Lecturing and Research OutputBrunel University- Lecturer on the improvisation module.- Director of ‘New Noise’, a 20 piece directed-

improvisation ensemble, which performs concerts on and off campus throughout the year, duties also include assessing relevant student performance.

BBC PromsDemonstration and talk on electric guitar techniques to young composersSurrey University ConferenceTalk on notation techniques within contexts involving improvisationExeter University ConferencePremiere and talk on composition techniquesBrunel University ConferenceDemonstration by Bash-O and talk on composition techniques and recent research

BBC Radio 3 broadcasted performancesLondon Asian Music Centerwith Uzbekistani cross-over group FerghanaBBC Proms ‘Inspire’ With Notes InégalesBBC Proms ‘Inspire’ With Notes Inégales

Education and Awards• Music Orbit piano composition competition winner -

2012

• Brunel University - PhD 2005 - 2010 (Supervised by Richard Barrett and Peter Wiegold)

• Berklee College of Music (Boston) - Scholarship Award 2005

• University of Central England - PGCE 2001 - 2002

• Birmingham Conservatoire - MA, PGDip, PGCert Composition 1999 - 2001

• Birmingham Conservatoire - BMus (hons) 2:1 Composition 1995 - 1999

• Music Orbit piano composition competition winner - 2012

• Call for Works winner, Piano Circus - 2007

Areas of Research• Impact points between improvisation and composition

• Directed and free improvisation (including pedagogical methodologies)

• Notational methods

• Creative leadership and composer/performer relationships in music making

• Cross-over concepts involving Western art music, contemporary jazz and cross-cultural practices

Notable performances and composition work to date:

Performances• Tours and several albums with Notes Inégales

(UK and Europe)• ICA ‘Brew’ (Miles Davis project with Notes

Inégales)• Atlas Ensemble, Atlas Festival, conducting own

premiere (Amsterdam)• Finnissy premiere ‘Shimmering Noon -

Unrecorded Summer’ for Japanese flute, electric guitar and piano

• James Tenney’s ‘Critical Band’ with Experimentalstudio SXR and Atlas Ensemble (Amsterdam)

• 18 Guitars (Jeremy Peyton-Jones)• Takemitsu Soc. (commissioned piece on

Takemitsu)• Uzbekistan Embassy with ‘Fergana Ensemble’• London Asian Music Centre opening (broadcast

by BBC Radio 3) • Music Orbit (Film collaboration with Joe Banks

featuring scored improvisation) • Bash-O at mO concert series (Arrangement of

Varèse’s ‘Amérique’ for jazz quartet)

Performed with: Evan Parker, Tim Garland, Oren Marshall, Jan Hendricks, Sura Susso, Oliver Coates, Seb Roachford, Richard Barrett, Martin Butler, Byron Wallen, Joji Hirota, Mark Hanslip, Frøy Aagre

Compositions performed by

• Nieuw Ensemble• Atlas Ensemble• Birmingham Contemporary Music Group• Liam Noble• Tim Garland• Piano Circus• Notes Inégales• Southbank Sinfonia• Juliet Frasier • DuoDort

Recordings

• The Joel Bell Trio (original compositions plus arrangements of Webern)

• Notes Inégales ‘Klezmer’• Notes Inégales ‘En Voi’

Joel BellPhD MA PGDip PGCE PGCert Bmus(hons)