Jennifer Bellor, composer

08/23/2026

Celebrating Sunday ☀️
and also grateful for so much! It’s been a really productive and wonderful summer 😊

Every May I have a short list of goals I put together that I want to complete by August and I’m feeling personally proud and happy to have met the majority of them by now. I would love to hear about your own goals and please share them!

08/22/2026

Gleam Iridescence ☀️🎺
for trumpet, vibraphone, and piano

David Puchkoff, trumpet
Ian Sullivan, vibraphone
I’m playing piano 🎹

Here’s the full recording! It’s also available on all streaming platforms.

GLEAM IRIDESCENCE was composed by Jennifer Bellor. It was written f...

08/10/2026

Golfed nine holes for the first time in 15 years and it went OK! 😅⛳️☀️

08/07/2026

Had a blast at the National Flute Association Convention! So happy with our performance last night of DREAM OF A FALLING STAR at the Opening Gala Concert, and a wonderful time reconnecting with friends and colleagues! And I’m excited to share that our studio recording of the piece was released today on all streaming platforms.

Dream of a Falling Star 💫 ✨
Sophia Tegart, flute
Chris Wilson, vibraphone/crotales
Me, piano

Sophia Tegart Christopher Wilson

08/05/2026

My hair is ready for the National Flute Association Convention!😊😂🎉 (Hair by Heather Grider Heather Grider💆 LV stylist , thank you!) I’m really excited to be there on Thursday to perform with Sophia Tegart and Christopher Wilson. We are performing my piece DREAM OF A FALLING STAR 🌟 💫 for flute, vibraphone, and piano at the Opening Gala concert! I’m also really looking forward to reconnecting with flutist friends and colleagues!

Sophia Tegart Christopher Wilson

06/16/2026

Received a few wonderful reviews on my album CATCHING CLOUDS and the one by Textura was published today!
"Crafted with finesse and thoughtfully arranged, the nine-part suite engages immediately for its sleek rhythmic pulses, melodic allure, and elegant design." - Textura
https://www.textura.org/archives/b/bellor_catchingclouds.htm

"The music exhales a sort of contained ecstasy, as if clarinet and sax are singing their joy into existence as they careen around each other....Her music, as was the case with Oneira, walks the perilous tightrope that exists between approachability and sophistication." Colin Clarke, Fanfare magazine
https://fanfarearchive.com/ntbm/articles/bellor-clarke.html

"In Catching Clouds, Jennifer Bellor masterfully bridges her deep classical roots with the fluid spontaneity of jazz. From the immediate, magical pull of the piano to the progressive fusion of the saxophone and bowed vibraphone, this album is more than a recording—it is a vivid narrative of sound and color. Bellor and her ensemble have crafted a contemporary masterwork that feels as much like an unfolding stage play as it does a sophisticated musical suite." - New Age Music Reviews
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06/13/2026

Beautiful evening at the Desert Roots Rising Stars Music Festival RESONANT EARTH concert at the UNLV Barrick Museum last night ✨🎶

Many thanks to Shakeh Ghoukasian for inviting me to arrange my piano/vibraphone piece CLOUDBREAK for piano quintet. I absolutely loved working on this new arrangement that featured Emily S. Richardson, Shakeh, Omar Shelly, Jeremy Russo, and Alexandria Le. They performed it so beautifully and I can’t wait to share a recording of it! 🎻🎹

Shakeh Ghoukasian Alexandria Le Jeremy Russo Omar Shelly Desert Roots Rising Stars

05/27/2026

Premiered GLEAM IRIDESCENCE at the International Trumpet Guild Conference New Works Recital today with David Puchkoff (🎺) and Ian Sullivan (vibraphone).

This was such a wonderful collaboration working with David and Ian, and it was an honor to be on the Hatch Hall stage to perform with them. 🎶

Commissioned by David, this was one of my projects since last August, which culminated in the premiere today and a studio recording (we will release the new track sometime over the summer) ☀️

05/25/2026

Feeling grateful for all of the wonderful birthday wishes (thank you)! 🎉🥳💕

05/04/2026

The premiered my sax ensemble version of CAROUSEL today! 🎉🎷🎠☀️✨
I wrote this version for Shawna Pennock and the saxophonists at UNLV. 🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷

It was such a wonderful performance and I am grateful to all of them. Thank you, ! 🎉