JOSEPH CELLI

AWARDS and COMMISSIONS

• THE ANGEL STOYANOF FELLOWSHIP (1996) Djerassi Resident Artists Program
• CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON THE ARTS (1996) Composer Fellowship
• MEET THE COMPOSER (1996) Composer/Choreographer Commission
• ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION (1996) Bellagio Center, Italy; composer residency
• DJERASSI FOUNDATION (1995) Composer Residency - California
• SUNNY'S MUSIC (1994) Sun Ock Lee Zen Dance Company commission
• ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL (1993/4) To study hichiriki and gagaku music and to research new developments in video technology in Japan
• FOUNDATION FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHERS (1993) To support the Korean Music Right Now! USA Tour with National Living Treasure Chung, Jae-Guk
• NEW ZEALAND-UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (1992) Travel grant to facilitate participation in the Asia-Pacific Festival
• MILLAY COLONY (1992) Composer Residency
• iEAR Studios, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Artist-In-Residence (1992)
• KADE COMMISSION (1992) to commission VIDEO SAX for five channels of video and German saxophone virtuoso Ulrich Krieger
• NEW AMERICAN RADIO (1992) to create a new work for radio entitled WORLD SOUNDPRINTS in collaboration with Jin Hi Kim
• FULBRIGHT COMMISSION (1991-93) Serial Research/Study Grant for the study of Korean music and Korean double reed instruments over a three year period in Seoul, Korea
• FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS (1992) To make NO WORLD (TRIO) IMPROVISATIONS compact disc with composer Jin Hi Kim
• INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL SOCIETY OF KOREA (1991) For the study of Korean music and Korean double reed instruments in Seoul, Korea
• ARTS INTERNATIONAL: U.S. Fund for International Festivals
  • 1994: American Music Week Festival, Bonn, Germany
  • 1992: EARTH SUMMIT Performances, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 1988: New From New York Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1987: Festival of the Americas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• SOUTHEAST MEDIA REGIONAL AWARDS (1987 & 1991) To create new music/video performance works including DRUMHANDS
• EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER, LTD. (1991) Presentation grant for video/music performance works
• SOUTHERN ARTS FEDERATION (1989 - 1991) Southern states touring circuit sponsored by this regional arts federation
• ACEITUNA ALBINA, Lima, Peru; Artist-In-Residence (September, 1990) Creation and premiere of new music/video work entitled, ANDES for 7 Peruvian musicians and a mountain of televisions
• COMMISSION for VIOLIN & VIDEO (1988) from violinist Malcolm Goldstein. Premiered at the Berlin Festival, 1/15/89
• FLORIDA DIVISION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS (1987 & 1988) Contemporary music performances in the State of Florida
• FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION commission for Ornette Coleman to compose NASA FOR PLANETARY SOLOISTS for the Kronos String Quartet and Joseph Celli, premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall, 3/14/87
• NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (1985-87) New England Touring Circuit supporting performances in New England
• MEET THE COMPOSER Performance Grants (yearly grants 1982-1996)

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