JOSEPH CELLI 261 Groovers Avenue Black Rock, CT. 06605-3452 USA voice: 203-367-7917 fax: 203-333-0603 E-mail: Cellioo5@aol.com

COMPOSITIONS

• QUINTET For kayagum, WX-7 and three kalimba. (1995/Kennedy Center, Washington, DC)
• SUNNY'S PIECE Music For Dance with double reeds, komungo, percussion (1994/Rond-Pointe Theatre, Paris)
• PINK PELVIS Music For Dance for double reeds, Korean ajeng & Brazilian percussion (1994/Lotus Art Center/NYC)
• WORLD SOUNDPRINT: Asia for radio with Jin Hi Kim (1993/American Public Radio)
• REEDS for SAN FRANCISCO for reeds & tape (1978/93/SEM Ensemble, NYC)
• VIDEO SAX for sopranino saxophone & 5 channels of video (1993/Berlin)
• KWANGJU for piri, komungo, oboe & Korean drummers (1992/MPC-TV, Korea)
• 36 STRINGS for komungo & 4 channels of video (1992/Merkin Concert Hall, NYC)
• QUARTET SET structures for double reeds, komungo, African drums and didgeridoo (1992/American Music Festival, Berlin)
• DRUM HANDS for 4 hand drummers from Africa, Brazil, Cuba and Puerto Rico & 4 channels of video (1991/No. Miami Museum of Contemporary Art)
• DRUM HANDS An installation for 4 channels of video (1990/No. Miami Museum of Contemporary Art)
• ANDES for 7 Peruvian musicians & a mountain of televisions (1990/Lima, Peru)
• VIOLIN & VIDEO for solo violin & 3 channels of video (1988/Real Art Ways, Hartford)
• 8 MALLETS FOUR BRIAN for solo xylophone & 3 channels of video (1986)
• TOTEM for bass clarinet & 3 channels of video (1986/Walker Art Center, Minneapolis)
• HANDS, REEDS & VIDEO for solo performer & 4 channels of video (1985)
• HIP-HOP A Performance Lecture with slides (1985/New England Artists Conference)
• ESCALATOR for 200 musicians in the multi-level courtyard atrium of Miami-Dade Community College (1983/Miami Dade, Miami)
• PAINTED BRIDE for chamber ensemble in resonant spaces (1982/Painted Bride Art Center)
• NEW ORLEANS for Mukha Veena & 4 channel tape
• YELLOWSPRINGS COLLABORATION for musician & dancer
• MUKHA VEENA for Indian double reed Mukha Veena & 2-4 drummers
• TRIO IMPROVISATIONS for oboe/English horn, violin & percussion
• STAR ISLAND for oboe, participants & stereo tape
• SNARE DRUM for CAMUS (Version II & III) for video & musicians
• IMPROVISATIONS for oboe, English horn and violin
• TO BE ANNOUNCED for 32 voices & 8 channel tape
• SOLO IMPROVISATION for English horn
• WINDBAG An environmental sound installation
• SKY: S for J for five English horns without reeds
• RINGING for amplified antique cymbals
• '... in the bag...' for dancer & live electronics

AWARDS

• 1996 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Composer Fellowship
• 1996 Meet The Composer: Composer/Choreographer Grant (with Sun Ock Lee).
• 1996 Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center Composition Residency, Italy.
• 1995 Djerassi Foundation, Composer Residency, California.
• 1993-4 Asian Cultural Council for study and research of Japanese traditional music.
• 1993 Foundation For the Needs of Others for Korean Music Right Now Tour.
• 1992 New Zealand-United States Educational Foundation for Asia-Pacific Festival.
• 1992 Millay Colony for the Arts, Composer-In-Residence.
• 1992 iEar Studios, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Artist-In-Residence.
• 1992 Kade Award to commission VIDEO SAX for 5 channels of video & solo sax.
• 1992 New American Radio Commission for WORLD SOUNDPRINTS: Asia.
• 1992 Foundation for Contemporary Performing Arts for NO WORLD IMPROV CD.
• 1991-93 Fulbright Grant for study and research of Korean music and instruments.
• 1988-94 US Fund for American Artists for concerts in Asia, South America & Europe.
• 1988 & 89 Florida Division of Cultural Affairs for contemporary arts activities.
• 1987 & 91 Southeast Media Regional Awards to create new video/music performance.
• 1984 Fromm Music Foundation, to commission new work from Ornette Coleman for the Kronos String Quartet and Joseph Celli.

EDUCATION

• Current Studying Korean double reed instruments in Korea and the Japanese hichiricki at the Imperial Court Gagaku.
• 1991-93 Korean Traditional Performing Arts Centre, Seoul, Korea - Fulbright Scholar.
• 1970-72 Northwestern University, Chicago - MM (major in oboe performance/comp).
• 1970 & 71 Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, OH. - Performance Seminar for 2 summers
• Private oboe/English horn study with Ray Still (Chicago Symphony), Albert Goltzer (N.Y. Philharmonic), Wayne Rapier (Boston Symphony Orch.), and John Mack (Cleveland Symphony Orch).
• 1962-65 Hartt College of Music, Hartford, CT. - BME

EMPLOYMENT

• 1993- Founder/Director, Korean Performing Arts Institute, USA/Seoul.
• 1991- Director, O.O. DISCS, Inc. recording company - contemporary American music.
• 1972- Composer, Videomaker, Performer with performances & premieres throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, North & South America.
• 1972- Arts Consultant, Panelist, for various state arts agencies, NEA, foundations.
• 1989-90 Director of Cultural Programs, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL.
• 1987-89 CEO/Executive Director, New Music America Miami Festival, Miami, FL.
• 1975-86 Executive Director, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, contemporary arts center.
• 1972-80 College, university, conservatory, high school teaching.

REFERENCES

• Ornette Coleman, Composer, PO Box 106, Canal Street Station, NY, NY 10003
• Robert Browning, Director, World Music Institute, 49 W. 27th St., NY, NY 10012
• Prof. Phill Niblock, Composer/Videomaker, Director, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 224 Centre St., NY, NY 10003
• David Harrington, Kronos String Quartet, 145 7th St., San Francisco, CA 94122

MEMBERSHIPS

• The Society for Ethnomusicology - University of Indiana
• Meet The Composer - NYC (Advisory Board)
• American Music Center - NYC (former Board of Directors)
• Composers Forum - NYC (former Board of Directors)
• National Jazz Association - Washington, DC
• Festival International de Louisiane, Programming Advisor, 1991
• Tigertail Productions, Inc. - Miami (former Board of Trustees)