Neely Bruce Music

Welcome to Neely Bruce Music, home of the choral composition, the Bill of Rights.

What's New

On Wednesday, May 14th, St. Bartholomew’s Church presented the world premiere of The Portals of Saint Bartholomew, a leading-edge spatial musical work composed and conducted by Neely Bruce. Read press release and background info.

Neely Bruce (b. 1944), Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, is a composer, conductor, pianist and scholar of American music. His largest work is entitled CONVERGENCE. Commissioned by the American Composers Forum, as part of its Continental Harmony project, it premiered June 18, 2000 as part of the New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Bruce’s opera Hansel and Gretel, commissioned by Connecticut Opera, received its first performances as a chamber work for children in 1997.
 

A prolific and eclectic composer, Neely Bruce is also an accomplished pianist and conductor. [learn more...]