Brian Kehlenbach
Composer/Pianist
Compositions and Performances
June 2008 - Waiting for Snow to Fall for voice and piano. Premiere performance by Melody Versoza and Brian Kehlenbach at the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts at Whittier College.May 2008 - Elegy on the Death of Pluto for wind ensemble. Premiere performance given by the Irvine Valley College Wind Symphony under the direction of Stephen Rochford.
Spring 2008 - Chant for tuba and piano performed at Santa Ana College. David Holben - tuba, Brian Kehlenbach - piano. (Published by Cimarron Press)
Fall 2007 - Three Turning Pieces for piano performed by Judy Huang at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda.
June 2007 - Fastball for voice and piano. Premiere performance by Melody Versoza and Brian Kehlenbach at the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts at Whittier College.
Spring 2007 - Chant for tuba and piano performed by David Holben at Riverside Community College.
Summer of 2006 – Bless Each Syllable commissioned and performed by the Biola Youth Theatre at Biola University.
Spring of 2006 – Three Turning Pieces for piano performed in recital at Santa Ana College.
June 2005 – Surprised by Evening for voice and piano. Premiere performance by Melody Versoza and Brian Kehlenbach at the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts at Whittier College.
Fall 2003 – Four Songs for Advent performed in recital at Santa Ana College
Fall/Winter of 2002 – Four Songs for Advent performed at several churches in Southern California.
Fall of 2001 – A Western Star set to poetry by Paul Buchanon performed in several churches the Southern California.
Fall of 2001 - Three Songs on Poetry by Emily Dickinson performed at Cypress College and Santa Ana College.
November 2000 Entropic Rondo (for piano) performed by Alison Edwards on Santa Ana College recital series.
March 2000 - Plumb Apple and Dance the Orange, two songs with texts by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Steven Mitchell) performed on Santa Ana College recital series.
November 1999 - Time Portals for clarinet and computer performed at Santa Ana College and Cypress College.
March 1998 - We Are Involved and Dance the Orange, two songs with texts by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Steven Mitchell) performed on Santa Ana College recital series.
January 1998 - We Are Involved and Dance the Orange, two songs with texts by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Steven Mitchell) performed by Eileen O’Hern at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Performance broadcast live on KUSC radio.
February 1997 - Dream Sequence for alto saxophone and piano given premiere performance at Santa Ana College
June 1, 1996 - Circumdare for orchestra was performed on the Piccolo Spoleto Festival of 1996 by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
October 1995 - Commissioned to write a piece by the Connecticut Saxophone Quartet. Piece entitled "Burned at Both Ends.”
September 5, 1995 - Three Free Inventions for piano performed in recital at Rancho Santiago College.
January 1993 - present - Entropic Rondo (for piano) has been performed on several piano recitals by pianist Alison Edwards, including the John Cage Concert at the Fullerton Art Museum in October 1993.
February 1992 - Times of Reflection (for two pianos) performed on a Cal Arts faculty concert by pianist Vicki Ray and myself.
September 14, 1991 - who (is?are) who (electronic score with voice - poetry by e. e cummings), Times of Reflection (for two pianos), and Popped Music (electronic score and live keyboards) performed in concert at Rancho Santiago College in Santa Ana.
March 30, 1991 - who (is?are) who (electronic score with voice- poetry by e. e cummings), The Twenty-Fifth Hour (for chamber orchestra), and Times of Reflection (for two pianos) presented at Sunday Musicale series of Betty Freeman.
February 25, 1991 - In the Land Beyond Beyond (for large chamber ensemble) performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group on the Green Umbrella series.