Collection: Fennelly, Brian
Brian Fennelly (1937-2015) studied at Yale with Mel Powell, Donald Martino, Allen Forte, Gunther Schuller and George Perle (M.Mus 1965, Ph.D. 1968). From 1968 to 1997 he was professor of Music in the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University, and Professor Emeritus until his death in 2015. In addition to a Guggenheim fellowship, his awards include three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and commissions from the Koussevitzky Foundation, Fromm Foundation and Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest as well as from the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra. In 1997 he received a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
His music has been awarded prizes in many competitions, which include the Goffredo Petrassi Competition for Orchestral Music (1993), International Trumpet Guild Competition (First Prize, 1990), the Louisville Orchestra New Music Competition (First Prize, 1986), Shreveport Symphony Competition (1981), and the Premio Citta di Trieste (1981). Over twnty of his works appear on CD, with orchestral and chamber music released on the New World, CRI, Albany, Pro Viva, First Edition, Capstone, and New Ariel labels. Orchestral releases include Fantasy Variations, In Wildness is the Preservation of the World, On Civil Disobedience, and A Sprig of Andromeda, the last three all Thoreau-inspired works. Brian Fennelly's music has been performed by several orchestras including the Rochester Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, and The Louisville Orchestra, as well as by chamber ensembles such as the American and Empire Brass Quintets, and the Concord and Audubon String Quartets.
His choral music has been sung by the Gregg Smith Singers and the New York Virtuoso Singers, among others. International performances include two at the Warsaw Autumn (Poland) and four at the ISCM world Music Days (Iceland, Israel, Belgium, and Canada), with recordings by The Louisville Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Prague Radio Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Polish Radio National Symphony. Fennelly's music is published by Margun Music (Boston): MMB Music, Inc. (St. Louis), Pro Nova (Munich), Ricordi (Milan), and American Composers Edition (New York). In addition to composing and teaching, he has been active as officer and board member in a number of music organizations; he also co-directs the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, which he founded in 1976. Fennelly resides in Kingston, New York with his wife Jacqueline, who played French horn with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic for many years. Liam Fennelly, his son from a previous marriage, is a viola da gamba player now living in Europe.
Brian Fennelly was the 2013 recipient of the Union College Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award.
With a degree in mechanical engineering from Union College in 1958, Brian Fennelly b. 1937, began his career as an officer in the Air Force, with service in the U. S. and Korea. After receiving a B. A. from Union (1963), he entered Yale on a Woodrow Wilson fellowship, where he studied music composition and theory with Mel Powell, Allen Forte, Gunther Schuller and George Perle (M.Mus 1965, Ph.D. 1968).
(Photo 1981, by Bill Hellermann)
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Brian Fennelly
Arias and Interludes (String Quartet No. 2)
string quartet
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Brian Fennelly
Babbittelle (Ohne Tonart)
piano
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Brian Fennelly
Canzona & Dance For Clarinet, Strings, And Piano
cl,pf,vln,vla,vcl
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Brian Fennelly
Chrysalis for Orchestra
3 picc/alto flt, 3 EHn, 3 Eflat Clnt, Alto sax, 3 Cbsn, 4-3-3-1, perc,celsta, harp, strings
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Brian Fennelly
Composition For Liam, For Piano
pf
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Brian Fennelly
Consort Ii: Photogram For Saxophone Quartet
Saxophone Quartet
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Brian Fennelly
Coralita (Corollary I) For Horn And Piano
hn,pf
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Brian Fennelly
Corollary Iv For Trombone And Piano
tbn, pf
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Brian Fennelly
Distant Call
for solo Trumpet or Flugelhorn
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Brian Fennelly
Divisions For Solo Violin
vln
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Brian Fennelly
Emergence and Flight
lg orch: 3 3 3/altsax 3 - 4331 hp cel perc(3) str
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Brian Fennelly
Empirical Rag (Version 1, for Brass Quintet)
brass 5tet: 2-1-1-1
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Brian Fennelly
Empirical Rag (Version 2, For Piano)
piano
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Brian Fennelly
Empirical Rag (Version 3, For Violin And Piano)
vln, pf
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Brian Fennelly
Empirical Rag (Version 4, For Wind Quintet)
ww 5tet: 1-1-1-1; hn bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe
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