GALLERY – Jennifer Bellor

big red bend photo shoot in Alba, Italy May 2024

Photo shoot by Mark Maryanovich at Nelson Ghost Town, July 2023

Photo shoot by Mark Maryanovich, August 2022

Photo shoot by Mark Maryanovich, November 2020

Album Cover, Whitney Mesa Trail, July 5, 2019

Photo by Phil Joy
Cover design by Brooke Vreeland

Photos by Mark Maryanovich, Whitney Mesa Trail, June 2019

Photos by Mark Maryanovich, Valley of Fire, Fall 2018

Jennifer Bellor – Photo by Mark Maryanovich

Photos by Mark Maryanovich

2018 Mid-Missouri Composers Symposium in Belle, Missouri

Composers – Mid-Missouri Composers Symposium

West Coast Premiere of “Uprising” for wind ensemble feat. jazz drum set May 31st at Oregon State University

Performances of Echo’s Lament (2009) and Out of the Shadows (2012, rev. 2018) at the Nevada School of the Arts Chamber Concert May 6, 2018

Performance of Crystalline at the UNLV Composers CD Release Concert May 3, 2018

Performance of Crystalline with HOCKET and UNLV Percussionists April 30, 2018

More photos of UNLV Dance and Jennifer Bellor performing Chase the Stars March 2-3, 2018

Performance of Chase the Stars with UNLV Dance March 2-3, 2018

Jennifer Bellor and Richard Havey – Chase the Stars

Music Video shoot of O Soothest Sleep (Fall 2017) with Zen Ritual Creative Services, LLC/

with Tom Giampietro and James Patrick Miller

with Maria Schneider after her show at the Jazz Standard November 30, 2013

conductor Delta David Gier after the performance

Dancers at rehearsal for my composition “Noir”

dinner with the performers after the concert

post-concert reption with singer Tim Augustin, Elizabeth Reeves, Norman Garrett, and Soloman Howard

rehearsal of “Midnight Swim” for piano trio

with David Russell, Geoffrey Burleson, Pat O’Keefe, and Andrew Rindfleisch

with Elisabeth Martin, Heather Roffe, and Erwin Ruiz

with dissertation mentor and professor, Betsy Marvin

with Eastman Saxophone Project Director Chien-Kwan Lin

after dance/composer collaboration concert (left to right: Heather Langley, Brad Steiger, Kevin Anderson, Cody Paul, Nate Harris, Lizz Abt, and Quinton Harvey)

Reunited with friend and UNLV colleague, composer Diego Vega!

on road trip to Las Vegas with Colin Gordon visiting Garrett Schmidt in IL!

playing vibraphone on student Mackenzie Brook’s new piece

Performing on the piano with Michele Gordon’s flute trio

Photos from SLS Grand Opening with close friend and designer Lauren Borisoff

NYU professor and scientist Phil Tierno and Colin Gordon

Penn & Teller Show: with Penn and boyfriend Colin Gordon

Elizabeth Reeves, Michael Heaston, Francesca Zambello

Colin Gordon and his parents Michele and Glenn, Ed and Jean Karl

Evening of opera at the Kennedy Center: Watching Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde with Elizabeth Reeves

with Colin Gordon at OCabanon French wine bar in NYC

Playing my last mass and directing the choir at St. Francis of Assisi before moving on to my new job as Visiting Lecturer at UNLV!

Halloween with Colin Gordon at Rose.Rabbit.Lie

with composer Jihye lee and Grace after the show

with Timothy Hoft and Julia Bentley after the concert

Performance of “Songs of Ethereality” by mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley and faculty pianist Timothy Hoft

Performing Steve Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians”

Holiday Party with Las Vegans Kaysea Scott and Julian Tanaka

FSU SaxoChoir performance of “Skylark Lullaby”

Composers Harry Stafylakis, Alex Burtzos, Robbie Manners, theorist Andrew Aziz

Eastman alumni Megan Arns and Andrew Aziz

with conductor Taras Krysas after premiere of “Tone Poems of Ethereality”

