Resume - William D. Kelley



WILLIAM D. KELLEY

wdkelley@lsu.edu

MULTI-MEDIA PERFORMANCES

1997 Quickening, solo electro-acoustic composition to accompany performance art piece about pregnancy. DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas.

1996 PLANTATIONLAND (film), Premiered at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in March of 1996. Composer, lighting designer and grant writer for 40-minute black & white film (all music - no dialogue) shot in burned out plantation home in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Extensive use of SMPTE, MIDI and digital recording.

1994 Spring Equinox, a progression of the earlier Alchemy House.

1993 Alchemy House, 5419 Blossom St., Houston, TX. Composer of soundscape using five tape machines throughout the five rooms of a condemned house which had been transformed by visual artist Dan Havel using alchemical concepts and imagery as impetus. Sound composition designed to enhance choreography of the 22 performers.

Symbiosis, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX. Eight minute tape composition designed to reinforce performance ritual conceived by Kelli Scott Kelley.

1992 The Imminent Asteroid (The Asteroid Project), Heights Theater, Houston, TX.

Composer and music director for this eight act opera involving over 60 musicians, dancers, artists, and special effects experts.

Aqua Pura, -Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX.

-Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, TX.

Four pieces of music for four musicians using homemade and advanced electronic musical instruments. Performance ritual designed by artist Kelli Scott Kelley.

1991 Secret Secret, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX.

Conceived and directed this four-act abstract opera without words. Four compositions make use of voice, acoustic, electronic, and homemade instruments. Four on-stage prerecorded video monitors and sculpture add further twist to choreography and storyline.

The Lake Project (Mother Cleans House), A lake in Splendora, TX.;

Three pieces of structured improvisation parade/funeral music reinforce this multi-artist,

multi media ritual performance utilizing a lake in the piney woods of Texas.

1990 UnEarthing/ the Spirit, Lisser Theater, Mills College, Oakland, CA.; Conceived and directed these two wordless operas that make use of acoustic, electronic and homemade instruments, tapes, lights, props, 50 pounds of rice and a 300-pound block of ice.

AUDIO/VISUAL INSTALLATIONS

1997 They Came with The Rain -DiverseWorks, Houston, TX.

Two metal buckets...when a water droplet lands in one bucket, you hear a dog bark.

When the droplet lands in bucket number two, you hear a cat meow.

94-95 In the Garden -Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX

Commissioned thirty minute tape-loop composition designed for a small garden.

Standing wave phenomenon is used most magically here.

1993 Life Cycle -Art League of Houston, Houston, TX. -Women & Their Work, Austin, TX.

Three-minute tape loop to augment sculptural installation by Kelli Scott Kelley.

1991 Sideshow -Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX.

-Women & Their Work, Austin, TX. (1994)

Three-minute tape loop to augment sculptural installation by Kelli Scott Kelley.

1989 SPACE LOOPS #1 - Mills College Concert Hall Lobby, Oakland, CA.

Soundscape created with cello, guitar, double-bass, trombone, saxophone, and flute.

SPACE LOOPS #2 - Dow and Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, CA; Soundscape created

with cello, electronically modified voice, didgeridoo, three tape loops and six speakers.

1988 Learning to Fly Combined Effort Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA;

Soundscape of five tape loops and speakers to augment maze-like sculptural installation.

CONVENTIONAL CONCERT FORMAT - FEATURED COMPOSER

1991 Creative Partners, Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Another Great Night in November, Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston.

1988 First Incision, Baton Rouge Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA;

A concert of electronic music and an ensemble performance on found objects

turned into musical instruments.

1987 Synaptic Reflex, Bezanson Concert Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA;

A concert of electronic and acoustic music with dance and videos.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES OF INDIVIDUAL MUSIC COMPOSITIONS

1997 Houston Composers Alliance, Ovations, Houston, TX.

Biohazard, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.

1996 SonicWorks, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX.

Buzzfest, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, TX

1994 SonicWorks, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX.

imusicircus, Experimental Intermedia, New York, NY.

Buzzfest, Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, TX

The Artery, Houston, TX.

12-Minutes MAX, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX

92-93 Hiram Butler Art Gallery, Houston, TX.

Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. Contemporary Arts Museum, Collectors Circle, Houston, TX. The Artery, Houston, TX

National Association of Artists Organizations, Dance Umbrella, Austin, TX.

EDUCATION

M.F.A. in Electronic Recording Media, Mills College; Oakland, CA. Teachers included Anthony Braxton, David Rosenboom, Larry Polansky and Robert Ashley.

B. Music in Composition, University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA.

B.S. in Physiological Psychology, University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA.

EMPLOYMENT

8/89 - Composer/Engineer, freelance for various plays, films, documentaries, commercials,

present bands and software packages. In the studio, in the field, analog and digital, video and SMPTE.

10/02 - Head Engineer, LSU School of Music, Baton Rouge, LA

present Faculty/Staff positions entails teaching Recording Techniques class each semester and training staff. Responsible for making sure every concert and recital is recorded to CD. Initiated drive to make community aware of facility for recording commercial quality music.

1/00 - Programmer, Explore Interactive, Baton Rouge, LA

10/02 Websites and applications development. Proficiency with Cold Fusion,

Active Server Pages (ASP), Java script and SQL Server .

5/98-12/99 Webmaster, Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA

Designed, implemented and maintained the LDOE website, which

remains current to the present:

10/96-5/98 Web Page Developer, Houston Community College, Houston, TX.

Essentially responsible for the development of nine department websites.

9/94-5/98 Instructor, Houston Community College, Houston, TX.

Instructor in Electronic Music, Recording Studio, Music Theory, and Music Appreciation

1/91-5/96 Guest Artist, High School for Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX.

Worked with students, developing proper brainstorming habits and techniques.

3/94-8/96 Art Installer, Art Mechanics, Houston TX.

Install and care of major artworks: paintings, photos and sculpture.

2/92-9/96 Preparator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.

Installation and care of artworks.

1992 Fabricator, Children's Museum of Houston, Houston, TX.

Built ten major exhibitions in the new museum.

1990- Studio Assistant James Surls, Splendora, TX.

1992 Designed and implemented the sound and lighting (digital) systems for permanent performance space. Computerized the inventory and bookkeeping aspects of the business.

1990 Audio Engineer for California State Summer School for the Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA. Engineer for professional performers executing students' studio compositions in a concert hall setting (six concerts).

AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

1999 Invited to speak to the Louisiana Database Commission and their audience about the way the Louisiana Department of Education's website was

1997 Technology Fellowship - Adding Audio to Websites, Houston Community College-Central.

1989 Full Scholarship to Mills College, Oakland, CA.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current: NACUSA - National Association of Composers, USA

M.A.S.H. - Media Alliance for Social Healing, Board of Directors

Previous: Zocalo Theatre, Board of Directors

Houston Community College, Advisory Board to the Music Dept.

Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Artist Advisory Board

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