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
Sigol Musings For Solo Violin
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Brian Fennelly
Skyscapes I
alto sax & str qrt
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Brian Fennelly
Skyscapes II
trumpet, string quartet
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Brian Fennelly
Skyscapes Iii
fl/pic/altfl; cl/bscl; vln, vcl, pf
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Brian Fennelly
Skyscapes IV
FLUTE/AFL/PIC, OBOE/EH, VIOLIN, CELLO, GUITAR
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Brian Fennelly
Sock Monkeys For 2 Flutes
2 flutes
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Brian Fennelly
Sonata Serena For Piano
Solo Piano
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Brian Fennelly
Songs with Improvisation
soprano or mezzo, clarinet and piano
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Brian Fennelly
String Quartet In Two Movements (String Quartet #1)
string quartet
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Brian Fennelly
String Quartet No. 3 ('sigol: Thirty Flowers')
string quartet
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Brian Fennelly
Suite For Doublebass
contrabass
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Brian Fennelly
Sukhi! For Mixed Quartet
Cl, vln, vcl, pf
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Brian Fennelly
Tableaux for Piano and 10 Instruments
fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, perc(1), vln, vla, vcl, cb, pf
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Brian Fennelly
Tangoblique For Piano
pf
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae I, Fantasy For Harpsichord
harpsichord
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae Ii, Fantasy For Cello
cello
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae Iii For Viola
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae Iv/V For Solo Contrabass Trombone Or Tuba
Solo Contrabass Trombone or Tuba
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae Ix For Solo Percussionist
solo multipercussion marimba, xylophone, temple blocks, snare drum, timbales, bongos, tambourine, bamboo wind chimes, wood wind chimes, 3 brake drums, 2 suspended cymbals, tam-tam, maracas, guiro, cabaza
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae Vi - Scoria -For Solo Trumpet
trumpet
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae Vii For Solo Clarinet
solo Bb clarinet
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Brian Fennelly
Tesserae Viii For Solo Alto Saxophone
alto sax
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