Premiere of “Tone Poems of Ethereality” by the Henerson Symphony Orchestra Feb. 6, 2015

Premiere of “Seattle Skies” by the Rita Collective at Nazareth College, February 8, 2015

Jim Riley visited with my theory class and introduced to them his book on the Nashville Number system

with colleague Stephanie Weiss at Ferraro’s

ESM theorist Bill Marvin, colleagues Diego Vega, and Josh Fishbein at Ferraro’s

colleague Stephanie Weiss before Henderson Symphony performance of my piece “Songs of Ethereality”

ESM friend and band director Reed Chamberlin

“Remember” for SATB and piano was premiered by the California State University Stanislaus Concert Chorale under the direction of Dr. Daniel Afonso.

with my mom at the Wynn before ShowStoppers

I conducted the premiere of my composition Chase the Stars (2015) for big band featuring jazz trumpet October 13

The Chamber Chorale performed Remember (2012, rev. 2015) October 20 for SATB and piano under the direction of David Weiller with Jae Ahn-Benton on piano

Performing “Chase the Stars” with Rasar Amani

Article about my composition “Skylark Lullaby”

view from where I am sitting in the control room looking out to where the strings and woodwinds are recording Familiar Stranger and the mixed ensemble version of “Chase the Stars”

collage with composers Alex Burtzos and Michael Torke

Shouthouse premiere of “Chase the Stars”

Recording “Chase the Stars” with Rasar Amani and engineer Ron George

Rasar Amani recording for “Chase the Stars”

Recording the string quartet parts for “Out of the Shadows” with violinists Samantha Ciarlo and Tammy Hung, violist David Chavez, and cellist Lindsay Johnson

Dress rehearal with Colin Gordon and Eric Marienthal

After the concert with Eric Marienthal, Tom Leslies, Kevin Axt, Mitch Forman, Colin Gordon, and Nathan Tanouye

“Bordello Nights” recording session with Klavier Records

“Bordello Night” recording session with Klavier Records

Stephanie Weiss and Hanna Suk-hryshchenko before Celine Dion Concert

Performing some tunes at a benefit concert

with Composer and Mivos Quartet on Freemont Street

with Myroslava Khomik (violin); Hanna Suk-hryshchenko (viola); Christina Castellanos (flute) at the Las Vegas Philharmonic opening reception

Stephanie Weiss and Christina Wright-Ivanova

After the concert with guest composer Daron Hagen

left to right: composers Cynthia Wong, Diego Vega; Dean Nancy Uscher; composers Michael Torke, Jennifer Bellor, and Charles Halka

KNPR Interview with Dave Becker to discuss my composition “898 Hildegard” that will be premiered Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the Smith Center

Photo by Zen Ritual

After the show with percussionist Matt Witten

Performance of Crystalline by Olga K. Shupyatskaya, Futaba Niekawa, Chris Jones, and Matt Witten

Guest Composer Paul Chihara and pianist Christina Wright-Ivanova

Photo by Mark Maryanovich

UNLV Nextet Concert October 2, 2017

Premiere of Crystalline (2017) July 2, 2017 at the Eastman School of Music

Photo shoot by Zen Ritual Creative Services

Photo by Zen Ritual

Photo shoot by Arthur Chivis

Photo shoot by Phil Joy

Premiere of 898 Hildegard with the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Las Vegas Master Singers Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the Smith Center

Las Vegas Philharmonic and Master Singers

Interview with Dave Becker at KNPR to discuss the premiere of my composition 898 Hildegard Saturday, April 1, 2017 and rehearsal with the Las Vegas Master Singers

Soprano Emily Woodruff’s performance of From My Doleful Prison at the UNLV Nextet concert March 15, 2017 and post-concert photos with composers

Elevate Ensemble performance of “Moments Shared, Moments Lost” at the concert “After Dark” March 4, 2017:
Jonathan Szin, clarinet; Nick Bacchetto, electric organ

pre-perfomance talk about “Moments Shared, Moments Lost”

