ABBY KELLEMS
UPCOMING EVENTS
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PAST EVENTS
MUSICAL CONVERGENCE
Improvisations with Nicholas Felder, Abby Kellems, Egemen Kesikli, Liangyeh Tai, and Michiko Theurer
Monday, April 21, 2025 at 4:30pm
Canyon Gallery, Boulder Public Library
Boulder, Colorado
SONGS OF EARTH AND SKY
Performance: Dark Skies for solo violin and reverb
Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 7:00pm
Muse Performance Space
Lafayette, Colorado
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2025 NORTH AMERICAN SAXOPHONE ALLIANCE REGION 2 CONFERENCE
Premiere: Confluence for tenor saxophone and looper pedal
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 9:40am
California State University, Fullerton CPAC 170
Fullerton, California
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2024 COLORADO COLLABORATORS SHOWCASE
Performance: Dark Skies for solo violin and reverb
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 7:30pm
King Center Concert Hall, MSU Denver
Denver, Colorado
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SOUNDWORKS
Lírios String Quartet
Premiere: Always something moves for string quartet
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 7:30pm
Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St
Boulder, Colorado
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ALICE DEL SIMONE RECITAL
Alice Del Simone, Abby Kellems, Gavin Kitchen, Julia Sills
Performance: L'onde tremble comme une moire for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano
Commissioned by the Fauré Centennial Festival, Boulder, Colorado
Monday, March 4, 2024 at 7:30pm
Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St
Boulder, Colorado
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FAURÈ CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL
Alice Del Simone, Abby Kellems, Gavin Kitchen, Julia Sills
Premiere: L'onde tremble comme une moire for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano
Commissioned by the Fauré Centennial Festival, Boulder, Colorado
Wednesday, March 1, 2024 at 7:30pm
Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St
Boulder, Colorado
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SOUNDWORKS
Premiere: Pre/postlude: Free Flow for spatialized fixed media and video
SPARK Award
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 7:30pm
ATLAS B2 Black Box Theater
Boulder, Colorado
SEXTO FESTIVAL DE PERFECCIONAMIENTO PIANÍSTICO
Performance: Sea Glass
Monday, November 20, 2023
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
SOUNDWORKS
Premiere: ontario for mezzo-soprano and violin
Text by Veda Hingert-McDonald
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 7:30pm
Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St
Boulder, Colorado
[PLACEHOLDER] FESTIVAL
With Turkish Massage Owl, featuring arrangements by Egemen Kesikli
Friday, October 20, 2023
10th and Pearl
Boulder, Colorado
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SOUNDWORKS
Premiere: Stilling for saxophone quartet and dancers
Choreographed by Angela Gumieniak
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 7:30pm
Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St
Boulder, Colorado
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I TELL YOU ME ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
Sneak peek: Stilling for ~Nois saxophone quartet and dancers (saxophone quartet only)
Monday, September 18, 2023 at 7:00pm
The Rayback
Boulder, Colorado
EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUNDRAISER CONCERT
With Turkish Massage Owl, featuring arrangements by Egemen Kesikli
Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 7pm
Muse Performance Space
Lafayette, Colorado
SOUNDWORKS: COLORS
Abby Kellems, Elan Rochelle-Share, Gavin Kitchen, Er-Hsuan Li, Victor Avila Luvsangenden,
Jordan Grantonic, Chloe Ehrmantraut, Peyton Magalhaes, Jessie Lausé
Premiere: Love Letter from a Sinking Ship for two percussionists, piano, string quartet, and fixed media
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:30pm
S102 Chamber Hall, 1020 18th St.
Boulder, Colorado
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NOISE NIGHT
Experimental Sound and Live Drawing/Performance
With the Plein Air Sound Collective and visual artist Steph Parnes
Featuring graphic scores by Steph Parnes and text scores by Veda Hingert-McDonald
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 6:30pm
West Pearl Ozo Coffee
Boulder, Colorado
ALCHEMY CONCERT
Renova New Music Choir
Premiere: Fire Pages // Young Sea for SATB
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8:30pm
Imig E160, 1020 18th St.
Boulder, Colorado
PENDULUM NEW MUSIC: TALES AND SOUNDSCAPES
Boulder Altitude Directive
Premiere: Listening to trees listening to trees for flute, bass clarinet, piano, marimba, violin, and cello
Commissioned by the Boulder Altitude Directive
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:30pm
Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St.
Boulder, Colorado
INTERVIEW ON THE PRESENT EDGE ON KGNU
Monday, October 31, 2022 from 10pm-12am Mountain Daylight Time
OREGON BACH FESTIVAL COMPOSERS SYMPOSIUM: MUSIC OF HOPE AND RESILIENCE, CONCERT II
Delgani String Quartet
Premiere: Smoked Salmon for string quartet
Saturday, February 12, 2021 at 11am and 8pm PT
ARTS ALIVE 2021
The Arts Center
Abby Kellems, piano
Premiere: Ripples Over Stones for solo piano
Saturday, August 7 - Saturday, August 14 2021
Corvallis, Oregon
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SENIOR RECITAL
Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 4:30pm PT
Youtube Livestream
MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL 2021, CONCERT VII
University of Oregon Saxophone Studio
Alex Kivett, baritone saxophone; Abigail Wilson, alto saxophone
Premiere: Octagon Dance for alto saxophone and baritone saxophone
Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 7pm PT
Youtube Livestream
MUSIC AND DANCE INTERDISCIPLINARY CONCERT
University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
Ally Jackson, dance; Abby Kellems, piano
Sea Glass for solo piano, with choreography by Ally Jackson
Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 7pm PT
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MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL 2021, CONCERT V
Delgani
Premiere: Virga for string trio
Friday, April 30, 2021 at 4:30pm PT
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MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL 2021, CONCERT II
Oregon Composers Forum
Victoria Calderone Moreira, flute and piccolo
Premieres: Seagull for solo piccolo; Salmon for solo flute
Friday, January 15, 2021 at 4:30pm PT
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MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL 2020, CONCERT I
Oregon Composers Forum
Abby Kellems, piano
Premiere: Sea Glass for solo piano
Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 4:30pm PT
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MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL 2020
Oregon Composers Forum
Abby Kellems, piano
Premiere: Piano Suite for solo piano
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 8pm PT
Berwick Hall, Tykeson Rehearsal Space
Eugene, Oregon
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