Music Style Contemporary classical

Musical Influences Stravinsky, Donatoni, Messiaen, Britten, Tippett, Berio, ...

Artist History Rob Keeley studied with Oliver Knussen at the Royal College of Music (Junior Department), at Magdalen College Oxford under the late Dr Bernard Rose, and later with Robert Saxton. For ten years he was a freelance composer and pianist/repetiteur: in which latter capacity he worked for Opera Factory, Almeida Opera and in three of Garsington Opera's series of Haydn operas. He has also played keyboards with the London Sinfonietta and Music Projects/London, and regularly performs as a pianist specialising in contemporary Italian and American music. Rob has given lecture recitals in 20th century piano music at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and seminars on his own music at UC Berkeley and the University of Oregon, Eugene. He has had works written for him by Harrison Birtwistle, Michael Finnissy, Jonathan Cole, Richard Emsley and Gilbert Biberian. In 1988 he studied at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome with Franco Donatoni, and then at the Tanglewood Summer Music School, where he was Benjamin Britten Fellow in Composition and where he received support and encouragement from Leonard Bernstein and Hans Werner Henze. Rob joined King's College, London in 1993, where apart from teaching Composition at all levels, under- and post-graduate, he is also actively involved in the coaching and performance of music from all periods. His works have been performed by, among others: BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Lontano, Premiere Ensemble, Ensemble Bash, pianist Colin Stone, guitarists Jonathan Leathwood and Fabio Zanon, Chinook Clarinet Quartet, Fretwork, Corrado Canonici, Composer's Ensemble and Jane Manning. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Selected works - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : Two Studies for Orchestra (9') 1st perf. of no 1, Tanglewood Summer Music School Orchestra/Oliver Knussen, Aug.1988: 1st complete perf. BBC SO / Knussen, Maida Vale Studios, April 1989 | | | | | Las Aguas danzan y cantan, 11 solo strings (17') 1st perf. Opus20/Stroman, Mexico City, April 1991, subsequently in Bogota, Miami and London (St John's Smith Square) as part of a British Council tour | | | | | ...desde el cerro de las campanas, wind & percussion (16') commissioned by Mark Wigglesworth for the Premiere Ensemble: 1st perf. St John's Smith Square, Nov 1991 | | | | | Variations for piano (28') 1st perf. Colin Stone, Purcell Room, Feb 1993 | | | | | Fiestas for orchestra (17') 1st perf. BBC National Orchestra of Wales cond Grant Llewelyn, live BBC broadcast, July 1995 | | | | | Symphony no 1(22') Commissioned & 1st perf. BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Asbury, St David's Hall, Cardiff, Feb 1996 | | | | | Quetzalli, 3 cl, pno, perc, vln, vla, vlc (8') 1st perf. Lontano/Martinez, Purcell Room, April 1996 | | | | | Encantamientos (10') 8 short pieces for guitar, 1st perf. Fabio Zanon, Wigmore Hall, 1999: recording scheduled for released Summer 2003, Sanctus label | | | | | Chants and Encounters, 9 players (fl,ob, cl, bn, hn, 2vln, vla, vlc) (8') 1st perf. Lontano, Cheltenham Festival, July 1997 | | | | | Symphony no 2: 2.2.2.2.,2.2.0.0., timp, hp, strings (23') 1999 (awaiting 1st perf) | | | | | Crabbed Characters and Flourishing Tropes (10') viol consort a 4, 1st perf. Fretwork, Dartington July 1999 | | | | | Dances with Bears (14') an imaginary ursine choreography in 4 movements, oboe, piano & string trio: for Ovid Ensemble: 1st perf, Holywell Music Room, Oxford, January 1999 | | | | | Music for Art and Tom (12') alto saxophone & piano (for Art Maddox & Tom Bergeron) 1st perf. University of Oregon, Eugene, April 1999 | | | | | Trio for horn, violin and piano (15') 1st perf. Darragh Morgan, Kevin Elliott & Rob Keeley, The Warehouse, London, June 2000 | | | | | Bagatelas das Ondas, five pieces for flute and guitar (17') for Marcelo Barbosa and Fabio Zanon: 1st perf scheduled Spring 2003 | | | | | Oregon Moods, clarinet, saxophone & piano, (15') 1st perf. Eugene, Oregon, Nov 1999, by Tom Bergeron & Sound Moves | | | | | Manoeuvering and Finessing, for harpsichord (12') | | | | | Sonata no 1 for violin & piano (2000) 1st perf. BMIC by Jane Faulkner & Elena Konstantinou, June 2000: revised 2002, 1st perf revised version March 2003, Rupert Bawden, Rob Keeley | | | | | Refacings, for solo double bass (6'): 1st perf May 2000 Corrado Canonici: recording scheduled for release, Summer 2003, NMC label | | | | | Juegitos, solo marimba: (6') 1st perf of revised version, Alonso Mendoza, Leicester, June 2000 | | | | | Entourages, piano and orchestra, (19') commissioned by the BBC: 1st perf March 2001, Colin Stone and BBCSO, conducted by Grant Llewelyn, Maida Vale Studios March 2001 | | | | | An Invention for Harrison Birtwistle, clarinet, vibraphone and piano (4') 1st perf October 2001, Kate Romano, Alan Hicks, Richard Benjafield, King's College, London | | | | | A Blast for Darragh and Mary, solo soprano saxophone (3'): 1st perf Andrew MacNeil, August 2001, Drumcliffe, Ireland | | | | | Six Songs of Stevie Smith, soprano and piano: 1st perf Jessica Summers and Rob Keeley, June 2002, King's College, London | | | | | Ring ! for 4 clarinets and piano: (11') 1st perf Chinook Clarinet Quartet and Jeremy Young, Royal Northern College of Music, March 2001 | | | | | Sonata for Cello and piano, (17') 1992, rev 2000, 1st perf revised version, Zoe Martlew and Dominic Saunders, October 2001, The Warehouse, London | | | | | Etudes de cloche, (15') 5 studies on change ringing patterns for solo piano; 1st perf Mary Dullea, Blackheath Concert Halls, Feb 2002 | | | | |

Instruments music paper, pencil and piano.

Location London, England - United Kingdom

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