Jonathan Szin, clarinet; Nick Bacchetto, electric organ

Residency at the Missouri State University 2017 Composition Festival:
Performances of Stay, Remember, and photo with the composers and conductors after the concert

Composers and Conductor after the concert

Photos from premiere of Songs in the Dark at UNLV Nextet Concert November 2
Jennifer Bellor, composer and vocalist
Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano

N.E.O.N. Festival September 14-17 at UNLV

Performing version of “Songs in the Dark” written for Mivos Quartet, Tim Jones (vibes) and Summer Kodama (electric bass)

Photos from CD Release Party August 21, 2016 at The Bop Shop

France premiere of Bordello Nights in La Croix-Valmer June 21-26, 2016 at the Festival des Anches d’Azur

Tom Leslie and Colin Gordon after the concert

Colin Gordon, Bernie Dresel, Eric Marienthal, and Mitch Forman after the concert

Mitch Forman, Kevin Axt, and Colin Gordon after the concert

Album photo shoot by Arthur Chivis, June 2016

Artist Residency at the Neon Museum April 23-24, 2016

Premiere of Moments Shared, Moments Lost at UNLV April 18, 2016

Jae Ahn-Benton (organ) and Ivan Ivanov (clarinet)

guest soprano Monika Beal; guest composer Augusta Read Thomas; colleagues Charles Halka and Virko Baley

Recording Sessions of Bordello Nights at UNLV April 3, 2016

Las Vegas Phil flyer advertising 2016-2017
Premiere of 898 Hildegard at Smith Center April 1, 2017

Premiere of Stay(2016) at UNLV March 14, 2016

Cory Tiffin (clarinet); Jae Ahn-Benton (piano); Luigi Ng (vibraphone)

UNLV Wind Orchestra Premiere of Bordello Nights (2016)

After the concert with Colin Gordon and Eric Marienthal

UNLV Recording Sessions February-March 2016

UNLV Recording Sessions January, 2016

recording vovals with Hunter Rose Turner on “Fallen Veneer”

Recording “Moments Shared, Moments Lost” with Jae Ahn-Benton (electric ogan) and Ivan Ivanov (clarinet)

Rehearsal with Eastman New Jazz Ensemble on Chase the Stars January 11, 2016

Eastman Recording Sessions January 9-10 with Colin Gordon, soprano saxophone; Mike Kaupa, trumpet; Andrew Links, piano; Wendy Eisbenberg, electric guitar; Tyrone Allen, electric bass; Aaron Staebell, drums

Visit to NYC to hear the premiere of Chase the Stars by ShoutHouse

Photos from UNLV recording sessions December 4-6

Conducting the recording session of Chase the Stars with the UNLV Jazz Ensemble

Bronson Foster conducting the recordings of the rhythm section of Burning Light (Sean Carbone, electric guitar, Summer Kodama, bass, and Colin Woodfoord (not pictured)

IAWM Journal featuring article about Skylark Lullaby (2014)

Photos from the November 30th Nextet Concert at UNLV featuring my music

Performances of my music at University of Nevada, Las Vegas in October 2015: Chase the Stars for big band and Remember for SATB and piano

SCI Member of the Day Photo and Photo at Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar

Nextet Concert, May 4, 2015 at University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Performance of Out of the Shadows

Performance of Seattle Skies by the UNLV Jazz Ensemble 1 April 22, 2015

with soprano sax soloist Carlos Mata-Alvarez

with guest trumpet artist Allen Vizzutti

Hildegard Festival Gala Concert, March 26, 2015 in Turlock, CA

Photo Shoot by Sean Gutierrez in LA, March 22, 2015

Visiting with Guest Artist drummer Jim Riley from Rascal Flatts March 6, 2015

lunch with the Dean and select staff and faculty

Premiere of Tone Poems of Ethereality with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Taras Krysa, February 6, 2015 and
Premiere of Seattle Skies by the Rita Collective at Nazareth College, February 8, 2015.

