Ken Sullivan is a composer and pianist who currently lives in Buffalo New York, and formerly in Manhattan for over 35 years.
He started his musical life as a chorister in the St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral Choir in Buffalo, NY. He graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in Music and from the New England Conservatory with an M.A in Composition where he studied with Malcolm Peyton. He worked with the Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe and toured with the La MaMa Experimental Theater Company and also toured with the Grammy-winning Columbia recording artists “The Manhattans“.
Ken’s compositions have been premiered in the United States and Europe, and he performed his composition “Irish Lullaby” with the Boston Pops.
We hope you enjoy these videos below which show Ken playing his own, and other’s compositions, in addition to various talented musicians playing some of Ken’s compositions or works Ken’s has arranged or produced….
NEWS! SHEET MUSIC OF SOME OF KEN’S COMPOSITIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE (Link)
If you like poetry, you might want to check out Ken’s website for his original poems (link to poetry site)
Contact Info: phone (646) 515-1669 or email: info@kensullivanmusic.com
https://kensullivanmusic.hearnow.com
“The very fine harpist, Anna Reinersman, helped premiere many of my harp songs as a member of the Locrian Chamber Players and I wanted to write a solo piece for her. We spent the better part of a year to come up with this piece which uses for source material many of the songs written for the Duke Ellington Orchestra by his friend and protege the under-appreciated genius, Billy Strayhorn. I remain eternally indebted to Anna for her instrumental insights, patience and pet cat, Jacques. This piece is gratefully dedicated to her.”
