Neely Bruce — Composer, Pianist & Scholar of American Music
NEELY
BRUCE
COMPOSER · PIANIST · WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
UPCOMING
SEPT 20 · 3:00 PM
Songs for Low Voice
Crowell Concert Hall · Wesleyan University
Christopher Grundy, baritone · Bryan Chuan, pianist
NOV 2026
Timaeus and The Teacher, Foreword
Brian Vu, tenor · Jamal Jackson Dance Company
with 5 reed instruments and a field drum
FEB 2026
An Album for Reed Quintet
World Premiere
JAN 2029
Neely Bruce at 85: A Gala Concert
2029
String Quartet Performances
Worldwide
SELECTED WORKS
ALL
STR QT
OPERA
PIANO
UNPERFORMED
A String Quartet for Alvin Lucier
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A String Quartet for Sumarsam
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A Partita for Aymeric Dupré la Tour
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Piano Rock Album
The Portals of Saint Bartholomew
An Album for String Sextet
ABOUT
"Professor Bruce is a persuasive champion…of the alternative American repertoire."
— Michael Nyman, CBE · The Listener, BBC
"…possibly the hardest-working man in the serious-music business."
— Steve Metcalf · Hartford Courant
Neely Bruce is a composer, pianist, and professor at Wesleyan University whose work spans opera, orchestral, choral, chamber, and solo forms.
800
WORKS
IN CATALOG
IN CATALOG
OPERA · ORCHESTRA · CHAMBER
STRING QUARTET · PIANO · CHORAL
AND MUCH MORE