2015 Florida State University Festival of New Music, January 29-31, 2015
Performance of Skylark Lullaby by FSU SaxoChoir

Premiere of “Songs of Ethereality” by Mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, and faculty pianist Timothy Hoft at the UNLV Nextet Concert, December 1, 2014.

SFA Wind Ensemble rehearsing “Electric Vortex” featuring jazz trombone and combo

Texas premiere of Electric Vortex on November, 24, 2014 at Stephen F. Austin State University

Conducting Noir with the UNLV Jazz Ensemble I Tuesday, November 18, 2014 in Judy Bayley Theatre

Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Performance of Noir
featuring saxophonist Grace Kelly at the Earshot Festival, The Triple Door, Seattle, WA, November 4, 2014

Grace performing “Noir” with SWOJO performing “Noir” at Triple Door

Becoming acquainted with Las Vegas! Early fall 2014

Summer 2014 before moving to Las Vegas!

2014 Nazareth College Summer Composition Camp directed by Nancy Strelau

Rochester premiere of Crystal Skies by the Rochester Women’s Philharmonic Orchestra at Hochstein School of Music and Dance, June 8, 2014. Nancy Strelau, conductor

Photos by Alex Shukoff, Nazareth College, May 2014

West Coast premiere of Electric Vortex for wind ensemble and jazz combo conducted by Danielle Gaudry, featuring jazz trombonist Mitch Butler at California State University East Bay in May 2014.

Danielle Gaudry conducting the CSU East Bay wind ensemble performance of “Electric Vortex”

Poster advertising my residency at CSU East Bay

Nazareth College Composition studio Spring 2014

Springtime visits to NYC May 2014

2014 NASA Conference to hear the premiere of my composition Skylark Lullaby March 2014

Eastman Saxophone Project premiering “Skylark Lullaby”

Late Fall 2013: Premiere of Electric Vortex at Nazareth College and NYSSMA Conference with Bending and Breaking, and hearing Maria Schneider’s band at the Jazz Standard in NYC

Rehearsal of “Electric Vortex” by the Nazareth College Wind Symphony

Performance of “Electric Vortex” at the NYSSMA Conference by the Nazareth College Wind Symphony

Washington National Opera Premiere of Duffy’s Cut, American Opera initiative, Kennedy Center, November 13, 2013

2013 Rochester Fringe festival showcase Bending & Breaking: A Collaboration of Composers, Performers, and Dancers

Photo shoot by Kym Fajardo with jazz saxophonist Colin Gordon in NYC, August, 2013

Articles publicizing DownBeat Award and composer activities

Premiere of Crystal Skies at the Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Readings in NYC, June 2013

with my composer colleagues at the readings

Eastman School of Music Doctoral Commencement Ceremony May 2013

with vocal teacher and mentor, mezzo-soprano Katherine Ciesinski

Premiere of Christabel: A chamber opera/scenic cantata, April 28, 2013, Eastman School of Music

two dancers who act as doppelgängers to the singers

with Alicia Mastrella, Katie Rhea, and conductor Danko Drusko

Performance of Uprising by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Wind Ensemble
James Patrick Miller, conductor featuring drummer Tom Giampietro, March 2013.

Visiting Colin Gordon, Saxophonist and Music Director on the cruise ship Celebrity Summit in the Caribbean, January 2013.

Cleveland Composers Recording Institute, July 2012

Skydiving, November 2011 in Weedsport, NY (influenced my composition Crystal Skies)

Photo shoot by Gerry Szymanski, http://www.gerryszymanski.com/ April, 2012

Performances of Steve Reich’s Tehillim (Spring 2012), and Music for 18 Musicians with Musica Nova (Spring 2010) at the Eastman School of Music

Premiere of LA-TI-DA at the Eastman Composers’ Sinfonietta Concert March 2011 under the direction of Geoffrey Pope featuring Jennifer Bellor (composer and coloratura soprano) and Alex Dugdale (tap dancer)