LEO KELLIS was born in Los Angeles in 1927. He began playing piano at the age of three, and by the time he was seven, had decided to become a composer.
With the aid of some old sheet music, Mr KELLIS began teaching himself harmony & form using just the works of the masters as his guide. As his unique style of writing developed & presented new challenges in performing technique, LEO studied piano with Niel McKie of Los Angeles, who introduced the young man to the writings of such keyboard giants as Chopin, Liszt, Godowsky and Rachmaninoff to show to what degree the instrument had been developed. Many years later LEO expanded his musical knowledge by studying with musicologist Julius Gold through the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music.
Today, a self-styled "21st Century Romantic" with original compositions numbering well into the hundreds, Mr KELLIS has also written many transcriptions and paraphases. Among his major works are Variations on themes of Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Balakirev.
Together with his wife Lorrie, LEO KELLIS moved to the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington State in 1988, and has been writing full time ever since. His most recent works include the suites: Christmas on the Long Beach Peninsula, Scenes from the North Coast, the Cranberrian Fair, the Garlic Festival and the Lakes of North Beach.
Track List:
1. Nocturne In C
2. Prelude In e minor
3. Prelude In E
4. Prelude In D Flat
5. Prelude In d minor
6. Prelude in G
7. For The Young In Mind-Gavotte's New
8. For the Young In Mind-The Sybil Wright March
9. For The Young In Mind-Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Dodder W
10. For The Young In Mind-Betty the Yeti
11. For The Young In Mind
12. Concert Etude in C
13. Concert Etude in C Sharp
14. Fantasy In f minor
15. Hello From The Zoo-Twinkletoad
16. Hello From The Zoo-Lemming Meringue
17. Hello From The Zoo-Pig In A Polka
18. Hello From The Zoo-Faun And Games
19. Hello From The Zoo-The Hipponoceros, The Rhipotamus, And The Boa
20. Hello From The Zoo-The Piranha is Anha
21. Hello From The Zoo-Gila Gattie
22. Nocturne In g sharp minor
23. Nocturne In g sharp minor
24. Eleven Etudes on an Original Theme
Other Genres:
With the aid of some old sheet music, Mr KELLIS began teaching himself harmony & form using just the works of the masters as his guide. As his unique style of writing developed & presented new challenges in performing technique, LEO studied piano with Niel McKie of Los Angeles, who introduced the young man to the writings of such keyboard giants as Chopin, Liszt, Godowsky and Rachmaninoff to show to what degree the instrument had been developed. Many years later LEO expanded his musical knowledge by studying with musicologist Julius Gold through the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music.
Today, a self-styled "21st Century Romantic" with original compositions numbering well into the hundreds, Mr KELLIS has also written many transcriptions and paraphases. Among his major works are Variations on themes of Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Balakirev.
Together with his wife Lorrie, LEO KELLIS moved to the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington State in 1988, and has been writing full time ever since. His most recent works include the suites: Christmas on the Long Beach Peninsula, Scenes from the North Coast, the Cranberrian Fair, the Garlic Festival and the Lakes of North Beach.
Track List:
1. Nocturne In C
2. Prelude In e minor
3. Prelude In E
4. Prelude In D Flat
5. Prelude In d minor
6. Prelude in G
7. For The Young In Mind-Gavotte's New
8. For the Young In Mind-The Sybil Wright March
9. For The Young In Mind-Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Dodder W
10. For The Young In Mind-Betty the Yeti
11. For The Young In Mind
12. Concert Etude in C
13. Concert Etude in C Sharp
14. Fantasy In f minor
15. Hello From The Zoo-Twinkletoad
16. Hello From The Zoo-Lemming Meringue
17. Hello From The Zoo-Pig In A Polka
18. Hello From The Zoo-Faun And Games
19. Hello From The Zoo-The Hipponoceros, The Rhipotamus, And The Boa
20. Hello From The Zoo-The Piranha is Anha
21. Hello From The Zoo-Gila Gattie
22. Nocturne In g sharp minor
23. Nocturne In g sharp minor
24. Eleven Etudes on an Original Theme
Other Genres:
- CLASSICAL: Traditional
- SOLO INSTRUMENTAL