessions / Just As I Am / 4 Pieces in Familiar Style / Sleep Song by Larry Bell & Steve McConnell

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Band Membership
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Music For StringsLarry Bell -- Borromeo String Quartet, John Muratore, Tarab Cello Ensemble2007Album
The Sentimental MuseLarry Bell2003Album
River Of Ponds: Cello Music By Larry BellLarry Bell1998Album
Music From Six Continents: 1996 SeriesThomas Sleeper, Margaret Shelton Meier, Haydn Reeder, Larry Bell1996Album
Music From Six Continents: 1992 SeriesPaul Moravec, Ann Silsbee, Jerré Tanner, Larry Bell1992Compil.
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